The Temple of Heaven is one of the landmark attractions along the Beijing Central Axis. Lyu Zhou, director of the National Heritage Center at Tsinghua University, says he has seen the Beijing Central Axis application for the UNESCO listing bring tremendous vitality to the capital, igniting people's love for the city and awakening cultural confidence and awareness. Lyu says the …
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China's engagement in Africa is purely economic. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, among other factors, attributed Africa's improved economic performance with China's effort to facilitate further African imports. To push African exports, Beijing has also adopted a zero-tariff policy for 97 percent of goods from Africa's least-developed countries. The study found not only were "workforce localization rates" …
