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About Taicang
1 year, 11 months ago

About Taicang

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn Updated in February, 2024 Taicang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou. In 2023, the city's regional GDP was 173.49 billion yuan, up 5.3 percent year-on-year. With an advantageous location and prosperous economy, Taicang is one of the most valuable places for investment and development in the YRD region. It is also focusing on building a modern …

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Nature in the City: discover Singapore’s horticultural wonders
1 year, 11 months ago

Nature in the City: discover Singapore’s horticultural wonders

The Independent  

Singapore is the ultimate urban environment – yet it is also part of South East Asia, a region profoundly rich in nature. Singapore’s vision is to be a ‘City in Nature’ and aims to provide more habitats for Singapore’s flora and fauna – and to embrace nature within the built environment. Add the National Orchid Garden at the Botanic Gardens …

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Heze returns as spring tourist mecca for prized peonies
2 years, 8 months ago

Heze returns as spring tourist mecca for prized peonies

China Daily  

April is the best time for people to appreciate the peony, which is widely acclaimed as the noblest of Chinese flowers. With a long history of cultivation, Heze in East China's Shandong province, is the country's major peony base with more than 1,200 varieties growing in the city. A major place in the city to appreciate peony is the Caozhou …

China City Flower Heze Peony Planting
Princess Diana's secret ballet school visits are revealed in never-before-seen photos
3 years, 1 month ago

Princess Diana's secret ballet school visits are revealed in never-before-seen photos

Daily Mail  

As a child she dreamt of being a classical dancer, modelling herself on the great ballerinas of the age. Just how much it meant to her is revealed in a unique collection of photographs of Diana’s visits – both public and private – to the London City Ballet Whenever Princess Diana had a spare moment she would drop in to …

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Like a sunset — developers propose a Hollywood office tower with a bold sculptural design
3 years, 3 months ago

Like a sunset — developers propose a Hollywood office tower with a bold sculptural design

LA Times  

A rendering of a proposed $500-million high-rise office building called the Star that would be built on Sunset Boulevard near Gower Street in Hollywood. “It’s on Sunset Boulevard.” The Star, he hopes, will become a landmark, “a new form of art in the Hollywood district,” which is already so influential in the arts, he said. “It asserts a new typology …

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Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak scare hits restaurants and pubs as fearful patrons turn away
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak scare hits restaurants and pubs as fearful patrons turn away

ABC  

The entire hospitality industry is being warned to brace for a drop in business following the coronavirus outbreak after a series of functions were cancelled at one of the country's most famous breweries, while patronage continues to plummet at Chinese restaurants. Key points: Chinese restaurants say they have seen a record decline in patrons The drop in custom is blamed …

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Sydney City Farm
5 years, 4 months ago

Sydney City Farm

ABC  

SERIES 30 | Episode 30 In Sydney Park on Gadigal country on the edge of the CBD, the country meets the city on the Sydney City Farm. The site has been a forest, a brickworks, a tip, a park and now includes a hectare of raised garden beds, pollinator beds, fruit trees, native and perennial planting and beds designed for …

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