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The China Pavilion, the top attraction of Expo 2010 Shanghai, closed on Oct. 9, leaving behind tearful staff who worked there for more than 18 months.Due to tremendous visitor interest, the inverted pyramid-like structure reopened twice after the 184-day fair officially ended on Oct 31, 2010.Its main structure will continue to be used as a public culture venue.As of Oct. 9, the 2-billion-yuan ($ ...

The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is well known for attracting more foreign visitors than the city of Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province.That trend was repeated in 2011. And many of the visitors had an extra reason for coming: Twelve panda cubs were recently born at the research base, according to Zhang Zhihe, the base chief.Partly as a result of that, an aver ...

A giant fish lantern was lit at a mid-autumn lantern carnival in Hong Kong on Sept 5, 2011. Hong Kong Tourism Board organized the lantern carnival in Victoria Park to welcome the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. This year's festival falls on Sept 12. The giant fish-shaped sculpture, made of more than 2,500 lanterns, is expected to be the world's largest fish lantern. It measures 37 meters long and ...

China has spent about 1.45 billion yuan (224.8 million U.S. dollars) over the past 30 years on protecting cultural heritage in Tibet, setting a record in the country's history of cultural preservation efforts, a cultural official said Tuesday, August 23.The central government has not spent that much money on cultural heritage protection projects in other areas, Shan Qixiang, director of the Stat ...

Six scenic spots and historical sites in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, including Mount Emei and Leshan Gaint Buddha, were listed as the 100 Most-visited Tourist Attractions in China, according to a recently-released rankings sponsored by 18 leading newspapers in China.The list was based on calculation of the tickets sold for each tourist attraction.The Forbidden City in Beijing, with an an ...

Qingdao International Beer Festival 2011 is held from August 13-28, at Qingdao International Beer City in Qingdao. The event, as the largest beer festival in Asia, is a carnival of beer for 16 days. The slogan of the festival is "Cheers with the World, Qingdao". It began with a grand opening ceremony on August 12, and would be followed by beer tasting, evening entertainment, drinking competition ...

A worldwide online poll has named Beijing, the capital city of China, as the country's most cultured city.The "2011 Chinese City Rankings" survey, which was launched on June 1, gathered opinions from netizens in more than 26 countries and attracted more than 5.7 million participants. Beijing topped the list among the 20 contending China cities, winning by more than 150,000 votes. Chengdu, Xi'an, ...