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Copper Plate Etching: The ancient way of replicating images

Intaglioprintmaking,aEuropeanwayofmakingcopiesofartthatgoesbacktotheMiddleAges,hasevolvedintoanartformofitsown.InGeyinArtstudio,Beijing,artfansarelearningthisan

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Ancient handicrafts and performing arts pass down in China's Tengchong

Shadow puppetry, also known as Piying, is one of the oldest traditional handicrafts and performing arts in the world. It is an ancient form which uses flat figures to create the impression of humans and objects.

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Ancient handicrafts and performing arts pass down in China's Tengchong

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Aussie scientists build brain-on-a-chip

ResearchersfromtheAustralianNationalUniversity(ANU)havedevelopedabreakthroughinallowingbraincellsto"growandformpredictablecircuits"inadevelopmentwhichcouldleadt

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HK leaders support declaration acknowledging China’s sovereignty

Political leaders in the SAR say they support a decision by the Electoral Affairs Commission to ask candidates intending to take part in September’s legislature election to sign a form acknowledging Hong Kong is an inalienable part of China.

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Australian election result remains unclear as major parties enter talks with independents

Australia's incumbent Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Labor leader Bill Shorten have entered talks with independent MPs in an attempt to form a minority government, as it looks increasingly unlikely either major party will win enough seats to secure a majority.

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Greek pro-drachma leftists get last mandate to form gov't

​The President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos handed on Monday the third and last exploratory mandate to form a government by the current parliament to Panagiotis Lafazanis, the leader of the newly formed Leftist Popular Union party which rejects the third bailout and supports the return to drachma.

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Indian capital facing President's rule followed by re-poll in six months

The Indian capital is facing President's rule followed by a re-election in the next six months, as none of the two major political parties has come forward to stake a claim to form the state government.

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Foreign military intervention in Syria threatens regional, world peace: Iran

A visiting Iranian high ranking official said Monday that any form of foreign military action against Syria and the use of any chemical weapons would threaten regional and world peace.