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UN launches 2021-2030 initiative to restore ecosystem

02:34 Saturday coincides with the World Environment Day, which aims to encourage worldwide awareness and action to protect the environment.With this year's theme of "Ecosystem Restorati

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Old photos shed new light on Yuanmingyuan's former glory

Referring to historical documents, archaeological research, scattered architectural ruins and ancient artworks portraying original scenes, people have to rely on their imagination to get an impress

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China's Old Summer Palace starts new round of cultural relic restoration

Beijing's Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, has launched the third phase of its restoration project, Restoration 1860, to repair broken cultural relics.Archaeologists started with restoring

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Ancient imperial site rises from the ruins

More than a century and a half after its destruction, a site in the ruins of Yuanmingyuan - the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) royal resort also known as the Old Summer Palace - has been unearthed in Beijin

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Horse-head bronze statue returns to Old Summer Palace

Visitors take photos of the returned horse-head bronze statue lost from the Old Summer Palace, Dec 1, 2020. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] The horse-head bronze statue lost from the Old Summer

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Destroyed Old Summer Palace may not be rebuilt

China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) said that reconstructing the Old Summer Palace lacks archaeological and historical merit and requires further deliberations.Responding to a pro

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Macao 'King of Gaming' Stanley Ho dies at 98

00:27 Macao gaming tycoon Stanley Ho Hung-sun died on Tuesday at the age of 98, after operating at the helm of Asia's largest gaming empire for half a century.One of Asia's richest men