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388 Billion KWH The State Electricity Regulatory Commission disclosed that in the rst half of this year China consumed 388 billion KWH of electricity generated from clean energy, accounting for 16.9 percent of power in the state grid,     

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US $ 8.43 Billion China’seconomic slowdown and the sovereign debt crisis in Europe have taken their toll on bilateral investment between China and Europe. Foreign direct investment from the European Union to China declined 6.3 percent year-on-year from January to September to US     

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RMB 2 Billion The central government appropriated RMB 2 billion for senior middle schools in its least developed regions in central and western China.The allocation is designated to finance school building renovation and expansion,buy teaching resources and library books, and build sports     

Qing Tomb Enigmas

THE Manchurian Qing Dynasty was China's last imperial regime. All nine Qing emperors that ruled from Beijing, other than the last, Aisin-Gioro Puyi, built magnificent tombs for themselves in Zunhua and Yixian counties of Hebei Province. These mausoleums, respectively 50 km east and 50 km west of Beijing, are known as the Eastern and Western Qing Tombs. They are filled with priceless treasures fit to accompany rulers of that bygone age on their last journey. They are also the source of a wealth of folk literature in the oral story telling tradition, engendered by enigmatic gaps in official Qing documentation.