In China, the craft has had the same status as visual arts and architecture. In particular, it has been within some material groups that Chinese crafts have played an important role: ceramics, metal, jade, carving, silk weaving and lacquer works….
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Shanghai is China’s largest city and is an independent city-level municipality at the provincial level. The city is located on the east coast adjacent to the Chang Jiang (Changelvens) outlet in the East China Sea. The metropolitan area comprises 6340…
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Following the constitution of 1949, in force from 1950, India is a parliamentary- democratic and republican federal state. The executive power is led by a government, based on and accountable to Parliament (House of Commons). The head of government, the…
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Garden art has held an important place in China’s cultural heritage from ancient times. There is a close relationship with traditional painting, and many of the most significant gardens have been created by great painters. Just as in the art…
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Knowledge and culture The Manas epic is considered to be the greatest literary work in Kyrgyzstan history. The centenary of the epic was celebrated in Kyrgyzstan in 1995. However, it is disputed when the epic was actually created, as it…
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The foreign policy course that Jawaharlal Nehru set out for independent India was based on neutrality and freedom of alliance. India became one of the most active members of the alliance-free movement. The relationship with the US has long been…
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After the end of British colonial rule, British India was divided. West Bengal became part of India, East Bengal a part of the new Pakistani state. East Bengal declared independence in 1971 under the name of Bangladesh. It borders India…
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The former British crown colony Ceylon, since 1972 the Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island state in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of the Indian peninsula. The peaks of the central highlands in the south are over…
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