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Shanxi halts colliery approval to tackle overcapacity
Updated:2015-01-28 09:35Shanxi province in North China will approve no new coal mines for the next five years to tackle excess capacity.
12th standing committee session of the 11th Shanxi CPPCC concludes
Updated:2015-01-27 17:34The 12th standing committee session of the 11th Shanxi CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) was concluded on Jan 24 and finished all agendas.
Antique sword manufacturing makes it to TV
Updated:2015-01-27 17:20A TV program on the Shanxi Channel, in taking a close look at traditional and contemporary culture in Shanxi province recently, did an episode from Pingyao county on traditional sword making at its Wentao antique weapons museum.
Tea culture micro film
Updated:2015-01-27 17:11A tea culture micro-film exchange, where experts from tea associations across China got together to discuss the winning micro films from a tea culture competition was host in Pingyao county.
"Angel Project" gives sick children some much-needed love, care, and attention
Updated:2015-01-27 09:09"Red Cross Angel Project" is a key welfare program of the Chinese Red Cross Foundation that focuses on rural hospital construction, training of rural doctors and setting up relief system.
Cultural value of old Pingyao county
Updated:2015-01-23 17:33Pingyao county, in Shanxi province, is in a land-locked area with a more than 2,000-year history, and one of China's best preserved historic sites and a typical example of Han culture.
Across China: Chinese farm machinery expert abridges Marx's "Das Kapital"
Updated:2015-01-23 16:16A farm machinery expert in China's Shanxi Province undertook the bold task of shortening Karl Marx's iconic book "Das Kapital" from more than 1.8 million words to 340,000.
Historic site protector tells his story
Updated:2015-01-23 13:48At a book reading in the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on Jan 13, Cao Changzhi, the vice-president of the Chinese Society for Urban Studies, described the preservation work that has taken place in nearby Pingyao county.
China's greatest place to take a driving tour
Updated:2015-01-22 16:37The list of Top 36 driving tours for 2014 is just announced, with Pingyao county, in Shanxi province, taking first place in the short driving trip category.
Plays depict life in ancient China
Updated:2015-01-22 15:42Pingyao county, Shanxi province, has offered many live performances to show how life was in the old days to give tourists a better taste of county traditions.
