Originally constructed in the 3rd Century B.C., Dujiangyan is located on the Minjiang River in the west of the Chengdu Plain, about 50km from Chengdu. It is characterized by the flow control without the use of dams. Dujiangyan has been playing an effective role in flood prevention and irrig...
At around 140 BC during China’s Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian, a royal emissary, made a journey to the West from Chang’an (present-day Xi’an in Shaanxi Province), opening an overland route linking the East and the West. Centuries later, in the years of the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties...
In fact, this is the time of year they traditionally set aside to tend to their equipment and await the return of cold water. The residents of the region have given this phenomenon the name of El Niño, which is Spanish for “the child,” because it occurs at about the time of the...
Alex Hatem, a USGS research geologist, said in this case, "one plate moved west while the other moved east". Image:A satellite map of areas impacted by the Turkey-Syria earthquake. Pic: United Nations Satellite Centre The Turkey-Syria disaster is thought to be a "strike-...
What is Latin America known for?Latin America:Latin America is a cultural region that is made up of the Spanish-speaking countries of North, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean. It also includes the Portuguese=speaking country of Brazil. It is called Latin American because ...
What makes the USA unique, a special place on earth? 首先,这是“西方”最极端的例子。 For one thing, it is the most extreme example of what it means to be "Western." 在主要西方国家中,美国收税最少,为陷入困境的公民提供的社会保障水平最低。 Among the major Western countries, ...
When Xi took office as the general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in 2012, environmental pollution was one of the most common complaints among the public. At the start of that year, a river in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported cadmium pollution, endangering ...
saw how I could let the years run off, buffet the winter through, and see the spring come in. The future inhabitants of this region, wherever they may place their houses, may be sure that they have been anticipated. An afternoon sufficed to lay out the land into orchard, woodlot, and...
Igor Torbakov. The West, Russia, and China in Central Asia: What Kind of Game Is Being Played in the Region?[J]. Transition Studies Review . 2007 (1)Torbakov, Igor. "The West, Russia, and China in Central Asia: What Kind of Game is Being Played in the Region?" Transition ...
Availability zones are multiple, isolated locations within a region. Each AZ is identified by a unique code. For example, the code for AWS' AZ namedUS West (N. California), launched in 2009, isus-west-1; the code for the AZ namedAsia Pacific (Mumbai)that was launched in 2016 isap-so...