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✨Under Cover✨

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✨Under Cover✨

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Dined out at Chang Fu!

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This Is How China Is Feeding Itself

This Is How China Is Feeding Itself

How a superpower secures its future. By Tomás Sidenfaden Politics. Technology. The Future

While there is much ado about China’s not-so-subtle efforts in the South China Sea to expand its borders, and to attain a level of influence that extends far beyond its own shores, the emerging superpower’s international strategy goes well beyond military objectives.

China’s population may not be growing at…

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Ordinary coats (changfu) are the same in construction as semiformal coats (jifu) and probably were the source from which the latter developed. Women’s changfu were slit at the sides and generally worn unbelted. The sleeves were commonly cut wider than those of men. Many examples have straight-wide sleeves faced with contrasting fabric, which is turned back to form decorative cuffs. This embroidered, informal coat is said to be from the wardrobe of the Dowager Empress Cixi (AD 1835-1908) and reflects the high standards of workmanship that were maintained for the private court. The cerulean-blue, silk satin is heavily embroidered with designs of butterflies and chrysanthemums and worked primarily in shades of blue and mauve, with accents of black, orange, yellow and maroon. Many details are worked in gold or silver filé. The coat features the traditional Manchu cut with brass-ball button and loop closing. The neckband, sleevebands, and skirtband are made of pale blue-grey, silk satin with matching embroidered butterfly design.  Motifs also include shou characters, cherry blossoms, a short wave-border, and a linked-chain design. The coat is lined with fine yellow-silk tabby; while the sleeves are lined with yellow-silk satin.