From late December, visitors flock to this city in Heilongjiang Province in the north-east of China to experience one of the finest ice and snow festivals anywhere in the world.
Experts from Shandong, a province in the north-east of China, were asked to produce a feasibility study, and the government now proposes to start work.
It has suspended talks on the joint exploration of gasfields in the East China Sea as well as over increased flights between the two countries.
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For Chu, the Dubai China Fund is only the most recent expression of his faith in the Middle East as China's once and future primary market for its companies.
For the Asian leg of the project he will work in a village in China's Huadu district north east of the city of Guangzhou.
Such an outcome would give China far greater power projection in the East and South China Seas -- through which flow much of East Asia's trade, including the bulk of Japan and South Korea's oil imports.
EU, could help with three broader challenges that America frets most about over the next 20 years: the democratisation of the Middle East, the growth of China and, to a lesser extent, developments in Russia.
There is, in other words, nothing mysterious about the effect that China is having on corporate strategy in the rest of East Asia.
According to the University, the total income of the top 20 percent of the rural households was 10.19 times higher than the bottom 20 percent and that the wealth gap in west China was bigger than in the east of the country.
The U.S. stock market outperforms all other major bourses in Europe and the Far East inclusive of emerging markets, although China is in a comeback mode.
About half of all US troops based in Japan are stationed in Okinawa, which lies south of Japan's main islands in the East China Sea.
At the same time, economic integration in East Asia has broadened and deepened, such that the importance of China for the economies of all the countries in the region has multiplied.
It is the sound of the motherland for Minnan people in China and throughout South-East Asia.
The company's plans were announced as Diageo, the biggest distiller of Scotch whisky, reported Scotch sales have been particularly strong in China and south-east Asia during the third quarter of this year.
Artemisia grows like a weed across China and South-East Asia, but the best plants are found only in certain parts of China, such as Guangxi and Hunan, which produce most of the world's supply, and in Vietnam.
The jellyfish spawn along the coasts of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea (see map in article) and some drift towards Japan.
It is also where the Silk Road ended in the East and is home to the famed army of terracotta soldiers that belonged to the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang.
There are some signs of hope: demand is falling in the rich world and slowing in fast-growing parts of the developing world, such as China and the Middle East.
Doede, who chairs the private equity AIG Silk Road Fund, spent an average of a week a month for four and a half years looking for "a neglected opportunity" in the politically and economically dicey part of the world stuck between Russia to the north, China to the east and Iran and Pakistan to the south.
The vast majority of those added in recent months are in the Middle East, as well as emerging markets such as China, India and Russia.
While GDP growth for the region is expected in the 4% to 5% range, in line with the East Asian Tigers, currency pressures and inflation, along with the possibility of a substantial slowdown in either Brazil or China, pose huge risks for the region.
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In the southern Japanese town of Yatsushiro, not far from the East China Sea, Chikashi Matsunaga is helping lead a quiet revolution in Japan's agriculture.
Natural-history museums that are popping up in China, Japan, and the Middle East have been accused of being willing to buy from anyone.
And that tells you that there are other things beyond our control, like unrest in the Middle East, or other factors like the growth of emerging countries such as China and India.
The alleged head of a multi-billion dollar smuggling ring in south-east China has confessed and now faces trial, Chinese state media say.
All the while, China continues to blaze new trails beyond the Middle East in search of strategic supplies.
However, the biggest growth rates in luxury sales remain in emerging markets, such as Russia, Brazil, the Middle East and, of course, China.
Apple remains publicly bullish about the east Asian markets and specifically China, but lack of leading appeal in developing markets may be one factor in the company reportedly working on a smaller, cheaper iPhone that would suit those markets.
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In India, China, Africa and the Middle East, solar should soon be a significant source of power.
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