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China Blue is a 2005 documentary film directed by Micha Peled. [1] It follows the life of Jasmine Li, a seventeen-year-old worker from Sichuan , in a Chinese jeans factory, Lifeng Clothes Factory (丽锋服饰制衣有限公司) in Shaxi, Guangdong [ 2 ] producing Vigaze Jeans (a company based in Istanbul , Turkey [ 3 ] ), hence the title.
The Sino-Spanish conflicts were a series of conflicts between the Spanish authorities of the Spanish Empire and its Sangley Chinese residents in Spanish Philippines between the 16th and 18th centuries, which led to the Chinese assassinations of two Spanish governor generals, assassination of Spanish constables, Spain permanently losing Maluku under threat of Chinese attack, and massacres of ...
The Binondo–Intramuros Bridge is a tied-arch bridge in Manila, Philippines, spanning the Pasig River. It connects Muelle de Binondo in Binondo and San Nicolas to Solana Street and Riverside Drive in Intramuros. [4] The bridge has four lanes and exhibits a steel bowstring arch design with inclined arches. [5] It is 680 meters (2,230 ft) long. [6]
This is a list of Philippine twin towns, sister cities and other international relationships.In most cases, the association, especially when formalized by local government, is known as "town twinning" or "sister cities", and while most of the places included are cities, it also includes municipalities, provinces and a region.
One of China Airlines's 747-400s (B-164) was also used by President Lee Tung-hui during his trip to the United States in June 1995. [10] China Airlines Boeing 747-400 at Los Angeles International Airport (B-162). Second 747-400 bought by China Airlines on the Taipei to Los Angeles route in the old pre-1995 livery.
Ruditapes philippinarum, the Manila clam, [1] is an edible species of saltwater clam in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. [2] [3] Common names include Manila clam, Japanese littleneck clam, Japanese cockle, and Japanese carpet shell. [4] In Japan, it is known as asari. In Korea, it is known as bajirak. [5] [6]
The Ateneo de Iloilo – Santa Maria Catholic School (AdI–SMCS) (simplified Chinese: 怡朗 亚典耀 圣母 学校; traditional Chinese: 怡朗 亞典耀 聖母 學校; pinyin: Yílǎng Yàdiǎnyào Shèngmǔ Xuéxiào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Î-lóng A-tián-iāu Sèng-bió Ha̍k-hāu), is a private, Jesuit, Catholic, Chinese-Filipino Basic Education school run by the Philippine Province of the ...
China Airlines Flight 811 (flight number IATA: CI811, ICAO: CAL811, call sign: DYNASTY 811) was a scheduled international flight from Chiang Kai Shek Airport to Manila International Airport operated by China Airlines. On February 27, 1980, the flight was operated by a Boeing 707-309C.