BEIJING -- Japan should act correctly towards an application for records of comfort women to be listed as UNESCO heritage, instead of threatening not to pay its UNESCO membership fees, a Chinese spokesperson said Monday

The cultural center of the Jinpu New Area also arranged some courses for them to know about other traditional Chinese culture such as Chinese calligraphy, seal cutting, folk dance, paper-cutting, and potteryTen students from Nigeria and Zambia learned how to perform Chinese lion dance at the Jinpu New Area in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province

During the 35-day training course, they learned from Li Mingxu, the fifth generation successor of the Jinzhou Lion Dance, a provincial intangible cultural heritage that has been passed from generation to generation for more than a centuryThey kept practicing from morning until night, trying to master the basic skills of lion dance, routines and instrumental music within a short periodThe training course on the Chinese lion dance is part of the 2017 China Africa Cultures in Focus, an activity held by the Bureau for External Cultural Relations of Chinese Ministry of Culture to strengthen the cultural communication between China and African countries

The cultural center of the Jinpu New Area has undertaken the course for three consecutive years since 2015Only a short walk from the National Mall, it looks like a good place to live, work and hang out

Hyra described the massive transformation in the U Street/Shaw area, where the city's once most infamous open-air drug market has become a farmers' market now selling grass-fed beef and homemade duck egg ravioli

The area has seen a sharp increase in the white population and skyrocketing property prices, a sign of gentrification in the Washington DCChina needs to expand its reputation and abilities in these areas

"I'm very happy to work on the advancement of science in ChinaComing up with better, cleaner methods for creating chemical reactions when generating power is going to be important

He showed interest in the recommendations and comments that were put together by the foreign experts and even described how the recommendations would be looked at by the appropriate committeesPresident Xi came across as someone who cares for his people, his country, and the world

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