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• Direct Flight From Chengdu to Taizhong Taiwan Starts from July 19

  At 15:51, on June 19th, the first plane from Chengdu to Taizhong took off from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport with 73 passengers. While there will be 123 passengers on the returning flight with the attendance of 78%.

• China Opens New Route for Indian Pilgrims to Tibet

  LHASA - China on Monday opened a new route along the Himalayan Nathu La Pass for pilgrims from India traveling to Tibet, to further promote religious exchanges between the two countries.

• Flying Tigers Artifacts Donated to Chengdu Museum

  Visitors to the Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province, were impressed with a so-called "blood chit" on display at a donation ceremony on Tuesday.

• Last Traditional Dragon Boat Maker in Chengdu

  Peng Jiabai, a carpenter in his 50s, is the only one who can build traditional wood-made dragon boat, usually used for racing during China's Dragon Boat Festival, in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province.

• Panda Bears Gives Birth to Twins in Chengdu Sichuan

  A seven-year-old panda gave birth to twin cubs at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province on Monday. According to base chief Zhang Zhihe, they are the first panda twins born in the world this year.

• Do You Know the Facts about Tibetan Medicine?

  Tibetan medicine is one of the few traditional medicinal systems still in use in the world today, along with Indian Ayurveda medicine, traditional Western medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine, comprising the four main traditional medicinal practices of the world.

• Tibetans Revere Chairman Mao Like Buddha in Tibet

  Portraits of Mao Zedong are hung on the walls of many homes in Tibet. Mao Zedong never took himself for a god and opposed people to deify him, but Tibetans revere him like Buddha.

• Litang: Mysterious and Beautiful Genie Sacred Mountain in Tibet

  Genie scenic area is located in the southern part of Litang's Reke Township, with an expanse of nearly 500 square kilometers. At 6,204 meters above sea level, Genie Mountain is the center of the area, surrounded by ancient forests, grasslands, lakes, hot springs, temples, and ethnic Tibetan...

• Traditional Tibetan Medicine Popular among Tibetans

  Traditional Tibetan medicine has been greatly supported in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Tibetan medicine has unique advantage in treating common diseases on the plateau, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, digestive system...

• Top US 3D Printer-maker Enhances Cooperation with Chengdu

  The world’s largest 3D printing enterprise, Stratasys, has established partnership with several Chengdu enterprises in medical treatment, education and military industries at the 2015 World 3D Printing Technology Industry Conference and Expo.