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            <title><![CDATA[70 optimists in Vilnius, Kenya]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 17:50:23 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[On 6 May, according to the New China News Agency, the second KwF martial arts champion in Kenya held a race in Kibu County, on the outskirts of Nairobi, the capital city. Thirteen clubmen from all over Kenya conducted a vibrant Chinese affair and performance. The competition was hosted by the Kenyan Association of Artuists, with the support of the Chinese Embassy in Kenya. The President of the Kenya FAC, Njongg, introduced the competition in which 70 candidates from 13 clubs from Kenya took p...]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On 6 May, according to the New China News Agency, the second KwF martial arts champion in Kenya held a race in Kibu County, on the outskirts of Nairobi, the capital city. Thirteen clubmen from all over Kenya conducted a vibrant Chinese affair and performance.</p><p>The competition was hosted by the Kenyan Association of Artuists, with the support of the Chinese Embassy in Kenya. The President of the Kenya FAC, Njongg, introduced the competition in which 70 candidates from 13 clubs from Kenya took part, showing all aspects of their skills in the field of martial arts in China. “The purpose of this competition is to promote the dissemination of the Chinese culture of martial arts, which is a vibrant and ancient culture that attracts the eyes of the global community, including the African people.” Ngong.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Interpretation of the beauty of the pattern of commemorative coins circulating in the first round of Chinese Zodiac]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 14:26:17 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[One person, one animal, one coin, one story The Chinese zodiac, as a folk cultural symbol with a long history of the Chinese nation, originated from the ancient totem worship and contains people’s longing for a happy life and the sustenance of auspiciousness and prosperity. Since ancient times, every Chinese has been endowed with a zodiac sign from birth and accompanied by life. In a sense, the Chinese zodiac is the life mark of every Chinese and the mascot that everyone is born with. With th...]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One person, one animal, one coin, one story</p><p>The Chinese zodiac, as a folk cultural symbol with a long history of the Chinese nation, originated from the ancient totem worship and contains people’s longing for a happy life and the sustenance of auspiciousness and prosperity. Since ancient times, every Chinese has been endowed with a zodiac sign from birth and accompanied by life. In a sense, the Chinese zodiac is the life mark of every Chinese and the mascot that everyone is born with.</p><p>With the improvement of China’s national strength, the zodiac culture has become a world culture, which has been pursued by people all over the world. In order to meet the people’s will and comply with the public opinion, the people’s Bank of China began to issue a series of circulating commemorative coins for the new year Zodiac in 2003, which is undoubtedly an inevitable and correct choice for carrying forward and inheriting the essence of China’s zodiac culture and traditional folk customs.</p><p>The first round of circulation commemorative coins of the Chinese Zodiac has created the first circulation commemorative coins of the Chinese Zodiac new year and has a unique historical position. However, many people believe that although the design of the commemorative coins is novel and innovative, the image of the Chinese zodiac is not prominent enough, which is a pity. But in fact, this is just the opposite. If you can carefully taste the patterns of the 12 circulating commemorative coins of the lunar new year, you will find the ingenuity of the pattern designers. They select the most distinctive 12 images of the lunar new year from the most distinctive festive folk culture in the Millennium Chinese civilization, and then combine them with the images of happy boys and girls in holiday costumes to tell a beautiful story, I really realized the creation of “one coin, one story” commemorative coin. The zodiac elements on the coin give way to people’s image. I think it’s just a stroke of God. Why do you say so? There are two main reasons.</p><p>First, the overall design idea of the commemorative coin is “one coin, one story”. Since it is to tell a story, who is the protagonist in the story? Is it the zodiac? If it is the Chinese zodiac, where do the feelings of people who appreciate coins resonate? The protagonist of the story must be human. In this way, let’s take a look at the pattern of commemorative coins. Isn’t the happy child image and zodiac elements full of childlike innocence and childlike interest creating a particularly beautiful life scene cherished in the depths of public memory? The patterns tell the unforgettable beautiful years in everyone’s heart. Watching the 12 commemorative coins is like watching a movie. In the changes of pictures, it seems to shuttle through the time tunnel of reality and memory. The infinite warmth and common memory have aroused the strong emotional resonance in the hearts of the public, and the wonderful story is staged in this way.</p><p>Second, the issuance of the first round of circulating coins of the Chinese zodiac is precisely standing at an era node of rapid development and encouraging innovation after the 21st century. Since it wants to create a precedent for the issuance of zodiac commemorative coins, it should be unique and unique. In 1980, the first round of zodiac stamps began to be issued, and the pattern was based on the master painting highlighting the image of the zodiac for artistic creation; In 1981, the first round of gold and silver coins of the Chinese Zodiac were issued. The design refers to the idea of the Chinese Zodiac stamps and adopts the famous paintings of masters of previous dynasties. The first round of circulation coins of the Chinese Zodiac to be innovated will certainly not refer to the previous ideas, so the pattern of today’s commemorative coins is very reasonable. And such an ingenious design aesthetic feeling and the design expression of the warm implication of rain moistening the heart are also a new and unique artistic interpretation of Chinese cultural elements and the ancient Chinese Zodiac new year culture? Is it the special value of practicing commemorative coins to commemorate important moments and witness people’s good life?</p><p>Everyone has their own understanding of beauty, but the most touching emotion is indeed the same. The design of the first round of ordinary commemorative coins for New Year celebrations is unique - integrating China’s long-standing spring festival culture, Zodiac culture, folk culture, coin culture and traditional art, which has not only become a masterpiece to carry forward China’s long-standing Zodiac culture, Moreover, through the unique design element expression of the commemorative coin pattern, it has reconstructed a special cultural and artistic solution for us. Just as the 12 zodiac elements of this year’s Winter Olympic Games appeared at the closing ceremony in a unique “ice cart” posture, they show the Chinese people’s cultural confidence to the people of the world in a unique way of China.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[The 3-in-1 Buick GL8 is too buggy, and the new Volkswagen can only reduce the price if it wants to win?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:43:39 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As we all know, Buick GL8 (configuration | inquiry) has always dominated the domestic MPV market of about 300000 yuan. If any model at the same level wants to make a breakthrough in sales, it must compete positively with Buick GL8, including the domestic invincible Volkswagen. However, VW Weiran, which went public in 2020, almost completely failed in the face of Buick GL8. It only achieved more than 10000 units in 2021, which is not as high as the monthly sales of Buick GL8, and it is only a ...]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we all know, Buick GL8 (configuration | inquiry) has always dominated the domestic MPV market of about 300000 yuan. If any model at the same level wants to make a breakthrough in sales, it must compete positively with Buick GL8, including the domestic invincible Volkswagen. However, VW Weiran, which went public in 2020, almost completely failed in the face of Buick GL8. It only achieved more than 10000 units in 2021, which is not as high as the monthly sales of Buick GL8, and it is only a drop in the bucket that Buick GL8 exceeded 170000 units in 2021. With the addition of more joint venture medium and large MPV models such as Toyota Saina Sienna and Kia Jiahua, VW’s situation may be more difficult. To this end, SAIC Volkswagen accelerated the promotion of the medium-term transformation of Weiran and opened the pre-sale of the new Volkswagen Weiran on February 22. So how much has the new Gran changed compared with the previous one? Can you find a breakthrough in the face of Buick GL8? Let’s take a look at the comparison between the two cars.</p><p>Having more children is good for fighting, which is impossible and difficult to turn over</p><p>Buick GL8 can firmly occupy the market leading position in the medium and large MPV market, which is largely due to the perfect model price system. Although it seems that there is only one Buick GL8, in fact, there are three different types of “Buick GL8” at the price of 200000-500000 yuan, including “land business class” for the market of 200000-300000 yuan, and “es Luzun” for the market of 300000-400000 yuan It focuses on the flagship “Avenir Avia” of 400000-500000, and each series has several models to choose from, which gives users a great choice.</p><p>In contrast, the price system of current models is relatively simple. There are four models in the whole series, of which the starting price of 2.0T low-power model is 286800 yuan, the starting price of 2.0T high-power model is 369800 yuan, and the price difference between models under the same power is 30000 yuan. Moreover, according to our prediction, the new Volkswagen Weiran has a high probability of maintaining the current price system, and there will not be too many models. In this way, users not only have a high threshold for buying a car, but also have few choices. Compared with the optional selection of Buick GL8, buying Volkswagen gran is more LED. It is difficult to meet every user, and the competitiveness is naturally reduced.</p><p>At the same time, the three models of Buick GL8 also have great differences in appearance. The design will become more luxurious and exquisite with the increase of price. In addition, it does not make the low configuration models feel cheap or low-end. The temperament of each model is in place, which can also make users who choose high configuration models feel that “value for money”. In this regard, Volkswagen Weiran still has a lot to learn from Buick GL8.</p><p>The new Weiran has a large rear compartment, but the riding space is not as big as Buick GL8</p><p>The appearance design of the new Weiran is consistent with that of the current model. The rear boarding platform is still high and still doesn’t look like MPV. Fortunately, it is still calm and business, and the proper atmosphere is not lost. The biggest change of the new gran is mainly concentrated in the interior part. It adopts a new style of central control screen and interior trim panel, with English letters printed in front of the co pilot. Overall, the interior style of the car is still too similar to that of Volkswagen tuang, lacking innovation and vitality.</p><p>We are familiar with the interior design of Buick GL8. The “land business class” and “es Luzun” adopt the standard MPV style design. The bumper is placed on the center console, saving a lot of storage space. However, compared with the “land business class”, the large screen design of “es Luzun” shows a sense of science and technology, and “Avenir Avia” takes a higher level in color matching and materials, Reach the flagship level.</p><p>Space is an important indicator to measure the excellence of medium and large MPV. In this regard, Buick GL8 has a high standard, with a length of more than 5.2m and a wheelbase of nearly 3.1m; The body size of the new weran is expected to be consistent with that of the current model. The vehicle length is more than 5.3 meters and the wheelbase is close to 3.2 meters, which is longer than that of Buick GL8. According to previous experience, the riding space of Buick GL8 is more spacious, especially the front and rear moving range of the second row is larger than that of winran, but the rear compartment space of winran is a little larger than that of Buick GL8. Of course, from a business point of view, more people will be willing to sacrifice part of the trunk volume for riding space.</p><p>One side electric sliding door is the bottom line, but the new style may not understand</p><p>As the new Weiran is not yet on the market, we can’t get the accurate configuration, but from the current situation, most of the configuration will be consistent with the current models. At most, there will be an upgrade in the scientific and technological configuration such as vehicle engine system, and the power system will continue. It is equipped with 2.0T high-power and low-power engine and matched with 7-gear wet double clutch, Buick GL8 is still a power combination of 2.0T + 9at. So we still take cash as a reference.</p><p>First of all, the biggest weakness in the current configuration of cash Granville is that for the entry-level model with a price of 286800 yuan, the sliding doors on both sides can only be manually operated, which is unacceptable for a joint venture medium and large SUV that is not cheap and positioned at the high end. In contrast, Buick GL8 is equipped with manual double-sided sliding doors except for the lowest configuration model with a price of 232900 yuan. The rest are at least one-sided electric sliding doors, which can better capture consumer demand.</p><p>In addition, when compared with the Buick GL8, which is close to the price, the biggest disadvantage of the high configuration model of the cash Gran 2.0T low-power version lies in the lack of driving assistance and active safety. In addition, the inability of the vehicle machine system to OTA is also a problem that needs to be improved. In terms of high-end models, cash Granville has almost supplemented the previous problems, but there are problems in the most important rear seat function links. For example, the whole series is not equipped with rear small table, which should not be used for a MPV focusing on business. Therefore, from a comprehensive point of view, the problems of the above cash Gran are also the places where the new Gran must change and improve, otherwise it is difficult to win.</p><p>Conclusion:</p><p>Through various comparative analysis, we expect that some of the problems existing in the cash prestige will continue to the new models, such as the price system and riding space. Even if the new interior design is used and the missing configuration is supplemented, it is believed that it is difficult to win the Buick GL8. The main reason for this</p>]]></content:encoded>
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