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Sensors and craftsmanship, Jingdezhen's fight to preserve porcelain making industry

The UNESCO listing brought global attention to Jingdezhen and the porcelain making craft which the city was built on.

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​Sleek, colorful, and artfully crafted, the ceramics lining the shelves of a shop in Jingdezhen's Taoxichuan art district reveal little about their surprising beginnings: piles of broken porcelain once bound for the landfill.

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After years of preparation, the Shanghai Literature Museum, a comprehensive literary institution, officially opened to the public on Thursday, offering a concentrated showcase of the evolution and remarkable achievements of Shanghai literature.

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A new exhibition hall dedicated to the preservation of China's diverse language resources opened on Aug. 24 in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, bringing a decade-long effort to document languages and dialects to the public through digital and interactive displays.

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On July 25, the Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, becoming China's 61st World Heritage site. Dongbu was among the newly listed heritage components.

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