New exhibition in Beijing offers glimpse into ancient Greece

北京新展览呈现古希腊一瞥

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2024-12-03

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  • An exhibition featuring hundreds of collections from Greek museums has opened to the public in Beijing,

  • offering a panoramic view of the history and culture of ancient Greece.

  • The show, entitled the Agamemnon to Alexander the Great,

  • runs until May 18 next year at the Capital Museum of China before moving to its next stop in Shanghai.

  • The exhibition features 270 items or sets of collections from 14 Greek museums and institutes,

  • including pottery, stone statues and gold artifacts.

  • Zhang Lixin, director of the Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau,

  • said that more than 90% of of the selected cultural relics for this exhibition are being displayed in Beijing for the first time.

  • Beijing and Athens have a deep cultural connection.

  • The year 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of sister city relations between the two sides.

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  • China Railway has conducted its first large scale trial transportation of lithium batteries for electric vehicles.

  • Recently, three trains loaded with lithium batteries departed from Chongqing Municipality,

  • Sichuan Province and Guizhou Province, all in southwest China.

  • For China, the world's largest producer of lithium batteries,

  • this is a major step forward in the transportation of these vehicle batteries,