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HARBIN Cheap Nike Air Max Womens , Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- In China's "ice city" -- Harbin, capital of northeastern Heilongjiang Province, a group of sculptors have been making ice lanterns for decades.

With 30 years of ice lantern designing experience, Wang Tiejun, 54, remains humble.

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Ice lantern art began in China in Zhaolin Park in downtown Harbin, when the city staged its first ice lantern exhibition in 1963.

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The 42th exhibition opened in December 2015 and so far has received more than 30 million visitors.

"The designers not only design for the Harbin exhibition, but also for some overseas festivals," Tan said. The center's 30 professional designers have worked on 70 large exhibitions in 30 countries Cheap Air Max Womens , including some in tropical countries such as Egypt. The latest overseas show was held in the Republic of Korea in December.

Heilongjiang's cold weather, with January temperatures regularly below minus 30 degrees Celsius, is the perfect environment for making ice lanterns. "Natural ice can be found or made easily in Harbin, and the lanterns can be kept outdoors," Wang said.

Abroad, Wang and other designers use man-made ice in exhibition halls with a temperature lower than minus 10 degrees Celsius.

"It is a completely new experience for people living in tropical countries. They can enjoy the wonderful ice lanterns while escaping from the heat outside Cheap Nike Air Max 95 ," Wang said. "But they have to wear thick clothes they never need in their daily lives."

"We have been coming up with ideas to cater to foreign visitors' taste. For example, we have designed ice lanterns themed on some of the most famous architecture in the world," Wang said.

Designers also use typical Chinese icons, such as dragons, Terracotta warriors, and Chinese architecture including pavilions and pagodas.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices bounced up Thursday as traders started to buy after heavy sell-off.

Persistent oversupply, bloated inventories and a slew of negative economic news pressured prices pressured crude oil to 12-year lows Wednesday.

Despite negative crude data came out Thursday, traders bought the dip as oil prices touched the lowest level since May 2003.

U.S. crude production added 8,000 to 9.235 million barrels a day last week, according to the weekly report of the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) Thursday.

Thanks to the U.S. shale oil revolution Cheap Nike Air Max , American oil production has almost doubled in the past six years.

U.S. crude supplies of last week gained 4 million barrels to 486.5 million barrels, 88.7 million barrels more than one year before, according to EIA's report.

The West Texas Intermediate for March delivery moved up 1.18 U.S. dollars to settle at 29.53 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for March delivery increased 1.37 dollars to close at 29.25 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.

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The move was jointly announced by Samsung and its Chinese partner, China UnionPay, the only interbank network in the nation, which links the ATMs of all banks throughout the mainland.

As a result of the move, 15 banks, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank Cheap Air Max 90 , can connect their credit or debit cards to Samsung Pay.

Other banks such as Bank of Communications and Industrial Bank will soon follow suit, according to a note Samsung sent to the Global Times on Tuesday.

Samsung Pay is supported by Samsung's Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S6 edge-plus and Galaxy Note5 models only on licensed Samsung mobile phones, the company said.

This official launch in the mainland comes after Samsung Pay's month-long public testing began on February 24.

The company launched its mobile payment service in South Korea and the US in 2015.

Samsung's march into China's mobile payment market follows moves by US smartphone giant Apple Inc and its Chinese rival Huawei Technologies Co.

Apple Pay became available in China from February 18 in partnership with 19 banks. Huawei announced on March 8 it would allow Bank of China's cardholders to use Huawei Pay.

Samsung Pay will have wider applications than its competitors, media reports said.

Samsung Pay can be used in almost all point-of-sale (POS) machines thanks to its support of both the wireless technology known as near-field communication (NFC) and magnetic secure transmission (MST) Cheap Air Max , a technology that emits a magnetic signal that mimics the magnetic strip on a traditional payment card, according to Samsung.

Apple Pay and Huawei Pay can only be used on POS terminals that support NFC, tech.sina reported on Tuesday.

Huawei told the Global Times on Tuesday that it sees NFC payment as a safer payment method that can't easily be duplicated as magnetic strip payments can. The company also said about 7 million POS machines in China now support NFC technology and the number is still rising.

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