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  • Exporters eyeing boost in Russian business

    2014-08-15

    Fruit and vegetable exporters in China expect to increase sales to Russia, which has banned such imports from the European Union and the United States in retaliation to Western economic sanctions imposed over the situation in Ukraine.

  • Gourd players in Harbin set a new Guinness record

    2014-08-13

    A square in the Daoli district of the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province saw total of 1,141 gourd (ocarina) players challenging a Guinness World Record, on August 12, for the largest number of musicians in a single performance.

  • China-Russia ports deal helps speed commerce

    2014-08-12

    Fifteen trucks loaded with goods crossed the China-Russia border at Suifenhe-Pogranichnyy Port on Friday without having to undergo a second customs inspection after an agreement on customs procedures was officially launched between the two countries.

  • St Anthony Brass Quintet performs in Harbin

    2014-08-11

    The St Anthony Brass Quintet from Minnesota, USA, made a special show for the 32nd China Harbin Summer Music Festival at Harbin Music Hall, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, on Aug 9.

  • International Accordion Week opens in Harbin

    2014-08-11

    The opening concert of the 32nd Harbin China Summer Music Festival International Accordion Art Week, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, on Aug7.

  • Sister city: Vitebsk, Belarus

    2013-05-30

    Vitebsk was established in 974 AD in northeast Belarus, as the capital of Vitebsk Oblast.

  • Sister city: Chiang Mai, Thailand

    2013-05-30

    Harbin and Chiang Mai became sister cities on April 29, 2008. Since 1999, the city of Harbin has sent more than 20 Chinese teachers to Montfort College in Chiang Mai.

  • Sisterhood partnership: Fairfax County, the United States

    2013-05-28

    Fairfax County is located in north Virginia in the United States, and it is the most populous county in the state and the largest jurisdiction in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

Sun Island celebrates song's legacy

The iconic song On the Sun Island was performed by soprano Yu Hongfei on Harbin's picturesque Sun Island 45 years after its debut.