In the early stages of project work, a building in Pingtian Village (平田村) shows the exposed wood beam construction designed by a team of architects from Tsinghua University, University of Hong Kong, and Chinese Central Academy of Fine Arts. Because earthen-walled construction doesn't support much weight, architects are reconstructing some of the buildings with new wood frames.
Artists rendering of a proposed art gallery in a restored wood-beam and earthen-walled structure, Pingtian.
Xu Tiantian, left, and Luo Deyin, second from left, meet with officials from Songyang County. A map of the proposed project area in Pingtian village rests on the table.
An earthen-walled residence in the hilltop village of Diaotan (吊坛村), shrouded in mist
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Jacqueline Newmyer Deal is President and CEO of the Long Term Strategy Group (LTSG), a Washington, D.C.-based consultancy that provides clients with research and analysis on the future security environment. Deal has testified before the U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission and briefed senior officials across administrations. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The National Interest, along with academic journals. She earned her B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard and her M.Phil. and D.Phil. from Oxford. She was a postdoctoral fellow and award-winning lecturer at Harvard. Deal is a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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"Apple is seeking to cooperate with Chinese financial institutions," including banks for the use of Apple Pay, a People's Bank of China (PBOC) official said.
At the same time, the American company has not yet "acknowledged regulators" and as a result "it's unclear whether the product meets the government's requirements" for a commercial operation.
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