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His 2011 album Armando was released in Spanish as a tribute to his late father.
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CHENGDU, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Tourism in southwest China's Sichuan Province, home to most of the country's wild pandas, has developed rapidly in recent years thanks to its rich cultural and natural resources and promotion.
The fourth Sichuan International Travel Expo, which opened Sunday in Emeishan City, will witness the signing of 28 contracts valued at 68.5 billion yuan (10.5 billion U.S. dollars), said Fu Yonglin Air Max 90 Mens Sale , director of the Sichuan Tourism Development Committee.
Featuring opening-up and green development driven by tourism, the weeklong expo has attracted more than 2,000 guests from 74 countries and regions, including the United States, Australia, Russia and Germany.
Last year, Sichuan hosted 630 million domestic tourist arrivals and 3 million overseas visitors. Tourism accounts for 8.4 percent of the province's economy.
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"We strive to develop tourism into an industry of more than 100 billion yuan," said Peng Lin, Party chief of Leshan City, home to Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha on UNESCO's heritage list.
During the expo, seminars will be held to discuss sustainable tourism development.
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PARIS, March 2 (Xinhua) -- "This exhibition is just great Air Max Mens Sale , I like it a lot!", 14-year-old Lea told Xinhua reporters as she walks out of the exhibition rooms of "Han Feng - Relics from China's Han Dynasty" in Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts.
"This exhibition is very impressive, it helps me to understand the Han dynasty of China better. I've seen some knowledge from the textbooks here, and get to know the livings of the people in the Han Dynasty more. They actually knew how to farm and use waist belts in 2000 years ago, it fascinates me," said Lea.
Lea is among the visitors who left their comments in different languages on the notebook near the exit of the exhibition.
"Han Feng - Relics from China's Han Dynasty", which includes hundreds of exhibits Nike Air Max 95 Sale Clearance , brings people back to that pivotal dynasty that dates back around 2000 years, and presented the magnificence of the Chinese Art in Han Dynasty.
A series of lectures, workshops, film screenings and theatrical performances were also held in conjunction with the exhibition, presenting in a variety of forms of the Chinese culture in Han Dynasty.
"This exhibition is a huge success," Administrator general of Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts Thierry Jopeck told Xinhua reporters on the closing of "Han Feng - Relics from China's Han Dynasty" exhibition on March 1.
According to his introduction, the exhibition received around 85 Nike Air Max 90 Sale Clearance ,000 visitors during its four month's display.
"Among exhibitions organized by the Guimet Museum in the last decade, this one is within the top five most successful," he said, "And we are looking forward to conducting more exhibitions with our Chinese counterparts in the future."
"The result of this exhibition has exceeded our expectations," said one of the curators, Director of the Chinese art department of Guimet Museum Thierry Jopeck.
There are several reasons behind the success of this exhibition, but among them all the most important reason is the excellence of the exhibits.
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Huizhong Cao, one of the organisers who is a researcher working for Guimet National Museum of Asian Artsk, said "This exhibition is a gift from China to France."