Xige Estate by Saussure Architects: 2020 Best of Year Winner for Winery
January 25, 2021
Photography by Feng Shao & Heng Li.
The northwestern Ningxia region has long produced China’s most critically acclaimed wines. Now the stunning Xige Estate, located at the foot of the Helan Mountains near the Yellow River, joins the area’s well-regarded wineries, which specialize in Bordeaux varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Surrounded by vineyards, Saussure Architects’s enormous 269,100-square-foot complex, which is encircled by a massive wall built of local Helan stone, is much more than a winemaking facility. Incorporating 22 guest rooms, an organic restaurant, events space, oak-barrel wine cellar, tasting room, and library, it also functions as a sophisticated hospitality venue. While chief designer Wanhong Li has prioritized efficiency in the production areas, which he characterizes as somewhat “tough in spatial form” reflecting “modern power,” he has made the p
By Ma Miaomiao · 2020-08-21 · Source: NO.35 AUGUST 27, 2020
The last batch of 500-meter rails were laid down on August 17 for a high-speed intercity railway linking Beijing and Xiongan New Area in neighboring Hebei Province in north China, marking the beginning of the countdown to the line s full operation.
A key project for the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Beijing-Xiongan high-speed intercity railway is expected to come into full operation by the end of the year, shortening the travel time between Beijing and Xiongan from the current two hours to about one hour.
This is a microcosm of China s recent blueprint to build a modern railway network, where commutes within cities will be limited to one hour by 2035. The upgraded travel system will also limit commutes within city clusters to two hours and between neighboring provincial capitals or city clusters to three hours.
Ossen Innovation Enters into Definitive Merger Agreement for Going Private Transaction
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SHANGHAI, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Ossen Innovation Co., Ltd. (the
Company ) (Nasdaq: OSN), a China-based manufacturer of an array of plain surface, rare earth and zinc coated pre-stressed steel materials, today announced that it has entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
Merger Agreement ) with New Ossen Group Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Law of the British Virgin Islands (the
Parent ), and New Ossen Innovation Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Law of the British Virgin Islands and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (