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Taobao 宁波纪事：一个外国人20年的人生、爱情与文化视角 【德】爱卡德 著 上海三联书店 9787542684837
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本书回顾了一位德国籍外国人在宁波度过的20年生活历程。书中详细描绘了他游览宁波历史名胜的经历，以及他为支持当地企业、了解全球市场所付出的努力，旨在让更多人了解这座城市。然而，岁月无情，生活并非总是充满欢乐。本书还深入讲述了他的妻子伊芙琳与癌症抗争四年的经历，以及宁波和杭州人民给予她的温暖与支持。
在这一过程中，作者对浙江人独特的个性和宁波人的热心有了更深刻的认识。书中探讨了浙江人性格与卓越商业能力的完美结合，正是这种结合让该地区在中国取得了显著成就。
本书以一个跨越不同文化和国家的外国人视角展开叙述，他最终选择将毕生心血倾注于宁波，即使面临挑战，也追求和谐平衡的生活。
Construction workers in Ningbo are watching reporting of the closing ceremony of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on their cell phone.
Farmers in local villages are packing bales of rice as the harvest season starts in Ningbo.
The Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Music Instruments will be held in Ningbo Museum from December 5 to March, 2013.
Visitors to the exhibition will have a chance to take a close look at over 200 pieces of ancient Chinese musical instruments and other cultural relics through various activities in the museum.
In addition, the Zhejiang Dinosaur Fossils Exhibition, which is scheduled to last to November 28, will be ended in advance due to maintenance.
Simon Van Booy, a well-received British writer visited Ningbo and talked with his Chinese readers face-to-face on Tuesday.
Simon Van Booy is a British author who lives in the United States. Born in Great Britain, he grew up in rural Wales, and has lived in Kentucky, Paris, Athens, New York, New Hampton. His short story collection Love Begins in Winter won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the world's richest short story prize.
Simon Van Booy is best known among Chinese readers for his two collections of short stories, The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter. Simon is especially good at describing love stories set in cities. His first full-length novel is due to be published in China imminently. Invited by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Consulate General in Shanghai, the 99 Reading Club, and Ningbo Fenglinwan Bookstore, Simon Van Booy came to Ningbo to meet with his Chinese readers face to face, sharing the living stories in his writing career.
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba pocketed 19.1 billion yuan (3.04 billion U.S. dollars) during its "Singles' Day" shopping promotion on Nov. 11, it announced on Monday. The figure was three times more than that of last year, according taobao.com, a key sales platform under Alibaba.
Ningbo netizens made significant contribution to Sunday's spending binge. According to data from the Alibaba Group, netizens in Ningbo spent 393 million yuan on "Singles' Day", an astonishing figure compared to last year's 73.06 million yuan. However, according to a ranking among major Chinese cities, Ningbo, although ranking the second in Zhejiang province, dropped to the eighth from the fifth position nationwide last year. The top three cities are Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou.
The data show that the promotion on Sunday enticed 213 million Internet users to shop on taobao.com and Tmall, two sales platforms under Alibaba, accounting for 40 percent of Chinese Internet users. Ten million users visited its website in the first minute of the sale. The ravenous consumers quickly snatched hundreds of thousands of goods including down jackets, iPhones, shampoo, liquor, and even diapers.
The figure of 19.1 billion yuan embarrassed traditional retailers. During the passed eight-day national day holiday, the 5,000 outlets form 395 large and medium-sized shopping malls in Shanghai earned a total operating income of 6.43 billion yuan. Even in Hong Kong, the well-known 'paradise of shoppers', the average daily retail sales in August was reported as 930 million yuan.
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