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GHF Featured by CNN, AFP, Condé Nast Traveler

May 08, 2012

One goal of last Thursday’s The Forum on Global Heritage in a Developing World: Focus on Asia, hosted in partnership with the Asia Society in New York, was to “increase public awareness of a global crisis.” So far, the results have been promising, with several major media outlets helping to spread GHF’s message.

Tags: Asia, Asia’s Heritage in Peril, Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia, China, Events, Forum on Global Heritage in a Developing World, Global Heritage Fund, India, Pingyao, Rakhigarhi, Southeast Asia

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Beijing Developers Demolish Home of China’s “Father of Modern Architecture”

February 10, 2012

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In 1931, after earning his master’s degree in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, Liang Sicheng returned to China where he joined a newly formed Beijing organization called the Institute for Research in Chinese Architecture. For seven years he and his wife Lin Huiyin, one of China’s first female architects, lived in the courtyard house located at 24 Beizongbu Hutong, where together they completed their groundbreaking book, History of Chinese Architecture.

Tags: Asia, Beijing, China, Development Pressures, Foguang Temple, Liang Sicheng, Modernization

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Census Declares Thousands of China’s Heritage Sites “Disappeared”

January 18, 2012

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The results are in from China’s most recent national heritage census — the first in more than 20 years — and they’re not good.

Tags: Asia, China, Development Pressures, Looting, Modernization

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China Adopts Guideline to Promote Cultural Development

November 23, 2011

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Last month in Beijing, the Communist Party of China (CPC) held a series of meetings to discuss cultural reforms and how they can impact social and economic development. At the end of the session, the committee adopted a guideline aimed at boosting China’s soft power and maintaining cultural security following the ongoing economic boom.

Tags: Asia, China, Pingyao

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Pingyao Named One of China’s Top Cultural Cities

September 26, 2011

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In 1997, Pingyao was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status for its exceptional preservation of an intact, classic Han Chinese city from the Ming and Qing dynasties. Fourteen years after its inscription, and some 750 years after being founded, Pingyao has again been honored as one of China’s top cultural cities.

Tags: Asia, China, Global Heritage Fund, Pingyao, UNESCO

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GHF Senior Advisory Board Member Tracks Progress at Pingyao

August 29, 2011

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Dr. Vincent Michael, a member of GHF’s Senior Advisory Board (SAB), recently visited Pingyao, where GHF has been working since 2007 to preserve the vernacular architecture, revitalize and stimulate traditional arts, and establish special historic areas. Dr. Michael summarized the trip in an article on his excellent blog, detailing the progress of GHF’s conservation work at Pingyao Ancient City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is considered the first banking capital of China.

Tags: Asia, China, Pingyao, Vincent Michael

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GHF Announces 2011 Preservation Fellows

July 22, 2011

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GHF is pleased to announce the 16 recipients of the 2011 Global Heritage Preservation Fellowships. Intended to support cultural heritage preservation and community development at sites throughout the developing world, the Global Heritage Preservation Fellowship Program provides support to young researchers to make a difference while gaining skills and experience in the field.

Tags: Afghanistan, Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia, Chavin de Huantar, China, Fujian Tulous, Hampi, India, Marcahuamachuco, Mes Aynak, Micronesia, Pakistan, Peru, Pingyao, Preservation Fellowships, Turkey, Turkmenistan

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“Fate of Old Beijing” Chronicles Destruction of Ancient Hutongs

June 09, 2011

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Since Beijing’s earliest days, its narrow lanes and alleys known as hutongs have been an intricate part of the city’s identity. Once made up almost entirely of these culturally-significant areas, Beijing today is rapidly modernizing, and the old quarters are becoming increasingly threatened by both economic and social forces.

Tags: Asia, Beijing, China, Hutong, Modernization, UNESCO

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ICOMOS Releases New Heritage At Risk Report

May 18, 2011

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The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) recently released Heritage at Risk, a global report on endangered monuments and sites around the world.

Tags: Allianoi, Buddhas of Bamiyan, Cambodia, China, Citadelle Laferriere, Haiti, Hasankeyf, ICOMOS, Kashgar, Mes Aynak, Preah Vihear, Sans-Souci Palace, Turkey, Ukraine, UNESCO, Saving Our Vanishing Heritage

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European Parliament Calls on China to Halt Destruction of Ancient Kashgar

March 14, 2011

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In a resolution released Thursday, Members of the European Parliament (MEP) called on China to immediately stop the destruction threatening the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar and to carry out a comprehensive expert inquiry into culture-sensitive methods of renovation.

Tags: Asia, China, Destruction, Kashgar, Modernization, Silk Road, UNESCO

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