Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Baghdad |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+3 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Yangpu District is located in the northeastern part of downtown Shanghai, at the intersection of Huangpu River and Yangshupu Harbor, and is the core area of the "First Bay of Pujiang River". It used to be the cradle of modern China's industry, with the Yangshupu Waterworks and Jiangnan Shipyard, which are known as the first big factories in the Far East, but now it has been transformed into a model of "Industrial Rust Belt" to "Lifestyle Show Belt". As the "Knowledge Yangpu", more than 20 universities and research institutes such as Fudan University and Tongji University are located here, forming a strong science and innovation atmosphere. In the area, science and innovation carriers such as Changyang Chuanggu and Bay Valley Science and Technology Park are clustered, focusing on emerging industries such as digital economy and biomedicine, while the Wujiaochang business district, Gongqing Forest Park and the riverside public space, combining urban prosperity and ecological recreation, displaying a unique charm of blending the traditional with the modern.
Sinjar is a city in the Nineveh Province of northwestern Iraq, near the Syrian border, in the southern foothills of the Sinjar Mountains, and is one of the main Yazidi settlements. The area, which grows wheat, barley, and olives, has suffered from a long history of conflict and infrastructure damage, and was the subject of an attack on Sinjar in 2014 by the extremist group Islamic State (ISIS), which resulted in severe persecution of the Yezidi community and attracted international attention. After the war, local residents have gradually returned to the area, but the reconstruction process is slow and the security situation remains challenging. Sinjar is not only the core area of Yazidi culture, but also an important microcosm of Iraq's ethnic and religious diversity.