The opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge marks the fulfillment of a lifelong dream for industrialist Gordon Wu Ying-sheung, the man who dreamed up the concept of linking Hong Kong with the country's vast southwest some 35 years ago.
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, one of the most massive infrastructure projects ever undertaken, is being hailed as a remarkable achievement in cutting-edge civil engineering. International tunnel expert Tommy Olsen, from COWI, a leading infrastructure consulting company in Denmark, said its immersed tunnel sets a standard that may be copied in other projects around the world.
Since arriving in 2005, Mark Levine has regularly traveled around China, delivering lectures at more than 50 universities. He is now a teacher of American culture and public speaking at Minzu University of China in Beijing.
Foreign nationals who wish to apply for permanent residence in China should comply with Chinese law, be healthy and have no criminal record. They must also satisfy at least one of the conditions below:
Hosam Elmaghrabi, 39, a reporter in the Arabic department of China.org.cn, an online news portal.
It was 9 am, and courier Ma Yong and a co-worker were loading parcels onto a van at the Qinghe county logistic distribution center, before setting out for the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region's remote Sandaohaizi Valley, where most local herders graze their flocks in summer.
Underwater hockey, a sport most Chinese have never heard of, is becoming popular among swimmers and divers in a dozen big cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Editor's note: In an ongoing trial that began on Monday, Harvard University is accused of discriminating against Asian-American students in order to limit how many it admits. Three experts share views with China Daily's Yao Yuxin on how the case reflects different perceptions of education and equality in the United States. Excerpts follow:
When the Belt and Road Initiative was launched in 2013, many countries, both in the West and in the East, were wary of it. But with the implementation of large transport and logistics projects in those countries that are located along the routes of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, many of them today are already welcoming the Chinese initiative. More and more countries are coming to conclusion that this initiative is not a threat, but a panacea for economic growth.
On Nov 7, 2012, US President Donald Trump tweeted: "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive."
The overall framework of education cooperation between China and the United States, and the consensus supporting it, remain unchanged, a senior education official said on Thursday, damping concerns recent trade tensions could become an impediment.
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