News that Chinese scientists are conducting research in the hope of developing a maglev train that would reach speeds of up to 2,000 kilometers per hour as it rockets through an underwater tube made my jaw drop - until I realized that man's constant search for speed isn't that new.
Item from May 25, 1991, in China Daily: Property hunters look for homes at the 10th Housing Exchange Fair at the Working People's Cultural Palace in Beijing. Most were searching for homes closer to where they work.
President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that he hopes people-to-people exchanges between China and Germany will advance bilateral ties and China-Europe relations.
China and Germany should jointly send a strong signal of support for economic globalization and free trade and investment, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.
The Chinese embassy in Pakistan confirmed on Wednesday that two Chinese nationals were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the country's southwest city of Quetta earlier in the day.
"Nothing unusual" was found in an initial check of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the city's development authority said on Wednesday, the day after Hong Kong's anti-graft watchdog arrested 21 of the quality control contractor's employees on suspicion of submitting fake test reports on concrete used in the massive project.
President Xi Jinping was among world leaders who sent condolences to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II over the deadly explosion in Manchester that killed 22 and injured more than 50 on Monday night.
China will ease restrictions on foreign investment, including a further opening-up in sectors such as services, manufacturing and mining, according to a news release issued after a key Party meeting on Tuesday.
Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo is one step closer to omnipotence in the ancient game of Go on Tuesday after it prevailed in the first of three matches against Ke Jie, a 19-year-old Chinese prodigy who is the world's No 1 human player.
By year's end, mobile payment will be accepted on all public buses in Hangzhou, making the city the first in China to do so on all its buses and consolidating its reputation as a mobile application pioneer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
Raymond Zhou
Op Rana
Berlin Fang
Zhu Yuan
Huang Xiangyang
Chen Weihua
