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Giant demolition job as two mile viaduct in China is blown up
With 100,000 volt wiring running alongside the viaduct and 30 major gas pipelines underneath it, explosives experts were faced with a task requiring particular ...
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3 killed 3 hospitalized in fireworks-workshop explosion in China
Authorities said they suspect a firecracker-workshop explosion that killed three people in China Sunday morning was caused by illegally stored gunpowder. The blast in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province killed the workshop owner's wife and daughter and a neighbor, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. The owner and two others have been hospitalized, Xinhua ...
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Chinese university in talks to open UK campus at former BBC site
One of China's top universities is in talks to open a campus at the former site of the BBC in London in the latest push to extend Chinese influence across the ...
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China universitys plan to take over BBCs White City site
One of China's top universities is in talks to open a campus at the former site of the BBC in London in the latest push to extend Chinese influence across the ...
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Watt struggles in Shanghai
China Australia's Mitchell Watt will be putting the Shanghai Diamond League meet behind him as quickly as possible, after finishing a disappointing 12th in the long jump on Saturday.Watt, the Olympic silver medallist, could only manage a leap of 7.58 metres, as China's Jinzhe Li thrilled his home crowd with an upset win.Li jumped 8.34m to beat Russian Aleksandr Menkov (8.31m) and ...
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Shanghai looking ahead to future
Shanghai is the commercial capital of China and the most populous city in the People’s Republic, with origins as a small fishing village, the city has grown into a global city with fingers that stretch across the world, exerting global influence over international cultural, commercial and political scenes. With major projects and programs underway, the future looks bright for Shanghai.
It was recently reported by international, Chinese and Shanghai news media that China had eclipsed Japan as the second-largest economy in the world. China’s GDP and economic activity has surpassed that of Japan for many decades, but the announcement was made on the back of a range of factors including imports and exports and the human development index within major cities such as Shanghai. Read more
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