The eighth medical expert team sent by Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) to Laos and the staff of the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC) pose for a group photo in Lao capital Vientiane on March 22, 2023. VIENTIANE, March 24 (Xinhua) — The eighth medical expert team sent by Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to…
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China’s rail-sea intermodal trains have made 25,000 trips along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. A cargo train carrying 74 containers of imported goods departed from the Qinzhou port station in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Thursday. It is scheduled to arrive at the Chengxiang station in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan…
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China’s efforts to build modern industries and expand institutional opening-up will create new advantages in international cooperation and competition, especially given the challenges of slowing global demand, geoeconomic shocks and soaring global commodity and energy prices, said government officials and business leaders. They said these efforts will not only enhance China’s overall economic prowess, but…
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Commissioning of dam paves way for ensuring steady energy supply to locals The successful commissioning of the dam, a part of Uganda’s biggest hydroelectric project, has paved the way for ensuring a steady supply of power to millions of people across the country. The 600-megawatt Karuma Dam, a part of the Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station,…
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A freight train departs for Moscow, Russia from Beijing's Mafang Station in suburban Pinggu district, becoming the latest cargo service linking China with Europe via railway. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] Economic cooperation has been an admirable priority focus of a dynamic, pragmatic and outward-looking China over the past 10 years, despite the world’s stormy…
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A China-Europe freight train carrying medical supplies bound for Madrid of Spain departs from the city of Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang province. [Photo/Xinhua] HANGZHOU – A China-Europe train carrying 100 standard containers of China-made small commodities and ceramic products left Yiwu, a major hub of small commodities in East China’s Zhejiang province, for Madrid, Spain,…
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A high-speed train depot on the railway between Shanghai and Nanjing. [Photo by Bruce Connolly/chinadaily.com.cn] For over 20 years, Huang Tao has worked as a “railway doctor,” walking over 35,000 kilometers along the tracks detecting flaws with the rails. Huang is a railway worker detecting flaws in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Huang’s job…
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Suburban trains are seen at the Saint-Lazare train station in Paris on the eve of the sixth nationwide day of strike and protests against the pension reform in France with heavy disruption on French SNCF railway and the Paris transport RATP networks, France, March 6, 2023. [Photo/Agencies] Public transport services across France will be the…
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A general view of the site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023. [Photo/Agencies] ATHENS – Greek rail workers went on strike for a sixth day on Monday to protest over safety conditions following a train crash last week that killed 57 people. The busy rail…
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Diesel locomotives produced by CRRC, the world's largest supplier of rail transit equipment, powers the international freight trade on the China-Laos Railway. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Diesel locomotives produced by CRRC, the world’s largest supplier of rail transit equipment, power the international freight trade on the China-Laos Railway. Earlier last month, the first whole-journey round-trip…
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