Rail passengers wait on a platform at the main train station in Berlin on Saturday, following disruption on the German railway network. An act of sabotage targeting communications infrastructure was behind the disruption, operator Deutsche Bahn said. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP Security authorities in Germany are investigating an incident of what has been called “intentional acts”that led…
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A satellite image shows smoke rising from a fire on the Kerch bridge in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, October 8, 2022. [Photo/Agencies] MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Saturday to strengthen measures for protecting transport crossing through the Kerch Strait, the power grid connecting Crimea and the main gas pipeline to…
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Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/VCG] The meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh held on the sidelines of the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand, Uzbekistan,…
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Aerial photo taken on Dec 3, 2021 shows rural roads and the Guilin-Liucheng Expressway in Rongan county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] Increased investment helps stabilize economy as major projects approved China has promoted infrastructure construction to boost economic development during the headwinds caused by COVID-19, officials from the Ministry of Transport said…
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Staff members of the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC) restore railway facilities during a joint emergency exercise aimed at responding to security incidents on China-Laos Railway in Lao capital Vientiane, Sept. 27, 2022. (LCRC/Handout via Xinhua) A joint emergency exercise aimed at responding to security incidents on China-Laos Railway was held on Tuesday in Lao…
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin. [Photo/fmprc.gov.cn] The United States is “the largest spreader of disinformation”, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, adding that the disinformation it has fabricated is being seen through and rejected by more and more people. Wang made the remark on Monday at a daily news conference when a reporter sought his…
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An aerial view of the Sutong Yangtze River Bridge. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Yangtze River, the world’s third-longest, is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. It has fed the people along its banks for thousands of years. And today, the mega engineering projects of its bridges have connected cities and paved the way…
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A train pulls out of Hangzhou West Railway Station in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Thursday, as the Huzhou-Hangzhou section of the Hefei-Hangzhou High-speed Railway opens. [Photo by LI ZHONG/FOR CHINA DAILY] The Huzhou-Hangzhou section of the Hefei-Hangzhou High-speed Railway opened on Thursday, and passengers were able to buy tickets online from 5 pm on Wednesday,…
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President Xi Jinping holds talks with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept 15, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan — President Xi Jinping met with his Mongolian counterpart, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, at Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand on Thursday afternoon. Xi pointed out that China-Mongolia relations have maintained good momentum of growth, and exchanges and cooperation…
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A 'Sky train' starts trial runs in Qingdao, Shandong province on July 20, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com] China’s first commercial suspended monorail, known as a “sky train”, has been rolled out by its manufacturer in Qingdao, Shandong province. Its design and development have employed many advanced technologies, making it not only a new style of rail transportation,…
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