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East Asia
Drones facilitate people’s lives in China
Several Chinese cities are using drones to monitor traffic, capturing traffic violations such as using mobile phones while driving and illegal parking. In February 2019, traffic management departments of Nanning, capital of southwestern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region handled 438 cases of illegal parking with the help of drones, according…
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Smart streetlights unveiled in Guangzhou
Thirty-five smart streetlights were unveiled in Guangzhou, capital of southern China’s Guangdong province, to promote the building of 5G smart cities, local media outlet Yangcheng Evening News reported on March 2. The smart streetlights can serve as video surveillance devices, telecommunication base stations, road signs and even as battery chargers.…
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Online Tree-planting Campaign Popular in China
More and more Chinese citizens are contributing to China’s forestation efforts with the help of online platforms, as the country hastens its steps to green its land and seek environment-friendly development. Wuhan, the capital city of central China’s Hubei province, has been encouraging voluntary forestation for years. It makes creative…
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Tibet considers written Lhoba script
A legislator from Lhoba, the second smallest of 56 ethnic groups in China living in the Tibet Autonomous Region, said the regional government is considering creating written scripts for the Lhoba language, a move the legislator hailed as another government effort to preserve ethnic culture. Being the only deputy of the…
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China to run driverless maglev train at 200 kph in 2020
China will roll off its first self-developed driverless commercial maglev train with a designed speed of 200 km per hour in early 2020, said Zhou Qinghe, chairman of CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd, developer of the train. The new train, known as the commercial maglev 3.0, will be the world’s…
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China steps up efforts to boost private economy
China has taken a bunch of measures to support the development of the private economy, which is a sector of great concern to the society, a spokesperson with the annual session of the country’s top political advisory body said on March 2. As an important part of the socialist market…
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China residents have stronger sense of gain: statistical report
“We had a stronger sense of gain in the past year,” Chinese residents told People’s Daily in a recent interview. The residents’ voice is indicated in the Statistical Communiqué on China’s 2018 National Economic and Social Development issued by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the report, China…
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China injects confidence, vitality into global economy
“What’s this year’s big issue? The economy.” The key topic Bloomberg has captured from the annual sessions of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, referred to as the “two sessions”, is the observation of many foreign media and represents foreign media’s…
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China’s Largest Solid-Fuel Carrier Rocket Scheduled For Maiden Launch in 2019
Chinese legislators have urged the country to formulate its own space law to boost the development of the commercial space sector and pay more attention to the outflow of talents. China’s private space sector will embrace more opportunities in 2019. The country should complete its laws and regulations on the private…
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Two sessions, a window for world to explore synergetic development with China
The two sessions, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC), have become a “must-do” for global China experts to explore the country’s development trend and observe the indicators of China’s relations with the world. “Will China still serve as the engine of the global…
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