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Construction began Monday on a high-speed railway linking southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, said Wu Yong, director of Chengdu Railway Bureau. The project was scheduled to take four years, and the 308 km high-speed link would halve ...
The construction of a new express railway section between two cities near Beijing was kicked off Sunday, which, when completed, is expected to further speed up economic integration around the Chinese capital. The 158-km-long railway linking coastal Tianjin and Baoding in Hebei ...
Chinese workers have completed a tunnel beneath a border river with Russia, the most significant part of the crude oil pipeline project linking the two countries. More than 80 workers had been drilling the 1,090-meter tunnel beneath the Heilong River since Sept. 1, 2009, said Li ...
Northeast China's Liaoning Province began construction Wednesday on two railways near the border with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to boost trade and tourism between the two countries. One of the lines would link Shenyang, the provincial capital, and the ...
The landlocked coal-rich Inner Mongolia in north China will soon have an open access to ship its coal from a port in its neighboring province to fuel-thirsty customers in eastern and southern regions. A port terminal to be built in Huludao, Liaoning Province, will support an ...
China Cosco Group, the world's second largest shipping company, announced on Tuesday plans to raise as much as 3.9 billion yuan, one day after its real estate subsidiary stunned the public by buying land at a record high price in Beijing. Cosco hopes to sell 390 million new ...
A recent online post comparing the speed of the magnetically levitated train with the high-speed rail in Shanghai has aroused questions from the public over the project's high cost. According to a report from the Yangcheng Evening News, the comments were posted in an online forum ...
The 10th edition of the annual Airport Show entered the second day Monday in Dubai, a member of the seven-strong federation United Arab Emirates (UAE), bringing together more than 220 exhibitors from 34 countries or regions, including 10 from China. Participants in the three-day ...
China Southern Airlines Company Limited (China Southern) posted upsurge in profits in the first quarter from the low base last year due to the rebounding domestic aviation demand and rising investment revenue. In its unaudited quarterly results filed with the Shanghai Stock ...
Hainan Airlines Co., Ltd, one of China's major airlines, said Saturday its 2009 net profit returned to the black. Its net profit last year hit 334.67 million yuan (49.07 million U.S. dollars) compared with 1.41 billion yuan loss in 2008, the company said in a statement filed to ...
China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd (CAO), the largest purchaser of jet fuel in the Asia-Pacific region, announced on Friday that it has inked a non- binding strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Bank of Communications Co., Ltd Singapore Branch (BOCOM). ...
US Aerospace firm Hamilton Sundstrand said it has won a $1 billion long-term contract to provide the electric power generation and distribution systems for China's first single-aisle C919 aircraft, beating rivals including General Electric Co. A source close to the deal told ...
Hong Kong's aeronautical authority Thursday approved the passenger fuel surcharges levied by three airlines to be increased or remain at the same level for the period from May 1 to 31, 2010. The Civil Aviation Department (CAD) announced the new maximum levels of fuel surcharges ...
Guangshen Railway Company Ltd., one of China's major railway operators, said Thursday its 2009 net profit rose 12.01 percent year on year. Net profits hit 1.36 billion yuan (198.68 million U.S. dollars) last year on revenue of 12.39 billion yuan, which was up 5.96 percent from ...
China's national flag carrier Air China said Thursday it swung back into the black last year on the back of lower fuel costs and higher passenger volumes. The country's largest carrier said net profits jumped 155 percent to 5 billion yuan (736 million U.S. dollars), compared with ...
Competition in China's aviation market has intensified after China Eastern Airlines, the nation's second-largest carrier, announced plans to join the SkyTeam Alliance, linking it to overseas heavyweights such as Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines. China Eastern signed a ...
China Eastern Airlines resumed some flights to Europe Wednesday, a week after ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland halted air travel. China Eastern resumed services between Shanghai and some European cities including Moscow, Frankfurt and Paris. The airline had canceled 17 ...
China CNR Corporation Ltd., one of China's major locomotive and rolling stock producers, said Tuesday its 2009 net profit rose 16.34 percent on the back of strong domestic demand and rapid expansion into overseas markets. Net profits hit 1.32 billion yuan (192.54 million U.S. ...
Hong Kong's public transport network saw 4.1 billion passenger journeys last year, representing an average annual growth rate of 0.9 percent on 1999, the authority announced on Tuesday. In a feature article on the trend of local public transport patronage from 1999 to 2009 in the ...
Air China, the nation's flagship international carrier, Tuesday announced the restoration of some services to Europe as air traffic controls imposed in the wake of a volcanic eruption in Iceland were eased over the continent. Flights from Beijing to Moscow, Stockholm and Rome had ...
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Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has decided that ...
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
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Xinhua Insight: Emerging economies able to secure steady growth
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China cuts retail oil prices
China cuts retail oil prices
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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Shell companies struggle to stay listed
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China is planning to clamp down on back door listings. A back door ...
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
A general view of Toy Story Land at Hong Kong Disneyland is taken ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
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Ghana qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 women's World Cup following a 4...
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Miami Heat's LeBron James (R) stands with teammates Chris Bosh (C) and ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
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