BEIJING - China’s public transportation network is getting increasingly crowded as hundreds of millions journey home amid the Spring Festival travel rush that started last week. Road traffic will hit a peak on Sunday, with around 88 million passengers expected to travel by bus, according to He Jianzhong, spokesman of the Ministry of Transport. He said...
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Road traffic peaks ahead of Spring Festival
Incredible Ice Castles of China
This picture taken on Jan. 5, 2013, shows people visiting “Ice and Snow World” at the opening ceremony of the 2013 Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast of China’s Heilongjiang province. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) The 2013 Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast of China’s Heilongjiang province, features majestic ice...
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Heilongjiang train-bus crash kills 9, injures 36
A freight train collided with an overloaded passenger bus in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province early on Monday, killing nine people and injuring 36 others, one of them badly, according to the local government. The collision occurred at 7:36 am at a railway crossing in Heihe city, the emergency response office of the Heihe municipal...
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Nineteen local governments target minimum 20 pct investment growth
With the opening of the People’s Conference and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in each province, targeted GDP and fixed investment have also been released by local governments. According to the figures, the goal of fixed investment for 19 provinces is more than 20 percent. Among the provinces that set higher fixed investment...
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‘Rising star’ draws inspiration from memories
YOUNG contemporary artist Qiu Xiaofei wanted to be a rock star and create art with music – by comparison, painting seemed prosaic. But now – in only his mid-30s and considered a rising star – he finds painting and installation a satisfying way to express himself, his memories and his feelings about the results...
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Two historical approaches: Which is right?
Harbin, in the center of what was Manchuria and now Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, has become academically controversial because of attempts by Chinese scholars to find historical origins under her streets. Foreign historians do not like this practice and many of them ridicule many Chinese discussions and publications on the origins of this...
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Bold in the cold
A veteran photographer turns the challenge of Arctic photography into a new life’s work, Wu Yong reports from Harbin. While most of his peers choose to take care of grandchildren to occupy their retirement, Wang Jiannan is packing up his gear for another Arctic journey. The 63-year-old photographer has visited some of the coldest...
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Robots enter catering industry
HARBIN – A restaurant on Central Street in Harbin city, capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, offers service with a difference. The Haohai Robot Restaurant is like a scene from a film with robots resembling movie characters, such as Optimus Prime and Wall.E, serving customers each day. A robot serves dishes in a robot...
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Association to promote Heilongjiang shipping industry
Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province has established a provincial international road transport association to promote the construction of an international shipping corridor between the province and Russia, Harbin Daily reported on Tuesday. The association, which involves the 68 transportation enterprises in the province, was established to promote cooperation with Russian companies, help local transportation companies...
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Panchen Lama visits Heilongjiang Province
BEIJING, (Xinhua) — The 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, was impressed by the historical traditions and modern construction of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province during a recent trip to the region. During his visit from Jan. 7 to 13, the 11th Panchen Lama, who is also vice president of the Buddhist Association of China, paid...
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