Beijing Review

SOCIETY

Faster Transit

Railway maintenance workers check track irregularities on the Golmud-Korla railway line in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China, on July 14.

Upon its scheduled operation on October 30, the 1,213-km Golmud-Korla railway line will shorten travel time between Korla in Xinjiang and Golmud in Qinghai Province in northwest China, from 26 hours to 12.

Wind Turbine

An offshore wind turbine with a capacity of 10 MW started operating on July 12 in Fujian Province in east China, according to Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC), the turbine’s manufacturer based in the southwestern city of Chengdu.

It is estimated that the wind energy converter, jointly developed by DEC and China Three Gorges Corporation, can produce 40 million kWh

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Beijing Review

Beijing Review3 min readWorld
The Trappings of Fate?
According to the ancient Greek version of the world map from the fifth century B.C., the outermost layer of the world was ocean, and in the center of the ocean was one large continent. In the middle of the continent, there was the Mediterranean Sea.
Beijing Review3 min readInternational Relations
Service For A Better World
‘What do you want to be when you grow up?” “We children in Palestine do not grow up.” This snippet comes from a conversation between a reporter and a child in the wartorn Palestinian enclave that is the Gaza Strip in 2023. Even today, the agonies of
Beijing Review1 min readWorld
Strategic Support
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), presents a flag to the information support force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PL

Related