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Bicycle Fair

Visitors view bicycles during the 30th China International Bicycle Fair in Shanghai on May 5. The four-day event kicked off that day, drawing over 1,000 enterprises to participate.

Sea Levels

China’s coastal areas face increasing risks as sea levels along the coast have continued to rise at an accelerated pace in the past 40 years, according to official accounts, Xinhua News Agency reported on May 3.

The sea level will rise by 55 to 170 mm in the next 30 years, according to a bulletin released by the Ministry of Natural Resources.

From 1980 to 2020, sea levels

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