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Places
On 28 September 2025 a four-lane expressway bridge opened across the Huajiang Grand Canyon in Guizhou, in China’s mountainous south-west, with its road deck 625 metres above the Beipan River.
Places
Fly into the Pearl River Delta at night and the old map stops making sense. There is no visible gap between Guangzhou and Foshan, or between Shenzhen and Dongguan.
Places
Every evening crowds gather on the Bund to photograph the towers across the Huangpu.
Science & Tech
On 1 August 2008, a week before the Beijing Olympics opened, a white train left Beijing South station for Tianjin. It covered roughly 120 km in about half an hour on a line designed for 350 km/h.
Science & Tech
Most great works of ancient engineering survive as ruins. Dujiangyan is different.
