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China has landed its first rover on Mars — here’s what happens next
Nature.com   15 May 2021   China  
The surface of Mars, photographed by China’s Tianwen-1 probe after it arrived in orbit in February.Credit: CNSA/Xinhua/Alamy
<p>China&rsquo;s Tianwen-1 spacecraft, currently in orbit around the Red Planet, has dropped its lander and rover &mdash; named Zhurong after a Chinese mythological god of fire &mdash; completing the most perilous stage of its ten-month mission.<br />According ...
China to complete longest and widest underwater highway tunnel “this year”
Global Construction Review   30 March 2021   China   Shanghai  
<p>The Taihu tunnel, China&rsquo;s longest and widest underwater highway, will open to traffic before the end of the year, according to Third Harbour Engineering, the contractor building it.<br />The tunnel will stretch for almost 11km under Lake Taihu, China&rsquo;s ...
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China to build world’s longest underwater high-speed rail tunnel
RT Question More   02 November 2020   China   Zhejiang Province  
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<p>A project to construct China&rsquo;s first undersea high-speed rail tunnel in eastern Zhejiang Province was approved on Monday, according to The Paper digital newspaper. Investments in the project will amount to over $4 billion.<br />Construction of the ...
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15 killed and 9 injured in China coal mine explosion
Los Angeles Times   18 November 2019   China   Pingyao County  
Rescuers carry a victim at the site of a coal mine explosion in China’s northern Shanxi province early Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images)
<p>BEIJING &mdash; A gas explosion inside a coal mine in northern China has killed 15 miners and left nine injured, authorities said Tuesday.<br />The blast occurred Monday afternoon at a mine operated by the Feng Yan Group in Shanxi province&rsquo;s Pingyao ...
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30 meter landslide in Henoko near ammunition depot
Ryukyu Shimpo   25 September 2019   China   Okinawa  
The coast near the U.S. military’s Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot where the landslide occurred.
<p>September 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo<br />(Nago) As of September 16, it was confirmed that a landslide occurred near the U.S. military&rsquo;s Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot facing Oura Bay in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.<br />The landslide occurred right next ...
Death toll in southwest China landslide rises to 36
Aljazeera   28 July 2019   China   Guizhou  
Rescue personnel assemble at the foot of a mountain after a landslide occurred in the southwest China's Guizhou province [Reuters]
<p>At least 36 people have died in a landslide that struck a village in southwest China, with 15 others still missing days after the disaster hit, according to state broadcaster CCTV.<br />The landslide late on Tuesday in Pingdi village, in Guizhou province's ...
19 dead in east China mining accident
The Straits Times   29 October 2018   China  
Nineteen miners were confirmed dead.PHOTO: AFP
<p>BEIJING (AFP) - Nineteen miners have been confirmed dead in east China following a mining accident earlier this month that trapped 22 people, state media reported on Monday (Oct 29).<br />The tunnel where the miners were working was blocked at both ends ...
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China coal mine collapse: 2 workers killed, 2 rescued, 18 still trapped
The times of India   21 October 2018   China  
<p>BEIJING: Two mine workers were killed, two have been rescued while 18 others remain trapped in a coal mine that was ripped through in a rock burst in east China's Shandong Province, local officials said on Sunday.</p>
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China's largest homemade slurry tunnel boring machine rolls off production line
XinhuaNet   29 September 2018   China   Henan Province  
China's largest slurry tunnel boring machine (TBM) rolls off the production line in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Sept. 29, 2018
<p>ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- China's largest slurry tunnel boring machine (TBM) rolled off the production line in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on Saturday.<br />TBMs are used to excavate tunnels using a circular cross section ...
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Building of key Zhangjiakou high-speed rail tunnel begins
The Telegraph   14 November 2017   China   Beijing  
Construction of the Qinghuayuan tunnel, part of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, under way in the Chinese capital on 2 November 2017 CREDIT: VCG
<p>Complex high-risk construction beneath Beijing will be 6km long and play a vital role in transport links for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games</p> <p>Building of the Qinghuayuan rail tunnel has begun in Beijing as the construction of the intercity high-speed ...
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