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China’s Wuhan suspends public transportation, outward flights, trains Coronavirus Outbreak

China’s Wuhan suspends public transportation, outward flights, trains Coronavirus Outbreak:

Central China’s megacity of Wuhan battling with a pneumonia outbreak has announced to suspend public transportation, and close the airport and railway stations to outgoing passengers, while asking citizens not to leave the city without specific reasons.

City buses, subways, ferries and long-distance coaches, as well as flights and trains for outgoing passengers will be suspended starting from 10 a.m. Thursday until further notice, said a notice issued in the wee hours of Thursday by Wuhan’s headquarters for the control and treatment of the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus.

The measures will be taken in a bid to “effectively cut off the virus spread, resolutely curb the outbreak and guarantee the people’s health and safety,” the notice said.

A total of 444 cases of new coronavirus-related pneumonia and 17 deaths had been reported in Hubei Province as of 8 p.m. Wednesday, with the majority in Wuhan, the provincial capital.

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The Qilian Mountains, across China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces

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The Qilian Mountains, across China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces, stretch for about 800 kilometers from east to west. It’s a huge mountain range composed of many parallel mountains. Amazing China: Qilian Mountains – A Wet Island Surrounded by Deserts

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Kanas lake, Altay, NW China’s Xinjiang

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Located in Altay, NW China’s Xinjiang, Kanas lake is such a spectacular place. Colors of Kanas Lake vary in different seasons and weather. Its beauty and mysterious folk tales attract many tourists every year. Mysterious Kanas Lake

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Highway on Tianlong Mountain

The construction of the highway on Tianlong Mountain 天龙山 in Taiyuan, N China’s Shanxi Province started in March 2019 after the old road built in 1996 suffered wear and tear. The new highway is about 30 kilometers long with a vertical gain of 350 meters. The entire highway reconstruction project also includes four bridges and a tunnel. It reduced the grade from 15% to 4%, which has greatly improved safety. The project completed in September 2019.

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The world’s first large, three-engine utility drone

The world’s first large, three-engine utility drone recently made its first flight. Developed by Chengdu-based Tengden Technology Co, the drone is a three-engine variant of Tengden’s twin-engine TB Twin-tailed Scorpion, as this design is a world first for drones. The drone has a width of 20 meters and a length of 11 meters. It is equipped with three piston engines, with one under each wing and one on its tail, enabling it to have a maximum takeoff weight of 3.2 tons and an endurance of 35 hours.The drone has a flight ceiling of 9,500 meters, a max climb rate of 10 meters a second and a top speed of more than 300 kilometers an hour.