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
Flower market before Spring Fest
长江村花市 1-23-20 中山 Zhongshan. Not very big but serve the purpose.
Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center 1-23-20 Shenzhen
Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center 1-23-20 Shenzhen. The view of the site from the highway gives an idea of how big this building is.
Qianhai Development 1-23-20 Shenzhen
Qianhai Development 前海湾 1-23-20 Shenzhen. A mega-project for the city. Three years ago there was nothing there.
Shenzhen International Airport 1-23-20 Shenzhen
Scale of China’s Wuhan Shutdown Is Believed to Be Without Precedent
New York Times revisited, “James G. Hodge Jr., director of the Center for Public Health Law and Policy at Arizona State University, said the shutdown would almost certainly lead to human rights violations and would be patently unconstitutional in the United States.”In sealing off a city of 11 million people, China is trying to halt a coronavirus outbreak using a tactic with a complicated history of ethical concerns.
Kanas lake, Altay, NW China’s Xinjiang
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
The Wudongde Hydropower Station is located at the junction of Huidong County, Sichuan Province and Luquan County, Yunnan Province, on the course of the Jinsha River
乌东德水电站位于四川省会东县和云南省禄劝县交界处金沙江河道上,水电站坝顶高程988米,最大坝高270米,总库容74.08亿立方米。电站安装12台单机容量85万千瓦的水轮发电机组,装机总容量1020万千瓦,年发电量389.1亿千瓦时。
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.
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.