A Chinese mountain has been renamed in honour of the blockbuster movie, Avatar, the BBC has reported. The Southern Sky Column in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, will now be known as the Avatar Hallelujah Mountain, as local officials believe that photos of the mountain were used as the basis of the film’s fictional planet, Pandora. Avatar […]
A high-speed railway linking the western Chinese cities of Xi’an and Chengdu has been approved by the country’s National Development and Reform Commission. According to a Shanghai Daily report, the 250kph trains would cut travelling time on the 519km route to less than three hours from the current 13 hours.
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Authorities in Beijing are aiming to increase the proportion of cyclists on road from the current 19.7% to 23% by 2015 to help ease congestion and pollution in the city. According to a Xinhua report, the government will eliminate regulations that discourage bicycle use while implementing more restrictions on car drivers. By 2015, Beijing government […]
Hong Kong will start building its new Kai Tak Cruise Terminal next year, and plans to launch operations at the facility by 2013, ChannelNewsAsia has reported. The new terminal will boast two side-by-side berths, and will be able to berth the world’s largest cruise liners.
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Hong Kong is the first choice of many Chinese mainland residents when they travel abroad, according to the Beijing office of Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) Friday, quoting survey results. More than 90 percent of over 8,000 netizens on the Chinese mainland surveyed said Hong Kong is the very place they hope to visit most, said […]
WHO: Alice Foote, 65, of Wilmette, Ill., with sons Mike Foote, 30, of Montpelier, and Jesse Foote, 30, and his wife, Beth Huston, 29, of Jamaica Plain.WHERE: China.WHEN: Two weeks in July.WHY: To view the total solar eclipse on July 22. “It was my mom’s idea,’’ Mike Foote said. “She’s a retired teacher and an […]
Shanghai Metro’s Line 9 will be extended to the ancient town of Songjiang, in the southwest of the city, according to a Shanghai Morning Post report. Construction will begin on 30 December, and is expected to open in 2012. The new Metro stretch, with three new stations, will cost an estimated CNY2.7 billion (US$393 million), […]
(Hong Kong, 18 October 2009) A collection of cable cars from around the world are now on display at Ngong Ping Village as part of the International Cable Car Gallery organised by Ngong Ping 360. The cable cars, from six overseas tourist destinations, give visitors a glimpse into cable car technology from the past.“As one […]
Northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is organizing several cultural festivals to counteract the effects the July 5 riot and last week’s syringe attacks scare have had on tourism, an official said Wednesday. Yinamu Nesirdin, head of the regional tourism administration, said planned campaigns to boost tourism include an international poplar festival focusing on the Gobi […]
Yushu, a remote county in the depths of northwestern China’s Qinghai Province, used to be two days’ drive from the nearest airport in the provincial capital Xining. But last month it was opened up to the outside world with a brand-new airport. As the source of China’s three major rivers, center of Kham Tibetan culture and […]