Water through the south-to-north diversion project has arrived in Beijing on Saturday after a journey of over 1,200 kilometers, bringing with it a torrent of doubts and worries.
The construction of the inter- oceanic Nicaragua Canal started Monday and will end in 2019, said Wang Jing, chairman of the HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co., Ltd. which will construct the canal, at the inauguration ceremony Monday.
As the decades old plan to bring Yangtze River water 1,400 kilometers north to Beijing and neighboring areas nears completion, people living along the south-to-north water diversion project are reflecting on changes brought forth by the historic program.
Russian Ambassador to Austria Sergey Nechayev on Wednesday blamed the European Union (EU) for Russia's recent "cancellation" of the South Stream natural gas pipeline project.
Myanmar has launched a project to transform the country's public libraries into modern information center by applying information technology system, according to the Information Ministry Monday.
Work began on China's national maritime museum on Tuesday in the northern port city of Tianjin.
Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo said on Tuesday that Indonesia is expected to see the operation of the so-called sea toll road within next four to five years, to link islands across the country.
Local and international officials handed over on Monday keys to new constructed houses for 12 Egyptian families that returned to Kosovo after 15 years of displacement.
Asian and the Central European railway giants are trying to explore new opportunities in railway construction, and discussed the ongoing Euro-Asia railroad project at Railworld Summit here on Wednesday.
Myanmar-assigned Singapore-based consortium, led by CPG Consultants, is inviting interested firms to submit expression of interest this month for first-phase development of Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone in western Rakhine state, state media reported Monday.
For the past 50 years, Hu Shaobai has been toiling on a piece of farmland, planting rice and rapeseed. "Finally I can get a rest," he said, as he has recently transferred the land to an e-commerce company.
Police in south China's Guangdong Province have detained four suspects and launched a pursuit for three others who were allegedly involved in attacking a group of unpaid migrant workers, killing one of them, earlier this month.
Myanmar has revised its plan of developing its Dawei Special Economic Zone in southern Tanintharyi region, inviting international companies to bid for the project following the pull-out of the sole developer, Italian- Thai Public Company, which had failed to keep on with the project work.
China's Xinhua News Agency debuted its latest multimedia reportage project, "New Reform in China," on its online portal www.xinhuanet.com on Thursday, in the run-up to a key meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Over five million pounds have been awarded to an 11 strong consortium, led by the University of Glasgow, to develop and evaluate a European wide program to help male football fans become more active, less sedentary and improve their diets in a sustainable way.
The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) has granted 300,000 U.S. dollars of aid to Myanmar to carry out project for agricultural development, official media reported Wednesday.
Having suffered for more than 40 years from dirt, disorder and noise of coal trains, 78-year-old Gao Guangtian will finally enjoy an apartment with his own toilet for the first time in his life.
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