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2013
Aviation
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Passengers told to give up recalled or uncertified devices at airports following a series of incidents involving lithium battery products.
2 Jul 2025 - 6:40PM
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26 May 2025 - 12:00PM
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China travel
‘More convenient’: why China’s travellers are ditching planes for bullet trains
26 May 2025 - 9:19AM
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China manufacturing
China greenlights mega-canal linking Jiangxi’s resources to Zhejiang’s wealth
Beijing’s drive to build more artificial waterways essential to integrate inland economies with richer coastal regions, analysts say.
24 May 2025 - 10:00AM
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Thailand
Thai tycoon wanted over deadly Bangkok tower collapse surrenders to police
Premchai Karnasuta among 17 people charged with the felony of professional negligence causing death.
16 May 2025 - 1:17PM
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Asia travel
4 rail journeys in modern-day China; a true 21st-century experience
Chinese railways may have developed at an extraordinary pace since the 1980s, but some journeys have more to offer the curious traveller than others
12 May 2025 - 2:38PM
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Belt and Road Initiative
China’s rail ambitions receive another boost as Mongolia approves new line
China is also moving forward with cross-border rail projects in Central Asia and Southeast Asia.
8 Apr 2025 - 6:30AM
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Two Sessions 2025
‘Two sessions’ 2025: how can China get its private sector back on track?
China will need stronger action to ensure a level playing field – as the struggles of its first privately owned high-speed railways show.
7 Mar 2025 - 2:17PM
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China-EU relations
Turkish railway, with Chinese upgrades, could bypass Russia on route to Europe
Improvements to Turkey’s railway network – which a Turkish official says China could provide – would create a new, quicker path for Europe-bound freight.
14 Jan 2025 - 5:00PM
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China technology
China unveils the future of high-speed rail with a next-gen prototype
The CR450 is expected to become the fastest commercial vehicle of its kind and has been several years in the making.
29 Dec 2024 - 10:00PM
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China's economic recovery
State Council guideline encourages private investment in China’s railways
Cabinet calls for transparent pricing, the elimination of regional barriers, and equal treatment of all businesses to improve logistics sector.
24 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
Belt and Road Initiative
How a new railway will extend China’s reach into Central Asia
The 523km line linking China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan could eventually be extended to the Middle East, South Asia and Europe.
6 Dec 2024 - 8:00PM
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How China built the world’s longest high-speed railway
A look at how China took only two decades to develop the world’s longest high-speed railway.
14 Oct 2024 - 10:23AM
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How China built the world’s longest high-speed railway
12 Oct 2024 - 11:01AM
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China's economic recovery
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Is it full steam ahead for China’s high-speed rail network?
China’s railway network transported 887 million passengers over the two month summer season in July and August.
8 Sep 2024 - 5:00PM
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China's economic recovery
China’s railways bring in gravy train, recording profits and lower debt ratios
China’s state-owned railway operator has bucked economic trends by registering profits and lower debt ratios for the first six months of 2024.
3 Sep 2024 - 9:17AM
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China’s Communist Party
Security ministry says Chinese jailed for giving railway data to foreigners
Ministry of State Security says Chinese vendor enticed by lucrative contract to gather data later identified as ‘intelligence information’.
2 Sep 2024 - 7:01PM
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Asia travel
Hong Kong-Chiang Mai trip shows benefits of Belt and Road Initiative
Instead of flying from Hong Kong to Chiang Mai, the Post sets out to test infrastructure in Southeast Asia built under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. All goes well until we slip up and resort to van and bus.
17 Jun 2024 - 12:30PM
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Hong Kong transport
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Pros and cons of high-speed sleeper train from Hong Kong to Beijing and Shanghai
New overnight trains with sleeper carriages to take 12½ hours to Beijing and 11 hours to Shanghai.
5 Jun 2024 - 1:24PM
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Xinjiang
China to boost Xinjiang, Tibet rail links with eye on supply chains and energy
Senior rail planner says Beijing aims to fill in the ‘blanks’ in railway networks to implement ‘major national strategies’ and improve connectivity between far western regions and the rest of China.
3 Jun 2024 - 5:00PM
China-EU relations
Finnish developers push for Chinese-built tunnel to Estonia despite doubts
Project linking Helsinki and Tallinn has been plagued by controversy, but sponsor is undeterred, saying funding is ‘not Chinese, it’s international’.
17 Mar 2024 - 1:00PM
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Science
China puts trust in AI to maintain largest high-speed rail network on Earth
The railway system is in better condition than when it was first built, according to peer-reviewed paper.
12 Mar 2024 - 6:12PM
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Hong Kong economy
Agency lures 2 new infrastructure firms to Hong Kong, 6 others expand presence
InvestHK head of business and professional services Herman Tse Yu-man says more foreign investments are expected in the coming year.
5 Mar 2024 - 10:34PM
China-Africa relations
Green energy powers China’s investment boom in Africa after pandemic
Race for minerals vital for renewable energy drives rise in Chinese investments and construction deals in Africa.
16 Feb 2024 - 9:00AM
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China-Africa relations
China to spend US$1 billion to revamp Tanzania-Zambia railway to move minerals
The Tazara rail line connecting Zambian copper belt with port of Dar es Salaam will be updated through public-private partnership and compete with US- and EU-backed link between resource-rich areas and Angola’s Atlantic coast.
9 Feb 2024 - 6:05PM
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China-Africa relations
Chinese firms agree to raise investment in DRC copper-cobalt mining deal
Sinohydro Corp and China Railway Group will increase input from US$3 billion to US$7 billion as part of the Sicomines joint venture.
4 Feb 2024 - 8:00PM
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Belt and Road Initiative
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How the US can counter China’s belt and road forays in the Indo-Pacific
US officials must assess the impact of projects such as the Jakarta-Bandung railway, especially environmentally and socially, to be able to offer convincing alternatives.
15 Jan 2024 - 8:20PM
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Malaysia
A look at Malaysia’s Chinese-backed projects that have faced delays, controversy
Under ex-PM Najib Razak’s tenure, Malaysia saw billions of dollars of Chinese investments mainly via the Belt and Road Initiative, some of which were later axed.
13 Jan 2024 - 2:06PM
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