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For UFO enthusiasts, this is the kind of long deserted road to drive on.
-- The Beijing-Urumqi Expressway, the longest desert-crossing expressway in the world, fully opened to traffic on Wednesday after its last section in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was put into operation.
-- The expressway linking Beijing and Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang, has a total length of 2,800 km, with over 500 km passing through desert and no man's land.
-- It cuts the driving distance between Urumqi and Beijing by more than 1,300 km, making it the fastest road to cross north China.
by Xinhua writers Zhang Zhongkai, Xu Ruiqing, Shang Sheng and Zhou Yuan
URUMQI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing-Urumqi Expressway, the longest desert-crossing expressway in the world, fully opened to traffic on Wednesday after the last section of the route in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was put into operation.
The expressway linking Beijing and Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang, has a total length of 2,800 km, with over 500 km passing through desert and no man's land.
In addition to Beijing and Xinjiang, the expressway passes through four other provincial-level regions: Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Gansu in north China.
Photo taken on June 30, 2021 shows a vehicle running on the Beijing-Urumqi Expressway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
It cuts the driving distance between Urumqi and Beijing by more than 1,300 km, making it the fastest road to cross north China, according to Cao Shouhua, a researcher with the Research Institute of Highway, a think tank under the country's transport ministry.
It is also the fastest land route from Tianjin Port in north China to Rotterdam Port in the Netherlands, facilitating exchanges along the Belt and Road.
Sections of the expressway in other provincial-level regions are already in operation. Due to its harsh natural environment and complex geological conditions, the section in Xinjiang was the last to be completed, taking approximately four years.
The Xinjiang section passes through varied landscapes, including the Gobi desert and grasslands. "It was no easy work," said Long Xing, general manager of the Xinjiang section's major developer, affiliated with the China Railway Construction Corporation.
Aerial photo taken on June 29, 2021 shows a view of the Barkol Lake scenic spot along the Beijing-Urumqi Expressway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
In addition to extreme temperatures ranging from over 40 degrees Celsius to below minus 40 degrees Celsius, workers had to deal with sandstorms, snowstorms, and a lack of stable telecommunication signals, among other difficulties, Long added.
ECOLOGICALLY, ECONOMICALLY FRIENDLY
The Xinjiang section crosses many areas rich in wildlife, and developers have managed to reduce the project's impact on local wildlife as much as possible.
A total of 62 animal passages have been built throughout the section, according to Wang Xiaozhi, the section's chief designer. The design of a three-layer passage has been specifically developed to simultaneously enable the uninterrupted passage of trains, animals and road vehicles.
The three-layer passages have cost an additional 120 million yuan (about 18.6 million U.S. dollars), but Wang believed that was worthwhile. "We should not impede wildlife's path while building our own."
Aerial photo taken on June 28, 2021 shows a section of the Beijing-Urumqi Expressway in Kazak Autonomous County of Barkol, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
Locals living along the expressway are the biggest beneficiaries, as easier and faster transport will stimulate local economic vitality.
Delida Yerken, a resident of the Kazak Autonomous County of Barkol in east Xinjiang, said she expects booming tourism in her hometown, with an increased inflow of tourists brought by the first expressway to pass Barkol.
"I'm also planning for a family road trip to Beijing and other cities along the expressway during the holidays," she said. "It brings us closer to other areas."
(Video reporter: Zhang Zhongkai, Aman, Shang Sheng, Hu Huhu; Video editor: Zhou Saang)
World's longest desert-crossing expressway in full operation
Source: Xinhua| 2021-06-30 20:57:40|Editor: huaxia-- The Beijing-Urumqi Expressway, the longest desert-crossing expressway in the world, fully opened to traffic on Wednesday after its last section in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was put into operation.
-- The expressway linking Beijing and Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang, has a total length of 2,800 km, with over 500 km passing through desert and no man's land.
-- It cuts the driving distance between Urumqi and Beijing by more than 1,300 km, making it the fastest road to cross north China.
by Xinhua writers Zhang Zhongkai, Xu Ruiqing, Shang Sheng and Zhou Yuan
URUMQI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing-Urumqi Expressway, the longest desert-crossing expressway in the world, fully opened to traffic on Wednesday after the last section of the route in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was put into operation.
The expressway linking Beijing and Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang, has a total length of 2,800 km, with over 500 km passing through desert and no man's land.
In addition to Beijing and Xinjiang, the expressway passes through four other provincial-level regions: Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Gansu in north China.
Photo taken on June 30, 2021 shows a vehicle running on the Beijing-Urumqi Expressway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
It cuts the driving distance between Urumqi and Beijing by more than 1,300 km, making it the fastest road to cross north China, according to Cao Shouhua, a researcher with the Research Institute of Highway, a think tank under the country's transport ministry.
It is also the fastest land route from Tianjin Port in north China to Rotterdam Port in the Netherlands, facilitating exchanges along the Belt and Road.
Sections of the expressway in other provincial-level regions are already in operation. Due to its harsh natural environment and complex geological conditions, the section in Xinjiang was the last to be completed, taking approximately four years.
The Xinjiang section passes through varied landscapes, including the Gobi desert and grasslands. "It was no easy work," said Long Xing, general manager of the Xinjiang section's major developer, affiliated with the China Railway Construction Corporation.
Aerial photo taken on June 29, 2021 shows a view of the Barkol Lake scenic spot along the Beijing-Urumqi Expressway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
In addition to extreme temperatures ranging from over 40 degrees Celsius to below minus 40 degrees Celsius, workers had to deal with sandstorms, snowstorms, and a lack of stable telecommunication signals, among other difficulties, Long added.
ECOLOGICALLY, ECONOMICALLY FRIENDLY
The Xinjiang section crosses many areas rich in wildlife, and developers have managed to reduce the project's impact on local wildlife as much as possible.
A total of 62 animal passages have been built throughout the section, according to Wang Xiaozhi, the section's chief designer. The design of a three-layer passage has been specifically developed to simultaneously enable the uninterrupted passage of trains, animals and road vehicles.
The three-layer passages have cost an additional 120 million yuan (about 18.6 million U.S. dollars), but Wang believed that was worthwhile. "We should not impede wildlife's path while building our own."
Aerial photo taken on June 28, 2021 shows a section of the Beijing-Urumqi Expressway in Kazak Autonomous County of Barkol, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
Locals living along the expressway are the biggest beneficiaries, as easier and faster transport will stimulate local economic vitality.
Delida Yerken, a resident of the Kazak Autonomous County of Barkol in east Xinjiang, said she expects booming tourism in her hometown, with an increased inflow of tourists brought by the first expressway to pass Barkol.
"I'm also planning for a family road trip to Beijing and other cities along the expressway during the holidays," she said. "It brings us closer to other areas."
(Video reporter: Zhang Zhongkai, Aman, Shang Sheng, Hu Huhu; Video editor: Zhou Saang)
Hendrik_2000
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Watching Bloomberg take on the coming ideological battle between US and China. All those western pundit questioning China sustainability are wrong they are based on nothing but western superiority believe. I like the Chinese lady opinion which is closer to reality. They have been predicting " the sky will fall on china for the better part of CCP existence". But never came.
When China opened up to foreign investment four decades ago, many predicted capitalism would bring democratic change. But they were wrong. Emboldened by the 2008 financial crisis and now America's catastrophic handling of the pandemic, Beijing is offering up its authoritarian model as a thriving alternative to the liberal values of the West.
When China opened up to foreign investment four decades ago, many predicted capitalism would bring democratic change. But they were wrong. Emboldened by the 2008 financial crisis and now America's catastrophic handling of the pandemic, Beijing is offering up its authoritarian model as a thriving alternative to the liberal values of the West.
Full speech.
"To me, the greatest achievement of President Xi Jinping is the actions he took against corruption in China. Corruption was destroying China. It was already very serious, but he was able to reverse it. However, if you are not a fan of China, if what you want is a weak China, not a strong China, then you say Xi Jinping is no good, because they prefer a corrupt China, they prefer a corrupt People's Liberation Army high command. Then it's easier for them to do things, to conduct foreign relations. So I'm not surprised that in the world today, the view of the 18th Party Congress is mixed. It depends on who the observer is."
All I can say is that this thought provoking and very well written essay by Prof. Kishore Mahbubani is a must read not just by the American intelligentia but also by many here that has a positive view on China and the leadership of the country. It's a tour de force of an essay.
"Here’s another statistic to reflect on. Brazil is geographically closer to America than China. In 2000, Brazil would take a year to export $1 billion to China. Now it does so every seventy-two hours. In contrast to the bottom fifty percent of the Chinese people, who have just experienced the best forty years of human development in four thousand years of Chinese history, the bottom 50 percent of America’s population has experienced three decades of economic stagnation, creating, as the Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton has documented, a “sea of despair” among the white working classes in America, leading to lower life expectancy, increased infant mortality, greater opioid addiction, higher suicide rates, and so on."
"Here’s another statistic to reflect on. Brazil is geographically closer to America than China. In 2000, Brazil would take a year to export $1 billion to China. Now it does so every seventy-two hours. In contrast to the bottom fifty percent of the Chinese people, who have just experienced the best forty years of human development in four thousand years of Chinese history, the bottom 50 percent of America’s population has experienced three decades of economic stagnation, creating, as the Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton has documented, a “sea of despair” among the white working classes in America, leading to lower life expectancy, increased infant mortality, greater opioid addiction, higher suicide rates, and so on."
It can only happens in Australia. Politicians are so crass and vile. Not only does he feel he needs to rain on someone else's parade. But he does it with such ..... class! G'day Sheila. I hope this is not your average Aus.
This Australian senator, Drew Pavlou never stops posting political nonsense on his page. He is such a disgrace for constantly promoting Anti-China propaganda and hate speech based on his own self opinions and ignorance about China.
Funny that he is so vocal about Human Rights abuse in China but doesn’t seem to care or show much support to the ethnic communities and indigenous people of Australia.
His latest post is immature and absurd. Check out the comments of this post; Most of his supporters are totally delusional and clueless about China/ CCP, they still believe it is an oppressive country and communism is the most evil regime of this century. Where have they been?
People should really stop reading too much propaganda from the BBC or ABC news. It is nothing but poisonous.
This Australian senator, Drew Pavlou never stops posting political nonsense on his page. He is such a disgrace for constantly promoting Anti-China propaganda and hate speech based on his own self opinions and ignorance about China.
Funny that he is so vocal about Human Rights abuse in China but doesn’t seem to care or show much support to the ethnic communities and indigenous people of Australia.
His latest post is immature and absurd. Check out the comments of this post; Most of his supporters are totally delusional and clueless about China/ CCP, they still believe it is an oppressive country and communism is the most evil regime of this century. Where have they been?
People should really stop reading too much propaganda from the BBC or ABC news. It is nothing but poisonous.
Don't think he is a real senator, just a "student senator" at a university. Just a ignorant greedy kid that prob makes money promoting CHYNA BADZ
Drew is not a senator.