High-speed sleeper trains to link mainland, HK
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China Railway, the national railway operator, announced on Tuesday that high-speed sleeper trains running overnight between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the cities of Beijing and Shanghai will operate soon to replace the through trains that have been suspended since the COVID-19 pandemic....
Advances achieved in restoring environment
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China has restored 300,000 hectares of abandoned mine sites and almost 1,680 kilometers of coastline since 2016, an official with the Ministry of Natural Resources said. Lu Lihua, deputy director-general of the ministry's department of ecosystem restoration, made the remark in Beijing on Monday at an event ahead of World Environment Day, which falls on Wednesday....
Across China: New energy revitalizes coal mining subsidence area
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Dubbed 'sunflowers' by the maintenance staff, rows of photovoltaic panels rotate with the rising and setting of sun. This consistent provision of clean energy to the grid, amidst the surrounding greenery, has drastically improved the lives of local residents who were once plagued by blowing sand....