[photopress:ITWei_Jiaqing_blog.jpg,full,alignright]It is very good that writers such as this one should be put smartly in their place. The most popular blog entries — the ones that have the most visits — so far this year on Sina blog are about celebrities. One of Wei Jiaqing’s blog articles has been viewed for nearly one million times. […]
Category: Economics & Trade
[photopress:logistics_steam_train.jpg,full,alignright]Over the next year or so China is expected finally to phase out its steam engines. By 2020, China wants to have 100,000km of rail lines, up from 74,000km now. It also wants to ensure that more than half of those lines are double track, up from 40%, and that the proportion electrified is raised […]
[photopress:MBA_doctoral_studies.jpg,full,alignright]China’s education authorities are to carry out a nationwide review of doctoral studies in order to improve post-graduate education. The survey, launched by the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Personnel, requires all institutions of higher learning to submit appraisal reports before November 30. A Ministry of […]
[photopress:air_kungpeng.jpg,full,alignright]Mesa Air Group, which also operates go! Airlines in Hawaii, has announced the commencement of regional commercial jet service in China. The Phoenix-based Mesa signed a joint-venture agreement with Shenzhen Airlines of China in Beijing late last year. Mesa’s Kunpeng Airlines has begun flying daily between the Chinese cities Taiyuan, Tianjin, Yichang, Hohot, Nanchang, Hefei […]
[photopress:air_dynaSTY.JPG,full,alignright]According to data from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, China’s aviation industry posted a total passenger volume of 45.813 million in the second quarter of the year, an increase of 17.5% compared to the same period last year. Passenger volume increased by 0.3 percentage point, total traffic by 1.6 percentage points and cargo and […]