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Citing sources at the Guangzhou municipal government planning bureau, local newspapers have reported that a proposed new regional express rail link between Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong will start at Panyu on the south side of the city and pass through Nansha before crossing the Pearl River estuary to Dongguan, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The […]

Dongguan city in the Pearl River delta area of Guangdong province has proposed that a new expressway be built linking Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, said HKiMail. The proposal, which has not been discussed with the Hong Kong government and is yet to be approved by the Guangdong provincial government, is part of a […]

The China office of consultant WS Atkins has started a one-year transport study in Shenzhen, commissioned by the Shenzhen Transport Bureau, with funding from the World Bank. The study will develop an integrated and sustainable transport strategy for developing the city’s infrastructure over the next 30 years. Currently, Shenzhen’s transport system is dominated by roads […]

A supervisory group of experts headed by Qian Zhengying, former minister of water resources, has found cracks in the body of the Three Gorges Dam, China Daily said. An inspection of the project found that concrete placement had been badly carried out, leading to a variety of defects including the cracks. They were said to […]

The budget for the construction of the Three Gorges Dam in 2002 is US$1.8bn, the highest yearly amount so far, Xinhua reported. Half of the total US$906m will be used to build the ‘hinge’ project and to relocate people from the reservoir area. Some 147,300 people are to be moved above the 135-metre water level; […]