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Today's featured article Hanlu (寒露), literally cold dews, is one of 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, reflecting the changing of four seasons. (More) Archive

Did you know... ·... that Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation offers the largest non-governmental science and technology awards in China? ·... that Riyuetan-Weipai Building is the world's largest solar energy office building? ·... that Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway has a 350-km-per-hour average speed, boasting the world's fastest train journey? ·... that the Old Town of Pingyao's history goes back 2,700 years, when it was first built during the reign of King Xuan (827-782 BC) of the Western Zhou Dynasty? Archive

On this day... First Chinese mainland McDonald's October 8 ·1843: China and U.K. signed Treaty of the Bogue ·1900: Dr. Sun Yat-sen staged Huichow Uprising ·1985: First Chineses olar station was built and began to generate electricity in Gansu Province ·1990: First Chinese mainland McDonald's opened in Shenzhen ·1992: A chartered plane of Wuhan Airlines crashed in Gansu Province. Archive