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Work has begun in China on a Yuan 5.69bn ($US 785.9m) project to upgrade the 258.25km line from Jiamusi to Tongjiang on the Russian border.

Work has begun in China on a Yuan 5.69bn ($US 785.9m) project to upgrade the 258.25km line from Jiamusi to Tongjiang on the Russian border.

I’ve written all of this because friends urged me to offer some reflections on the year gone by and jot down a few thoughts for the upcoming year. But I didn’t want to waste my time looking up data points. Anyway, I don’t see that there was all that much difference between 1949 and 1979, nor for that matter can I detect how 1962 and 2022 were different.

Passengers ride the train K7065 from Harbin to Fuyuan in northeast Chinas Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 23, 2024. The train K7065/K7066 travels to and fro between the city of Harbin and Fuyuan in Chinas northeastern province of Heilongjiang. With a single journey time of nearly 15 hours, the train replaced old carriages with new ones having air conditioning system, offering a better travel experience for locals who visit friends or commute to work or study along the line.

Mao-era social management model has received a new lease of life under Xi, but analysts say it could be used as a surveillance tool and make lower-level officials hide problems from their bosses.

Heavy snow blanketed swaths of northeastern China on Monday, shutting schools and halting transportation in the country’s first substantial snowstorm of the season. Major highways in the city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, were closed and flights canceled, China’s state broadcaster CCTV said. Grade school classes were canceled Monday in parts of Heilongjiang…

Unusually early heavy snowfall blanketed swathes of northeastern China this week, forcing airlines to cancel flights, halting trains and shutting schools and roads in the country’s first major blizzard of the season.

Today's news: US President Joe Biden does not and will not support the Israeli military occupation of the Gaza Strip; 13 young people have already been killed in collapses in school gyms in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang; For People's Unity Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin presents Patriarch Kirill with the Presidential Award for 2023; A 6.9 magnitude earthquake recorded off Indonesia, but there is no danger of a tsunami; An eruption created a new island in...

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BEIJING (AP) — Heavy snow blanketed swaths of northeastern China on Monday, shutting schools and halting transportation in the country’s first substantial snowstorm of the season. Major highways in the city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, were closed and flights canceled, China’s state broadcaster CCTV said. Grade school classes were canceled Monday in