Keepsake: A China Post staff holding a set of 20 commemorative stamps and a commemorative cover issued in celebration of the 100th anniversary of CPC. Xinhua
MANY couples rushed to tie the knot last week in China. They wanted to commemorate their special day just as China celebrated the 100th birthday of its ruling party, Communist Party of China.
A bride from Beijing said she chose July 1 to register her marriage for long lasting relationship.
“Hope our love would last 100 years, just like today’s celebrations,” Shasha Liu told the local media last Thursday.
It was the day to mark the 100-year formation of the CPC, the sole political party in power that had led the country to become a moderately prosperous society.
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The evolution of China s incredible high-speed rail network CNN 1 hr ago Ben Jones, CNN © Wang He/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty Images With 37,900 kilometers of lines, China has the world s largest network of high-speed railways.
At the beginning of the 21st century China had no high-speed railways.
Slow and often uncomfortable trains plodded across this vast country, with low average speeds making journeys such as Shanghai-Beijing a test of endurance.
Today, it s a completely different picture. The world s most populous nation has by some distance the world s largest network of high-speed railways.
No fewer than 37,900 kilometers (about 23,500 miles) of lines crisscross the country, linking all of its major mega-city clusters, and all have been completed since 2008.