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Another Bridge across Yangtze River Complete as Final Steel Truss Now in Place

A road and rail link between Changzhou and Taizhou, the world’s longest span cable-stayed bridge and tallest cable-stayed bridge that is the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge was closed out on 29 May after 16 months spent hoisting 91 trusses....

Changzhou Students want to Change School Name; Principal makes it a Research Project

The students arguement is, “We are obviously a branch of Changzhou High School, but we are called Changzhou Qishuyan Senior High School, which sounds weird”. Principal Ren Huiyu awaits the students’ research results. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Worker Falls to His Death in MixC Mall in Changzhou

The accident occurred in MixC in Changzhou’s Tianning District on 21 May whereupon another person was injured during the man’s fatal fall. The local Emergency Management Bureau said the cause is under investigation. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Record Breaking Stitcher (33 Seconds to Sew on a Zip) Awarded Master Craftsman

Li Chengxia, who has been awarded the title of “China's Great Textile Craftsman” and is head of the trade union at the Changzhou Laosan Group Co., Ltd., also holds the record for completing 1,000 pieces in a single day....

Nobel Prize Winner Meets with Changzhou Party Secretary in Name of Frontier Science 

Roger D. Kornberg won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2006 and is President of the World Association of Top Scientists. He met with Party Secretary Chen Jinhu on 17 May to promote more cooperative results in the synthetic...

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