China's first domestically built mainline electric locomotive rolled off a production line in Zhuzhou in 1958, a single unit numbered 6Y1-0001 that gave the city a nickname it has kept ever since, the cradle of China's electric locomotives.
一九五八年,中国第一台国产干线电力机车,在株洲的生产线上正式下线,编号为6Y1-0001;这座城市也因此获得了一个沿用至今的称号——"中国电力机车的摇篮"。
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Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai were both born within a few kilometres of each other in rural Xiangtan, one in Shaoshan village in 1893, the other in nearby Wushi in 1898; one went on to found the People's Republic,...
Mid-journey between Shanghai and Nanjing, a routine high-speed train service turned into an improvised delivery room, when a lady went into labour in a cramped toilet; a responding urologist then found himself facing the most unexpected emergency of his...
These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat contact from Tehran, a trader in Yiwu, a student in Nanjing, a restaurateur explaining saffron, pistachios and sanctions in the...
When it comes to English-language education on China, there are "international schools" and "international-style schools", with the former accepting foreign passport holders only, or the children thereof. The Nanjinger's list breaks down the most reputable names in the field.
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