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China reports 207 mln railway trips in July, up 24% from June

Passengers purchase real-name tickets on the self-service equipment at Changzhou railway station, east China's Jiangsu Province (CGTN-VCG)
Passengers purchase real-name tickets on the self-service equipment at Changzhou railway station, east China’s Jiangsu Province (CGTN-VCG)

CGTN  | 02-Aug-2020

A total of 207 million passenger trips were made on trains in China in July as summer holidays drove up travel demand, the latest data showed. Continue reading “China reports 207 mln railway trips in July, up 24% from June”

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Review of the three phases of China’s BeiDou navigation system

China's BeiDou navigation system (CGTN-CFP)
China’s BeiDou navigation system (CGTN-CFP)

CGTN | 01-Aug-2020

Named after the Chinese word for the Big Dipper or Plough constellation, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) project was launched in early 1990s and became operational within China in 2000 and the Asia-Pacific region in 2012. With the upgrade to its third-generation satellites, a constellation consisting of 35 satellites is ready to provide global satnav coverage, offering an alternative to Russia’s GLONASS, the European Union’s Galileo and America’s GPS. (Cover image via CFP).

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