Xi Jinping: The Governance of China joins best-sellers at Neo-Luxor bookstore in March, when Chinese books were displayed in Prague, Czech Republic. PENG DAWEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE A book of anecdotes by President Xi Jinping has sold nearly 1.5 million copies in less than four months. Another book, Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, has sold 6.42 million copies in 21 languages in more than 160 countries and regions, and is about to mark its third anniversary. For Zhou Huilin, deputy chief of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, such sales show how China has opened a window for readers from home and abroad to understand the country through themed publications. These publications refer to titles on the theories, policies and strategies of the Communist Party of China, as well as the achievements of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the Chinese Dream. As China's comprehensive national power rises, more countries and readers are eager to learn about the world's fastest growing economy, the world's largest political party and the leadership that oversees both, Zhou said. Introducing good themed publications is an important way to boost China's soft power, clearly answer questions for readers worldwide and boost our country's image and influence. For the first time, the government worked out a special plan for themed publications as part of its 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) for publications. In May, the administration outlined 97 major titles for themed publications for 2017, including those involving strict Party governance and the major governance achievements of the country within the past five years. The book of anecdotes as told by Xi, published by the People's Publishing House, includes over 100 anecdotes taken from hundreds of Xi's speeches and articles, as selected by People's Daily. These vivid stories, which embody Xi's profound thinking on civil, political, diplomatic and national defense affairs, as well as governance of the Party, the country and the military, have opened a window to the essence of Xi's remarks, said Yang Zhenwu, president of People's Daily. Since it was first published in June, copyright sales for the book in English, Japanese, Russian and Vietnamese have been authorized. A story is better than a thousand dry arguments, said Yang Jingjie, an undergraduate at Beijing Foreign Studies University. entrance wristbandsjordan wristband rubberrubber bracelet maker24hr wristband24 hour bracelets24 hour wristbands coupon code
Visitors observe the model of a superconducting tube maglev at the 2018 World Transport Convention in Beijing on Tuesday. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY China is building a high-tech tube transportation system to test methods of carrying commuters and cargo at ultrafast speeds by scrapping the wheels and using magnetic levitation, a scientist said on Tuesday. Similar to Elon Musk's hyperloop maglev model, the system will initially be tested at speeds of up to 1,500 km per hour, according to Zhang Weihua, a professor at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, Sichuan province, who spoke during a forum at the 2018 World Transport Convention in Beijing. It will run inside a virtually air-free tube to reduce resistance. Once it has been completed - in less than three years, Zhang said - all kinds of ultrahigh-speed maglev transportation tests can be carried out, such as high-and low-temperature superconducting maglevs. The prototype was built at one-tenth scale of the planned full-size train, he said. While a commercial system remains a future goal, Zhang and his team have been making significant progress recently and may even break a world speed record this year. The research team is building a test line for a high temperature superconducting maglev train in Chengdu. The train, which will operate in a vacuum tube, is expected to undergo engineering tests this year, with speeds reaching 400 km/h, which would be a new global record for its type. The current record is held by a US company, Hyperloop One, which logged a speed of 387 km/h in December. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, who introduced the hyperloop concept in 2013, said he was working to build an ultrafast transportation system that will eventually travel at a speed of 1,200 km/h - from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 35 minutes. Other developed countries, such as France and Japan, are also speeding up their research on ultrafast trains. Speed has become the focus of competition, Zhang said. China has commercial bullet trains that currently operate at a top speed of about 350 km/h between Beijing and Shanghai. A conventional train that can reach 400 km/h is in the research phase, Zhang said. However, due to friction and noise, the speed of a wheeled train is hard to push higher than 600 km/h, he said, adding that maglev is the future of ultrafast trains. The world's fastest commercial maglev train, the Transrapid - which was engineered in Germany - runs on the Shanghai Pudong International Airport Maglev Line, but it runs in the open air and has a maximum operating speed of just 430 km/h - fast, but not ultrafast. As of the end of 2017, China's high-speed railway network had reached 25,000 km, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the world's total. The nation's railway network spans 127,000 km.
