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On January 10th, the world's first carbon fiber subway train took to the tracks for the very first time in Qingdao, China. It promises to be stronger, safer, and produce less harmful emissions than traditional trains.

Deep below the rugged landscape of central China lies an engineering marvel the size of a 60-story building, boring chunks of hard rock and soil, inch by inch, on a quest to bring water to millions of people.

Heatherwick Studio has created an eye-catching vertical park/viewing point in the historic city of Xi'an, China. The project takes the form of a tree, with elevated petal-like terraces for visitors to explore.

Trust a Chinese automaker to consistently push the boundaries of innovation. Swappable battery, autonomous tech, quirky design, and an inexpensive retail price - Nio's all-new Firefly EV might just be the best modern hatch on the market.

China has approved what is set to become the biggest hydropower dam complex in the world, capable of producing nearly three times as much power as the current record-holder, the Three Gorges Dam.

On December 26, 2024, in broad daylight, China took to the skies with the test flights of two presumed sixth-generation delta-wing fighter jets. The more documented of the two, the Chengdu delta-wing craft, has been tentatively identified as the J-36.

The first and largest of its kind: a 30 MW, pure-hydrogen electrical generator called the Jupiter One just completed its first successful full-system test.

The Benda LFS 700 might look like an outlandish flat-tracker, but it's essentially a naked that resembles an Autobot from Transformers. The 680cc inline-four produces enough power to go toe-to-toe against the more popular naked bikes of today.

Chinese "Space Transportation" company, Lingkong Tianxing Technology, has successfully tested its new JinDou400, also known as JinDouyun, ramjet detonation engine nearly twice the altitude of commercial passenger planes and more than doubling the Concorde's fastest speeds during its test.

Jinan, a city of 9.4 million people and the capital of Shandong Province in East China, has made world headlines. Crews working there have completed the monumental task of building the world's largest-diameter underwater shield tunnel.

Drones have another weapon in the arsenal thanks to "Crazy Li" Xiao: lasers. Not just lasers, but ones powerful enough to vaporize human tissue on contact and cut through metal.