Dubbed as the world's largest building (or the largest standalone structure by floorspace, to be precise), the New Century Global Centre in Chengdu, China, has opened its doors to public last month. Photos by 郭红元@Baidu [Cn]... With 1,700,000 square metres of floorspace, … [Read more...] about China unveils world’s largest building
China to create world’s largest mega city
China is planning to create the world's biggest mega city by merging nine cities to create a metropolis twice the size of Wales with a population of 42 million. The "Turn Pearl River Delta Into One" scheme will cover a large part of China's manufacturing heartland, … [Read more...] about China to create world’s largest mega city
China’s Three Gorges dam withstand flood test
China's Three Gorges Dam is holding up against its first major flood-control test. The flow on the Yangtze River's upper reaches topped 70,000 cubic metres a second Tuesday - 20,000 more than the flow during the 1998 floods that killed 4,150 people and the highest level since … [Read more...] about China’s Three Gorges dam withstand flood test
Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, formerly the world's tallest buildings. Was testing my new DSLR camera which I bought just a few days before that... … [Read more...] about Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Large Hadron Collider begins action
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator complex, has started its first test on September 10, 2008. The LHC was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and lies underneath the Franco-Swiss border near … [Read more...] about The Large Hadron Collider begins action