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The high-speed rail service linking Beijing and Shanghai has opened, extending China’s world leading high-speed rail network to nearly 10,000 km – read more in the China Daily article High-speed train on fast track to success.

On 1 July 2011 China celebrated the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). To learn more about this historic event and CPC achievements, milestones, heroes and more see:

• The CNTV Special Feature 90 Years of Glory – Celebrating 90th Anniversary of the Founding of CPC
• The China Daily Special Feature 90th anniversary of Communist Party of China 1921-2011
• The new online CPC Encyclopedia

If you are using the resources from this website to Visit Shenzhen you can also learn about Shenzhen’s revolutionary history.

On 1 July 2011 China celebrated the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). If you are visiting Shenzhen you can learn about Shenzhen’s role in the history of the CPC by:

• Reading the China Daily article about the significant Shenzhen milestone in the history of the CPC
• Visiting the excellent Shenzhen Museum of History – read about my museum visit during my trip to Shenzhen and Guangzhou in 2010 and find out more about the museum in the list of Shenzhen Attractions
• Exploring Shenzhen’s revolutionary history through the Shenzhen Daily articles Revolutionary tourist attractions in SZ (Part I), Revolutionary tourist attractions in SZ (Part II) and List of revolutionary tourist attractions

High-flyers from around the world recently traveled to the home of the kite for a special event, Li Jing reports in the China Daily article Blowing in the wind.

Wudang Mountains in Hubei province, known for their Taoist monasteries as well as spawning a martial arts style popular the world over, are worth days of exploration, writes Raymond Zhou in the China Daily article Wudang epiphany. In the further article Brush up on history with Kingdom of Chu excursion he writes that a trip to Wudang Mountains can be preceded or followed by side trips into other parts of Hubei province, which will be a journey into the heart of China as well as into a time when the place was known as the Kingdom of Chu.