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To ease the villagers' access to outside world, a group of villagers led by Shen Mingxin made plans in 1972 to carve a road into the side of the mountain. [2] [3] They sold their livestock to raise funds to buy tools and materials. Thirteen villagers began the project, with one dying during construction.
Low-income countries now have the highest annual road traffic fatality rates, at 24.1 per 100,000, while the rate in high-income countries is lowest, at 9.2 per 100,000. [ 3 ] Seventy-four percent of road traffic deaths occur in middle-income countries, which account for only 53 percent of the world's registered vehicles.
Through 1950s China planned and constructed a road through its western frontier in Xinjiang and Tibet (Hotan/Rutog). [5] [clarification needed] China announced completion of the road in September 1957. [6] [7] A number of reasons [weasel words] for building the road has been conceptualized, including cementing China's control over the region.
The China National Highway 110 traffic jam was a recurring [1] traffic jam that began to form on 14 August 2010, mostly on China National Highway 110 (G110) and the Beijing–Tibet expressway (G6), in Hebei and Inner Mongolia. [2] [3] The traffic jam slowed thousands of vehicles for more than 100 kilometers (60 mi) and lasted for 12 days.
Erlangshan Tunnel Road Sign. The Mount Erlang Tunnel is a road tunnel along Sichuan-Tibet Highway (China National Highway 318), which connects China's Sichuan Province and Tibet Autonomous Region. The tunnel is 4,176 meters long and was dug through Mount Erlang in Sichuan Province. [1] It opened on December 8, 1999.
China's giant sinkholes are a tourist hit - but ancient forests inside are at risk "You're so brave! You chose to break free," wrote one follower, while another urged her to "live the rest of your ...
The new law has a number of focus points: Under the new law, when accidents occur between pedestrians or non-motorised vehicles and motor vehicles, except for the case where the pedestrian or the non-motorised vehicle deliberately causes the incident, the motorist must always bear responsibility.
China National Highway 318 between Yajiang and Kangding, Sichuan. The building of highways is seen as key to accelerating infrastructure construction. In 2003, completed investment in highway construction was 350 billion yuan and 219 key highway projects progressed, focusing mainly on the five north–south and seven east–west national arterial highways as well as highways in western China ...