The China-Indonesia built new high speed rail between Jakarta and Bandung will travel at 350 km per hour and cut the journey time from 3 hours to just 40 minutes.
I have been told from the very first day I joined the foreign service that a diplomat is a soldier without the uniform. I can understand the reason now.
It is 25 years since HK handover. I was lucky to be involved in this in Beijing and London. Time really flies. Hope for a bright future for the Pearl of Orient!
Locomotive for the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway is being shipped from China to Indonesia. The train will travel at 350 km per hour, the very first such train in Indonesia and Southeast Asia
On this special day, one cannot but remember Lin Zexu, the great fighter against opium. Today, his statue stands high on the top of the Red Hill, Xinjiang, where he was exiled for his role in the Opium War. He will always be remembered as a hero who say No to drugs.
Good to visit the Chinese Hospital in Aden. 3500 Chinese doctors have served more than 10 million Yemeni patients, and conducted 600,000 operations. Great job!
Still remember this famous photo? It is not long ago that politicians argued about Nato's 2% budget benchmark, and wonder if it is already "brain dead". Time has changed. Politicians have changed. However, people's hope for peace has remained unchanged.
Jiaohe Ruins, an ancient town in Xinjiang on UNESCO World Heritage list, is more than 2000 years old, same time of Pompeii. It used to have 10,000 residents and served as a hub on the ancient Silk Road. I seem to hear the sound of camels coming.