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Chongqing is situated at the upper reaches of the Yangtze and at the joint of central China and West China. It is rich in biological resources, mineral resources, water resources and the unique Three Gorges tourist resources. The world famous construction of the Three Gorges dam and developable emigration of the reservoir area and the investment demand and consumption need of the 30 million people who are marching to a well-off living standard will provide a vast market potential for the future development of Chongqing. |
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- Name: Munich Olympic Stadium
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Date Completed: 1972
- Material: Steel
- Number of Spectators: 80,000
- Facts: Unlike other stadiums, the roof of the Munich stadium is in tnesion, its weight carried by a prestressed cable net curved in two directions to stabilize it in the wind. |
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- Name: Suez Canal
- Location: Egypt
- Date Completed: 1858
- Length: 100 miles
- Facts: The canal is one of the world's most heavily used shipping lanes, with an average of 55 ships using it daily in the late 20th century. |
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- Name: Trans-Alaska Pipeline
- Location: USA, Canada
- Length: 800 miles
- Facts: At the height of construciton in the summer of 1975, some 20,000 men and women worked 12-hour days, 7 days a week, in a race against winter. |
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- Name: Pan-American Highway
- Location: North America and South America
- Length: 48,000 kilimeters (30,000 miles)
- Facts: The network of highways connecting North America and South America. |
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The winter entertainment park Ski Dubai on the desert of The United Arab Emirates. It costs 275 million dollars, with 85 metres in height and 80 metres in width. |
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- Name: Sears Tower
- Location: Chicago, USA
- Date Completed: 1974
- Material: Steel
- Height: 1454 feet
- Facts: Known as the "bundled tube" approach, the innovative tubular system requires much less steel than did traditional designs while maintaining stiffness against wind loads. |
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- Name: Pont de Normandie
- Location: France
- Date Completed: 1995
- Type: cable-stayed bridge
- Length of Span: 856 meters / 2808 feet
- Facts: Designed by the French road administration design office SETRA, it had the longest span of cable-stayed bridge at that time. |
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