On August 8th, 100 Hunan girls chopped 511 kg of red pepper in just 10 minutes. They set a new world record for the largest scale of hand-chopped hot peppers. The record was witnessed by Zhang Jian, senior authentication officer of the World Record Association.That afternoon at a square in Window of the World Park, 100 Hunan girls in red t-shirts, knives in hand, quickly started chopping the peppers in...Read More
Hunan's Laosi Town, Regional Defense System Relic and Tong Ethnic Group Villages Contend for World Heritage Tentative List.The State Administration of Cultural Heritage is about to release a new "World Heritage Tentative List". With no world-level cultural heritage before, Hunan this time has three items contend for the list: Laosi Town in Yongshun County, regional defense system in Fenghuang and villages of the Tong ethnic group. It seems that Laosi...Read More
The Hunan economy mid-term report was officially released. According to the report, the GDP of Hunan in the first half year grew by 11.5%, higher than the national average and the fiscal income of the province, increased by 22.5%, better than what was expected. Meanwhile, it is estimated that the total outcome of the early indica rice will reach 8.17 billion kilogram this year, up 105 million kilogram than that...Read More
On the morning of August 5th, twenty-odd bicycle enthusiasts experienced Changsha's first bicycle-only lane and tour around the tunnel construction site of Nanhu Road. This event was organized by Hunan Radio Traffic Channel (FM91.8 Changsha) as a move to support Chinese athletes at the London 2012 Olympic Games. There are three exits on both sides of Shuyuan Road and Naihu Road respectively, at the east bank of the southern line...Read More
China's longest high-speed railway, starting from Beijing and ending at Shenzhen, will open to traffic at the end of 2012, cutting the single-way time between the two cities by fifteen hours to around nine hours. Once the railway is in operation, the travel time between Changsha and Beijing is expected to be just 6 hours, compared to 13 hours and 17 minutes by the fastest normal-speed train Z18. Translator: Liu...Read More
