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• World's most energy efficient skyscraper under construction

  Work is underway on what is being billed as the world's most energy efficient skyscraper, which will have the ability to generate all its power onsite. The Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and is slated... Posted Jun 01 2009, 11:50 AM by World Construction Filed under: under construction, skyscrapers, sustainability, China, Skidmore Owings Merrill, Pearl River Tower

• Chinese construction bothered by bribery and suicide bomber

  If the global financial crisis isn't enough, China has now been rocked by a suicidal construction worker and allegations of bribery in the award of highways contracts. Disgruntled migrant worker Han Wushun, of Sichuan Province, blew himself up last... Posted Apr 08 2009, 09:55 AM by World Construction Filed under: arrests, infrastructure, China, Hong Kong, Independent Commission Against Corruption

• Buildings still going up in China, albeit a bit late

  While the rest of the world deletes the word 'skyscraper' from dictionaries, China is busy building big and tall buildings. Yingli Tower in Chongqing is the latest tower to commence construction and will be a 320m high office tower in the high... Posted Apr 02 2009, 08:29 AM by World Construction Filed under: under construction, China, Chongqing, Yingli Tower, Empire State Building

• 260km freight railroad planned to China from Mongolia

  Germany's state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn (DB) is planning to build a 260km railroad for coal between China and Mongolia. Construction work will begin later this year, with the first trains expected to start running on the single-lane railway by... Posted Mar 30 2009, 10:49 AM by World Construction Filed under: infrastructure, railroad, Mongolia, China, freight, Deutsche Bahn