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The People's Liberation Army Air Force marked its 76th anniversary on Tuesday. From humble beginnings, it has evolved into a modern force equipped with some of the world's leading aircraft, with a growing emphasis on intelligent, information-driven capabilities.

On Tuesday, the PLAAF released a 26-minute microfilm on its official social media accounts to mark the anniversary, named Dreaming Far. The film presents the progress of the Air Force from the perspective of an ordinary family living next to an airport, with a few seconds of images showcasing a large drone codenamed Xuanlong-08.

When he was growing up, Galim Gaisin wanted to be an actor — a dream he has today realized not on large cinema screens, but in short serial dramas played out on smartphones.

After featuring in a commercial for earphones four years ago, the career of the 27-year-old Canadian, who lives in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has taken off.

Most of his success can be attributed to the China-birthed cultural phenomenon of micro-dramas, the short 1- to 2-minute films made for vertical viewing on social media devices.

The Changes of Shanghai East Railway Station in 4 years from 2022 to 2025

Shanghai's second-largest integrated transportation hub reached a major construction milestone on Tuesday, as the main concrete structure of the Shanghai East Railway Station was topped out at 11:20 am, marking the transition to curtain wall installation, steel roofing, and interior finishing work.

Located in Pudong district's Zhuqiao town, about 5 kilometers from Terminal 1 of Shanghai Pudong International Airport, the hub spans over 1.3 million square meters, with the high-speed rail station alone covering 160,000 square meters.

China has added the United States, Mexico and Canada to a list of countries and regions requiring special licenses to import specific precursor chemicals, as it made adjustments to its management catalog of narcotics-related chemical compounds.

The new rule, effective immediately, was jointly issued on Monday by the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Emergency Management, the General Administration of Customs and the National Medical Products Administration.