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First China Aircraft Carrier under Building 2011.

A serving Chinese military general is citing India's capabilities in his efforts to edge the government to have more than one aircraft carrier. General Luo Yuan, a senior researcher with the Academy of Military Sciences, said China needs at least three aircraft carriers to defend its interests in the face of neighbors developing their capabilities.

"If we consider our neighbors, India will have three aircraft carriers by 2014 and Japan will have three carriers by 2014," General Luo was quoted as saying by Beijing News. "So I think the number (for China) should not be less than three so we can defend our rights and our maritime interests effectively."

 China's first manned deep-sea submersible completed a Pacific Ocean dive to 5,057 meters (16,591 feet), surpassing current U.S. capabilities and setting a milestone in a race to explore for potentially vast resources in the deepest parts of the world's oceans.

The Jiaolong set the Chinese record at 6:17 a.m. Beijing time Tuesday in the northeastern Pacific, between Hawaii and the North American mainland, according to a statement on the website of the State Oceanic Administration.

The three-person vessel carried out various tests, including landing on the seabed several times, and took photographs of sea creatures during the operation, which lasted almost six hours and was the second of four planned dives, according to the statement.

The dive means that the Jiaolong—named after a mythical Chinese sea dragon—is capable of reaching 70% of the ocean floor, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, adding that the vessel was expected to attempt a dive to 7,000 meters—the maximum it is designed to withstand—in 2012.

A Chinese manned submersible successfully reached a depth of 4,027 meters during a dive test conducted Thursday in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said.

The five-hour-long test started at 3 a.m. Thursday morning, with the submersible Jiaolong carrying three people to a depth of 4,027 meters in an international area of the ocean.

CHR (China High-speed Railway) train D182 stopped on track as power outage 12nd July 2011.

Two weeks after its grand opening that showed off China's hopes for a bright hi-tech future, a flagship high-speed rail line between Beijing and Shanghai has already left passengers stranded for hours on stuffy trains due to power outages.

Travellers waiting for delayed trains also found that the gleaming new stations along the line lacked snack shops and comfortable waiting rooms. An attendant told one waiting passenger to walk to a nearby village to buy toilet paper.

The express was shut down by power failures three times in the two weeks since it opened to great fanfare on June 30. A power cut on Tuesday halted 30 trains.

Its launch was coordinated with the 90th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party and hailed as a sign of modernisation and willingness to invest in top-notch infrastructure.