GUIYANG - China has issued a commemorative stamp in honor of the world's largest radio telescope, located in the southwestern province of Guizhou. The State Post Bureau (SPB) has issued a set of five stamps, including one commemorating the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) with a value of 1.2 yuan ($0.18). The other four stamps honor China's quantum science experimental satellite "Mozi," the research vessel Tansuo-1, a national grain production project around the Bohai Sea and the Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer. With an investment of 1.2 billion yuan, FAST is a single-dish telescope with a diameter of half a kilometer. It was built in the Dawodang depression, a natural karst basin in Pingtang County in mountainous Guizhou. The telescope is designed to probe space for the faintest signs of life and is sensitive to any electromagnetic interference. Surrounding areas are open to visitors. But the number of visitors is strictly controlled below 2,000 people per day and electronic devices including cell phones and cameras are prohibited. Since it began operation in September last year, it has received 240,000 visitors, according to local authorities. wristband designcustomize silicone braceletsprintable wristbands24hr wristbandmotivational bracelets for athletes
The Ruins of St. Paul's of Historic Centre of Macao. [Photo/IC] MACAO - The Tourist Price Index in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) for the second quarter of 2018 went up by 2.78 percent year-on-year to 129.86, the SAR's statistics service said on Friday. Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the increase of the index was due to rising charges for hotel accommodation and restaurant services, higher bus fares and airfares, and higher prices of local food products. Among the various sections of goods and services, price indices of accommodation, transport and communications, as well as food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco rose by 7.05 percent, 6.30 percent and 4.25 percent year-on-year respectively. In comparison with the previous quarter, the index for the second quarter of 2018 decreased by 5.17 percent. The average Tourist Price Index for the last four quarters ending the second quarter of 2018 rose by 4.21 percent from the previous period, with notable increases in the price indices of accommodation, transport and communications. For the first half of 2018, the index went up by 4.48 percent year-on-year, with price indices of accommodation, as well as transport and communications rising by 13.64 percent and 6.44 percent respectively.
