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Beijing/Shanghai, Jul 29 (EFE/EPA).- China's economy will grow 1.6 percent this year but will expand 7.9 percent next year, according to projections in the latest World Bank report, published Wednesday.Although the forecast for 2020 will be the smallest growth since 197, growing 7.9 percent in 2021 would signify the fastest pace since 2012, taking into account that the GDP growth rate is measured in year-on-year terms and that in 2011 it had been 9.6 percent. (Camera: WU HONG / ALEKSANDAR PLAVEVSKI)FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLL OF SHANGHAI AND BEIJING, CHINA.
The CTF Financial Center in Guangzhou is now home to the world's fastest elevator, which can reach speeds of up to 1,200 meters per minute, or about 45 miles per hour. Japanese industrial giant Hitachi made the lift so fast that they had to design a special cabin to make sure that passenger ears wouldn't pop from the sudden changes in pressure. The lift will open for service in 2018.
Up, up, and away! Visitors flocked to the recently opened Lotte World Tower to take the world's longest and fastest double-decker elevator, dubbed 'Sky Shuttle', in Seoul, on Wednesday. The elevator whisks passengers from the basement to the 121st-floor in one minute, at an average speed of 33 feet per second. Opened to the public in April after six years of construction, the building, which is the highest in Seoul and the fifth tallest in the world, currently holds three world records; for the world's fastest elevator, the world's tallest glass-bottomed sky walk and the world's highest observation deck. Standing at 1,820 feet tall, the tower, which is said to redefine Seoul's skyline, is nearly a thousand feet above the city's next highest building, the International Finance Centre Office Tower. The double-decker Sky Shuttle, which is basically two elevator cabins stacked on top of each other, can hold a maximum of 52 passengers at one time and connects the ground floor of the Lotte Tower directly with the observation deck. The inside of the cabins keep visitors entertained with 15 separated OLED TV screens, which show breathtaking scenes of the South Korean capital for the short ride. How would you like to zoom to the 121st floor in just 60 seconds?
If you're afraid of heights, you should skip this video right now. Chinese builders unveiled at 262-foot-long glass skywalk at a theme park in Chongqing district of Wansheng, and it looks absolutely terrifying. The glass-bottomed protrusion extends over a scenic river valley and tourists can look down to see a dizzying drop of about a thousand feet, right below them. Tens of thousands of thrill-seeking tourists waited for their chance to feel the stomach churning sensation for the opening of the V-shaped glass walkway on April 1, just a few days before Ching Ming Festival holiday, and it was definitely no joke. The skywalk is so huge that the managing company has applied to the Guinness World record, hoping to win the title of the longest glass skywalk in the world.
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