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Jerusalem/Gaza, December 14 (Xinhua) — Raed Saad, the head of the Hamas military wing's weapons production headquarters, was killed in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet security service reported.

The Israeli military named R. Saad as one of the organizers of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and “one of the last remaining senior militants” in Gaza.

They claim that R. Saad was "directly responsible for Hamas's ceasefire violations in recent months," accusing him of overseeing continued weapons production during the truce.

Hamas has not confirmed the death of R. Saad, but accused Israel of trying to disrupt the US-brokered ceasefire.

“The ongoing crimes in Gaza, including the attack on a civilian vehicle in western Gaza City, constitute a flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement signed under US President Donald Trump’s plan,” the movement said in a statement.

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NANCHANG, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — The surface area of China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, has shrunk by 90 percent compared to the peak season, with the water level in the body of water falling below the safety limit, local authorities said Sunday.

As of 6:00 a.m. Sunday, the water level at the iconic Xinzi Lake hydrological station in East China's Jiangxi Province had dropped to just 8 meters.

This year, the water level in Poyang Lake dropped below the 12-meter low-water warning line for the first time on August 8, 87 days earlier than the average for previous years. As of today, the lake has been below the low-water warning line for 217 days, meaning the lake has been experiencing low water levels for almost two-thirds of the year.

To address the problem, a nearby waterworks in Duchang County has deployed 10 pumps at full capacity to pump water from the outer part of the lake to the intake area, said Wang Chunhua, head of the production and operation department of Duchang Runquan Water Supply Company.

The company also stepped up inspections of drinking water sources and increased the frequency of water quality testing to ensure safe drinking water for the 160,000 urban and rural residents living nearby.

In recent years, the lake has repeatedly set new low water level records, with a trend towards an earlier start to the dry season, its lengthening, and lower water levels.

In 2022, the water level in Lake Poyang dropped to a record low of 4.6 meters. In 2023, the lake entered its dry season on July 20, the earliest on record.

Experts warn that prolonged low water levels will impact the wintering grounds of hundreds of thousands of migratory birds, as well as the breeding season of aquatic animals.

Relevant authorities in areas around the lake are closely monitoring the situation, implementing precise water management measures and responding to emergency situations to minimize the negative impacts of low water levels.

Lake Poyang has a unique ecosystem and is an important wintering site for waterfowl in Asia. The peak migration period for migratory birds heading to the lake begins in mid-December and continues until early January of the following year. -0-

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NANCHANG, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Four people were killed in a two-vehicle collision in east China's Jiangxi Province on Sunday, police said.

The traffic accident occurred around 2:00 p.m. when a minivan collided with a semi-trailer on National Expressway No. 206 in Nanfeng County, Fuzhou City, according to preliminary investigation data.

The causes of the incident are currently being investigated. -0-

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GUANGZHOU, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Wang Bingqian, a former State Councilor and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), was cremated Sunday in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.

He died of illness at the age of 100 in Guangdong Province on December 8.

Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng, Hu Jintao and other officials either visited Wang Bingqian during his hospital stay or expressed deep sorrow and condolences to his family in various forms after his death.

Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, joined others in bidding farewell to Wang Bingqian at a funeral home in Guangzhou. -0-

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BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — China's self-developed high-speed rail technology marks significant progress for the country in both technological innovation and operational capability.

These achievements are embodied in the Shenyang-Baihe High-Speed Railway (HSR) in northeast China, which will enter service in September 2025 and features new trains and systems designed to adapt to extreme conditions and meet intelligent control requirements.

The Fuxing CR400BF-GS electric multi-purpose rolling stock used to operate trains on this line was specially designed for regions with extremely cold climates.

Meanwhile, the construction of the aforementioned East Siberian Railway utilized advances in intelligent manufacturing. China Railway No. 9 Group Co., Ltd. manufactured over 130,000 rail slabs, which play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of trains at high speeds. Each slab is 5.6 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, and the production process took just 10 minutes. The entire height difference is controlled to within the thickness of a human hair, significantly improving precision and efficiency, according to the company.

In 2021, China launched the CR450 science and technology innovation project, one of 102 major projects outlined in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025). On December 29, 2024, a prototype of the CR450 electric multi-purpose rolling stock was unveiled in Beijing, boasting world-leading key performance indicators. To date, the CR450 high-speed train has completed a series of tests on several high-speed railway lines in China, achieving a single train speed of 453 km/h.

Wang Lei, a designer at CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd., identified reducing drag as one of the main challenges. He explained that increasing speed from 350 to 400 km/h increases drag by 30 percent, and 95 percent of this drag is due to air.

To overcome this aerodynamic drag, the CR450 train has a longer, smoother nose and a 50-ton weight reduction, reducing aerodynamic drag by 22 percent.

The superiority of China's high-speed railway lies not only in its robust "steel frame" but also in its advanced "intelligent brain."

The CTCS-3 ATP (automatic train protection) and ATO (automatic train control) system, independently developed by one of the Chinese research and design institutes, was implemented for the production of CR450 electric multi-functional rolling stock.

The above-mentioned system is reported to have full intellectual property rights and automatic driving functions such as automatic station exit, automatic driving, automatic overspeed protection, automatic station stop, and coordinated operation of carriage and platform doors.

To support the development of railways in western China, a new-generation train control system has also been developed that ensures reliable operation in harsh weather conditions.

This train control system, integrated with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, integrates multiple data sources such as satellite positioning, electronic maps and speed sensors, greatly improving the accuracy and reliability of train location.

By the end of 2025, the total length of China's high-speed railway is expected to exceed 50,000 km. Furthermore, China has demonstrated extensive experience in building a high-speed rail network that is not only extensive but also intelligent, flexible, and future-oriented.

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Dhaka, December 14 (Xinhua) — Six Bangladesh Army peacekeepers were killed and eight others were wounded in an attack on a UN base in Abyei, Sudan, the Bangladesh Armed Forces' Inter-Services Public Relations Department said in a statement on Saturday evening.

"The war continues," the statement reads. No further details were available at this time.

Chief Adviser to Bangladesh's Interim Government Muhammad Yunus expressed deep shock over the incident.

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BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) announced Sunday that the secondary development project of the Liuhua oil field, the country's first deepwater oil field, has fully started production.

The development marks a significant breakthrough in China's development of complex deepwater oil and gas fields.

The Liuhua oil field, located in the Pearl River estuary basin, is China's largest offshore reef limestone field with proven in-place reserves. Since its initial commissioning in 1996, the field has produced over 20 million tons of crude oil.

However, significant reserves, estimated at 140 million tonnes, remain in the seabed strata, requiring secondary development to exploit the potential.

The secondary development project includes two oil fields, Liuhua 11-1 and Liuhua 4-1, located in an area with an average water depth of approximately 305 meters. The project involves 32 production wells.

Since the first phase of wells was commissioned in September 2024, daily crude oil production has reached a record level of 3,900 tons. -0-

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LHASA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — A new fish species has been discovered in Chayu County of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region (XAR), which will help better study fish diversity and biological evolution in the Himalayan region, the Institute of Plateau Biology of the XAR said Saturday.

This species, named Glaridoglanis verruciloba sp. nov., is a newly identified glyptosternine catfish distinguished by an enlarged lower lip with four to seven warty lobes on the central-posterior margin and other distinct morphological features.

The first fish specimens were collected by a joint research team from the above-mentioned institute and the Xizang Museum of Natural Sciences, Zaozhuang University and the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in April of this year in the Chayu River in Xizang, which had long been misidentified as their relatives, G. andersonii.

Using morphological and molecular phylogenetic analysis, the research team confirmed that the fish samples belong to a new species, according to their study published Wednesday in the international scientific journal ZooKeys.

According to the researchers, as the third valid species recognized in the genus Glaridoglanis, this species provides valuable new material for studying the origin, diversification and adaptive evolution of freshwater fishes living along the southeastern edge of the Himalayas. -0-

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Ashgabat, December 14 /Xinhua/ — At the invitation of the Turkmen side, Special Envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) Peng Qinghua visited Ashgabat on December 12-13 to participate in a forum dedicated to the International Year of Peace and Trust.

The special envoy presented a congratulatory letter from President Xi Jinping to the Turkmen side, met with the Speaker of the Mejlis (parliament) of Turkmenistan, Dunyagozel Gulmanova, and the leaders of the main political parties, and also took part in dialogue events between the peoples of China and Turkmenistan.

Peng Qinghua actively promoted the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and Xi Jinping's congratulatory message. He stated that China stands ready to work with Turkmenistan to fully implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two countries, strengthen strategic alignment and practical cooperation in all areas, and jointly build a China-Turkmen community with a shared future.

The Turkmen side thanked Xi Jinping for his congratulatory letter to the forum and for sending a special envoy, noting that this fully demonstrates China's high regard for Turkmen-Chinese relations.

China's participation is indispensable at important international events. Turkmenistan has expressed its readiness to seize the opportunity presented by China's high-quality development to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with China, jointly implement the four global initiatives, ensure greater benefits for the peoples of both countries, and maintain global peace.

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JERUSALEM, December 14 (Xinhua) — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it killed a Palestinian militant on Saturday evening during a raid in the northern West Bank.

According to an IDF statement, the elite paratrooper unit was conducting an operation in the village of Silat al-Harithiya near Jenin when a militant "threw an explosive device" towards the soldiers.

Soldiers reportedly opened fire and killed the militant. No one was injured on the Israeli side.

That same day, Israeli forces in Gaza killed Raed Saad, the head of Hamas's weapons production headquarters. The IDF stated that Raed Saad was one of the organizers of the October 7, 2023, attack and called him "one of the last remaining senior militants" in the besieged enclave.

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