Technology

China is the world's largest producer of steel. The country accounts for 57% of the world's production.

Steel is primarily made up of iron (98%) and carbon (2%). 

Mriya was flown on 21st December 1988.

The aircraft will be rebuilt. The new machine will incorporate in its design elements of the copy destroyed by the Russian military.

In 2006, it was decided to complete the second aircraft, but to date, it has not been put into service.

The Three Gorges Dam is made of steel and concrete.

The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson to… himself.

Naphtha, one of the lighter (0.78-0.81 g/cm3) fractions of petroleum, is almost as old as medicine.

The idea of building a dam on the Yangtze River arose in 1918.

On 30th August 2016, the Airspace Industry Corporation of China signed an agreement with Antonov Corporation to complete the second machine and start production of more, with upgraded avionics and a different propulsion system.