Abstract
Roads and bridges are the basic guarantee for a country’s social and economic development, and a manifestation of technological progress. In the long-term activities of transforming nature, ancient ancestors of the Chinese gave full play to their talents, overcame all difficulties, carved out paths in mountains and built bridges across waters, writing a distinctive chapter.
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Ibid.
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Tang-Wei Wei, et al. Book of Sui-Annals of Emperor Yang.
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Dai, W. (2015). Communication Technology. In: Lu, Y. (eds) A History of Chinese Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44163-3_5
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