China: Powered pontoon bridge supports emergency rescue in flood-stricken Guangxi
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
A powered pontoon bridge sails in the flooded area in Beijiang Township, Ningming County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 24, 2026. Rescue forces have been deployed in Ningming County, where typhoon-triggered heavy rainfall caused flood. A powered pontoon bridge was deployed for emergency rescue operations on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
Rescuers assemble a powered pontoon bridge in Beijiang Township, Ningming County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 24, 2026. Rescue forces have been deployed in Ningming County where typhoon-triggered heavy rainfall caused flood. A powered pontoon bridge was deployed for emergency rescue operations on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 24, 2026 shows a powered pontoon bridge sailing in the flooded area in Beijiang Township, Ningming County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Rescue forces have been deployed in Ningming County, where typhoon-triggered heavy rainfall caused flood. A powered pontoon bridge was deployed for emergency rescue operations on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 24, 2026 shows a powered pontoon bridge sailing in the flooded area in Beijiang Township, Ningming County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Rescue forces have been deployed in Ningming County, where typhoon-triggered heavy rainfall caused flooding. A powered pontoon bridge was deployed for emergency rescue operations on Monday.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
