Editor's Note: Today marks the third China Space Day. Here we present carrier rockets, spacecraft and satellites sent into space by China in recent years. The main launcher prepares to send the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan city, Northwest China's Gansu province, on June 13, 2012. After launch, Shenzhou-9 would dock with China's first space lab, Tiangong-1. [Photo/VCG] custom poker bracelet24 hour wristbandscolor filled wristbandcustomized braceletssilicone bands
Signal No 10 Super Typhoon Mangkhut wreaks havoc near Heng Fa Chuen, a private residential estate in Eastern District, Hong Kong Island. [Photo by Roy Liu/China Daily] MACAO -- The economic losses caused by Typhoon Mangkhut to China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) earlier this year were estimated at 1.55 billion patacas (about $192 million), the SAR's statistics service has said. The losses included direct losses worth of 520 million patacas (about $64.4 million) and indirect losses worth of 1.03 billion patacas (about $127.6 million), the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) said on Monday. The DSEC also said the estimation mainly covered economic losses of businesses, as well as losses pertaining to homes and vehicles of households, municipal facilities, and certain public service systems. Typhoon Mangkhut struck Macao on Sept 16, injuring 15 people.
