# Harbin
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China’s Provincial Powerhouses: The Winners and Losers of a Five-Year Economic Reordering
A five-year analysis of China’s 27 provincial capitals highlights a widening performance gap, with Wuhan leading in absolute growth due to state support while the Northeast continues its demographic and industrial decline. The data reveals that cities successfully bridging the gap between state research and market application are outperforming traditional industrial hubs.
National Pride in the Skies: Air China Scales Up C919 Operations for 2026 Season
Air China is expanding its C919 fleet operations to include Harbin and Xiamen for the 2026 summer-autumn season. This expansion marks a pivotal step in normalizing the commercial use of China’s domestically produced narrow-body airliner as it competes with Boeing and Airbus.
China’s Air Force Marks 80 Years of the Northeast Aviation School with Memory-Building Campaigns
The PLAAF marked the 80th anniversary of the Northeast Aviation School with nationwide commemorations—site visits, seminars, theatrical productions and awards—aimed at converting revolutionary-era memory into contemporary cohesion. The campaign reflects a broader PLA pattern of using history and political education to sustain morale, legitimize party control and socialize the next generation of personnel amid modernization.
China’s Record Spring Festival: 5.96 Billion Trips and a New Model of Cultural Consumption
China’s nine‑day Spring Festival generated historic travel and spending—5.96 billion domestic trips and 8.03 trillion yuan—highlighting a rapid reshaping of tourism around immersive cultural experiences, film and media tie‑ins, and stronger inbound flows. The holiday demonstrated tourism’s growing economic and soft‑power role, even as it exposes challenges in sustainability and regional inequality.