Beijing-Tibet train finishing first trip 2006-07-03
Chinese railway workers who worked on the Qinghai-Tibet railway get ready for the official opening ceremony in Golmud in China's northwest Qinghai province. The first train on the world's highest railway arrived in Tibet early Sunday, linking the remote Himalayan region with the rest of China in a symbol of power that President Hu Jintao hailed as a "miracle."
China's first train from Beijing to Tibet made the final leg of its journey Monday on the world's highest railway, climbing to such high elevations that ballpoint pens and packaged foods burst in the thin air. ... ...
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