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Railway Bridge In China Partially Collapses Due To Heavy Rain
A railway bridge in Chongqing partially collapsed on Tuesday morning, local authorities reported, after rain deluged the southwestern Chinese municipality for several days and fuelled concerns that more rain-induced disasters will hit the country.
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Nepal To Use Chinese Gauge For Its Railway, Not The One India Uses
Nepal has chosen a railway-track gauge used by China for its network and not the main one India uses citing lower costs, a minister said on Tuesday, a setback for India as it tries to limit Chinese involvement in the Himalayan country.
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Kolkata Metro To Get Made-In-China Air-Conditioned Coaches By February 2018
In another year, travelling on the Kolkata Metro network in the hot summer months will become a thing of the past -- the city will get 14 trains with at least 112 advanced air-conditioned coaches from China, a senior railway official said
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New Silk Road? First Freight Train From China Arrives In London
The first direct freight train service from China to Britain arrived in London Wednesday, another leg in Beijing's plans for closer trade ties with Europe along a modern-day Silk Road.
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China To Build World's Deepest, Largest High-Speed Rail Station
China will build the world's deepest and largest high-speed railway station at a popular section of the country's Great Wall, as part of its preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics, state media reported today.
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This Chinese High Speed Train Conquers Extreme Weather
The unique circular high-speed railway in China's Hainan Island, the world's first such train around a tropical zone, has been operating smoothly since last year, braving extreme weather conditions.
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Chinese Firm Wins Bid for New Delhi-Mumbai Rail Study
A consortium led by a state-owned Chinese firm has won a bid for a feasibility study into a high-speed rail link between India's political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai, the company's parent said, in what could lead to a major deal between the Asian rivals.
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China Plans to Build Rail Link With Nepal Through Mount Everest: Report
China plans to build a 540-kilometre strategic high-speed rail link between Tibet and Nepal passing through a tunnel under Mt Everest, a move that could raise an alarm in India about China's growing influence in its neighbourhood.
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'Tibet Rail Line Threatens Cultural Identity'
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Friday expressed concern over the Lhasa-Shigatse rail line in Tibet, saying it will threaten the unique cultural identity of Tibetans.
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China Plans Railway Link to India Border by 2020: Report
China plans to extend a railway line linking Tibet with the rest of the country to the borders of India, Nepal and Bhutan by 2020 once an extension to a key site in Tibetan Buddhism opens, a state-run newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Harish Rawat Demands Expansion of Rail Network in Uttarkhand
Chief Minister Harish Rawat today demanded the expansion of railway network in Uttarakhand in view of the strategic importance of the state which shares borders with China and Nepal.
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China Train Station Blast Seen as Suicide Attack
Chinese authorities say that two religious extremists carried out a terror attack at a train station in far-western Xinjiang region by detonating explosives, in an apparent suicide bombing that also killed one other person and wounded 79.
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Bombing in China Shows New Level of Militant Daring, Organisation
A bombing in western China, which killed three people and wounded 79 on Wednesday, has raised concerns about the apparent sophistication and daring of the attack, possibly timed to coincide with a visit to the heavily Muslim region by President Xi Jinping.
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China's President Vows 'Decisive Actions' after Railway Station Attack
Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered a crackdown after a stabbing spree and explosion at a railway station in the restive Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang left three people dead and 79 wounded, state media said on Thursday.
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China crash: Top officials fired; death toll reaches 36
China on Monday revised the death toll from a high-speed train crash to 36, with 192 people wounded, in the country's worst rail accident since 2008. A statement from the Railway Ministry gave the new figures and said the cause of the accident on the outskirts of the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou was still being investigated.
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Railway Bridge In China Partially Collapses Due To Heavy Rain
A railway bridge in Chongqing partially collapsed on Tuesday morning, local authorities reported, after rain deluged the southwestern Chinese municipality for several days and fuelled concerns that more rain-induced disasters will hit the country.
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Nepal To Use Chinese Gauge For Its Railway, Not The One India Uses
Nepal has chosen a railway-track gauge used by China for its network and not the main one India uses citing lower costs, a minister said on Tuesday, a setback for India as it tries to limit Chinese involvement in the Himalayan country.
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Kolkata Metro To Get Made-In-China Air-Conditioned Coaches By February 2018
In another year, travelling on the Kolkata Metro network in the hot summer months will become a thing of the past -- the city will get 14 trains with at least 112 advanced air-conditioned coaches from China, a senior railway official said
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New Silk Road? First Freight Train From China Arrives In London
The first direct freight train service from China to Britain arrived in London Wednesday, another leg in Beijing's plans for closer trade ties with Europe along a modern-day Silk Road.
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China To Build World's Deepest, Largest High-Speed Rail Station
China will build the world's deepest and largest high-speed railway station at a popular section of the country's Great Wall, as part of its preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics, state media reported today.
-
This Chinese High Speed Train Conquers Extreme Weather
The unique circular high-speed railway in China's Hainan Island, the world's first such train around a tropical zone, has been operating smoothly since last year, braving extreme weather conditions.
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Chinese Firm Wins Bid for New Delhi-Mumbai Rail Study
A consortium led by a state-owned Chinese firm has won a bid for a feasibility study into a high-speed rail link between India's political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai, the company's parent said, in what could lead to a major deal between the Asian rivals.
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China Plans to Build Rail Link With Nepal Through Mount Everest: Report
China plans to build a 540-kilometre strategic high-speed rail link between Tibet and Nepal passing through a tunnel under Mt Everest, a move that could raise an alarm in India about China's growing influence in its neighbourhood.
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'Tibet Rail Line Threatens Cultural Identity'
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Friday expressed concern over the Lhasa-Shigatse rail line in Tibet, saying it will threaten the unique cultural identity of Tibetans.
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China Plans Railway Link to India Border by 2020: Report
China plans to extend a railway line linking Tibet with the rest of the country to the borders of India, Nepal and Bhutan by 2020 once an extension to a key site in Tibetan Buddhism opens, a state-run newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Harish Rawat Demands Expansion of Rail Network in Uttarkhand
Chief Minister Harish Rawat today demanded the expansion of railway network in Uttarakhand in view of the strategic importance of the state which shares borders with China and Nepal.
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China Train Station Blast Seen as Suicide Attack
Chinese authorities say that two religious extremists carried out a terror attack at a train station in far-western Xinjiang region by detonating explosives, in an apparent suicide bombing that also killed one other person and wounded 79.
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Bombing in China Shows New Level of Militant Daring, Organisation
A bombing in western China, which killed three people and wounded 79 on Wednesday, has raised concerns about the apparent sophistication and daring of the attack, possibly timed to coincide with a visit to the heavily Muslim region by President Xi Jinping.
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China's President Vows 'Decisive Actions' after Railway Station Attack
Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered a crackdown after a stabbing spree and explosion at a railway station in the restive Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang left three people dead and 79 wounded, state media said on Thursday.
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China crash: Top officials fired; death toll reaches 36
China on Monday revised the death toll from a high-speed train crash to 36, with 192 people wounded, in the country's worst rail accident since 2008. A statement from the Railway Ministry gave the new figures and said the cause of the accident on the outskirts of the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou was still being investigated.
