High speed train

On to Beijing!

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January 13th 2013
If you click on any of the photos, you will get a larger version as well as access to all photos that are included, otherwise you might miss the last several shots We arrived in Beijing five days ago, taking the newly opened high speed train from Guangzhou. We covered the nearly 1400 miles in exactly eight hours, the same time it takes Amtrak to move you 320 miles from Montpelier ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more