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A modern Chinese train  
   

A modern Chinese train

It is hard to believe that railways really started out in UK; where did we go wrong? These ones have not been privatised, does that make a difference?
Day 21: Jiayuguan to Zhangye

March 16th 2018
Well, that did not go as planned. We arrived to the station in good time, no problems at all and it was 28 minutes before departure when we suddenly realised it was the wrong station. Unfortunately, the correct station, the new one, is five miles from the one we had expected to use; the upshot was that we had to run up two flights of stairs, pass through both sets of baggage security, pass through ... read more
Asia » China » Gansu » Zhangye

Chinese Flag 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
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