CHINA - Hu opens world's highest railway

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Saturday, 1 July 2006,

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Hu

opens world's highest railway

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The railway

snakes for 1,000km across 'the roof of the world'

 

 

 

Chinese

President Hu Jintao opened the world's highest railway on Saturday,

describing it as a " magnificent feat " .

The Qinghai-Tibet line boasts high-tech engineering to stabilise

tracks over permafrost and sealed cabins to protect passengers from the high

altitude.

China says the 1,140km (710-mile) line will

bring major opportunities to a poor region.

But critics fear it will be used by China to assert its

control over a contested border region.

They also say the railway line threatens not only the delicate

Himalayan environment, but also the ancient Tibetan culture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5133220.stm

 

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