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China’s high-speed train in Tibet carries out maiden military mission: Report

August 6, 2021;

Hindustan Times, Published 4 August 2021 The newly opened Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway carried new recruits of a combined arms brigade affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command to an exercise field at an elevation of 4,500 meters. China’s recently launched high-speed train connecting Tibet’s provincial capital Lhasa with strategically located Nyingchi, a Tibetan…

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