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Railway No 2

March 7, 2016;

China has announced plans to construct a second railway line connecting the city of Chengdu in the south west of the country with the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. The first one, which opened in 2006, was met with very mixed reactions from Tibetans. In contrast, the mayor of Nyingchi, a city through which the line will pass, told Chinese news that he hoped it would be completed as early as possible.

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