China
More China-made high-speed trains to hit the rails
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A worker shows the rotatable passenger seats of a CRH (China Railway High-Speed) bullet train named "Hexie", whose literal meaning in English is "harmony", at the CSR Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co, Ltd. in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 12, 2007. The "Hexie" CRH bullet train at the speed of above 200 kilometers per hour will operate for the sixth round of Chinese railway "speed boost" starting from April 18, which will greatly increase Chinese railway system's handling capacity. (Xinhua Photo/Xu Suhui)
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File photo taken on Sep. 15, 2006 shows a CRH (China Railway High-Speed) bullet train in a test operation at the CSR Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co, Ltd. in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. CRH bullet train named "Hexie", whose literal meaning in English is "harmony", at the speed of above 200 kilometers per hour will operate for the sixth round of Chinese railway "speed boost" starting from April 18, which will greatly increase Chinese railway system's handling capacity. (Xinhua Photo/Xu Suhui)