Top railway official of Xinjiang, China's westernmost provice, said a railway connecting China and Pakistan would be built "in the next few years". The Xinhua (China's state agency) report does not have any further particulars on the China-Pakistan rail... ...full story at Letters from China
from Letters from China on Sun, Oct 12 2008
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