Sitting on a train to Tibet

Author: Chen Yang / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Paul Theroux, an American train traveler, once said in his book "Traveling in China," "As long as the Kunlun Mountains are there, the railway will never reach Lhasa." A renowned Swiss tunnel engineer also commented, "It is impossible to cross the rocks and ice of the Kunlun Mountains." However, with the official opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway on July 1, 2006, the high-altitude barrier has finally become a passable route.