China opened the world's highest railway on Saturday in Tibet
Media Release
Jul. 1, 2006

China opened the world's highest railway on Saturday, celebrating the link to Tibet as a symbol of national strength and ethnic harmony while critics decried it as a threat to Tibetan culture and the environment.

A stiffly proud President Hu Jintao waved farewell as the first train left Golmud, the outpost in the far-western province of Qinghai where the new 1,142-km (710-mile) track to the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, begins. "The building of the Qinghai-Tibet railway is of major significance for accelerating the economic and social development of Tibet and Qinghai, improving the lives of people of every ethnicity, and strengthening unity between ethnic groups," Hu told a meeting broadcast on Chinese television.

After his speech, the train carrying officials and model workers on the project set out for Lhasa where it was due to arrive on Saturday night. Another train set out from Lhasa.

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