BEIJING — China’s national railway recorded 23.13 million trips on the first day of the country’s eight-day National Day holiday on Wednesday (Oct 1), up nearly eight per cent from a year earlier and setting a single-day record, state media CCTV reported. More than 19 million trips were expected to be made on the railway…
A slew of foreign leaders took China’s signature high-speed railway from the northern port city of Tianjin to Beijing on Monday and Tuesday, having departed from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to attend a Victory Day parade. Seven state leaders arrived on Monday night: President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz…
A group of middle-aged Chinese women have taken square dancing onto a completely new track by doing it on trains. On July 27, a passenger on a train to Changchun, in northeastern China’s Jilin province, complained that a group of so-called aunties were dancing in the sleeping carriage next to his, disturbing his rest. He…
Chinese authorities report that a new record could be set for the annual Lunar New Year migration as train stations and airports reported a peak in traveller numbers over the weekend. With the Year of the Snake slated to begin on Wednesday, 29th January, China’s transport ministry predicts that travel numbers will hit record highs…
In the Laotian border town of Boten, the arrival of a sleek, modern train on a route that connects with southern China is a sign of growing trade and tourism links between one of Southeast Asia’s poorest countries and its giant neighbor. But it also signifies a marked rise in Chinese influence in Laos, and…