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China Going Up and Coming Down

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the high-flying-every-way-you-look dept.

SoCalChris writes "The BBC writes that China has just completed the world's highest railroad, climbing to 16,640 feet (5,072 meters) above sea level. The cars will be sealed to help passengers cope with the pressure changes from the altitude. The line is expected to begin carrying passengers next year." This news comes at the same time that their Chinese taikonauts return from their spaceflight after just 115 hours in orbit.

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  1. Big Week for China by mordors9 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    With these two accomplishments added to the Slashdot article about them having pasta first makes for a very big week for the Chimese. I have seen some speculation that some of the xinhua photos may have been fakes. They do look impressive. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/17/conte nt_3623214.htm