First Look: China's train to roof of world

China will launch the first direct train from national capital Beijing to the remote Tibetan capital Lhasa on the world's highest rail route from July 1 2006, a railway official has said."Travelers......

China lays world's highest railway line

China has completed laying 421 kilometres of railway tracks for the 1,532-km long Qinghai-Tibet railway, the world's highest, the state media reported on Thursday.Twenty-two of the 32 key projects......