A worker operates a machine to lay tracks at the construction site for
the Olympic extension of the Beijing underground system May 13, 2007. More
than 10,000 labourers are working to finish 52 new stations and 87 km (54
miles) of tracks that will bring the total length of the subway in Beijing
to 300 km (186 miles) and is expected to be finished several months before
the start of the 2008 Olympic Games. [Reuters] |