Experiencing the opening of China's very first high-speed railway
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Experiencing the opening of China's very first high-speed railway in 2008
The year of 2008, a special period in time for China. Beijing would host the 2008 Olympics while the country would launch its initial high-speed rail line. A project that would grow from a relatively short track into the world's largest network reaching by August 2020 of 36,000 kilometres. I was there right from the start experiencing many aspects of its evolution.