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China's first direct freight train to the UK safely arrived at its destination in Barking, London on Wednesday, after embarking on a 7,500 mile journey through 14 countries from Yiwu, China. It was the first time that a freight train has completed this specific route. The train departed on New Year's Day and traveled through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium, France and finally along the Channel Tunnel, carrying 68 containers of cargo, including clothes, bags and other household items. Some 40 freight train routes linking Asia with 14 European cities have been established, constituting a trade route launched in 2013.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo officially launches Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday. The Chinese-made bullet train named "Whoosh" is built to take more than 600 people to and from Jakarta and the Javan city of Bandung in 45 minutes. IMAGES
Xinjiang, May 7 (EFE/EPA).- A muezzin calls for prayer during Ramadan from Kashgar's Id Kah mosque, the largest in China, without using a loudspeaker, unlike other Muslim places, while about 50 devotees gather to pray, a small number for a city of more than 700,000 people.The mosque, built in the 15th century and surrounded by gardens, can accommodate up to 20,000 people and is a symbol of Kashgar, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the legendary capital of southern Xinjiang, predominantly populated by the Uyghur ethnic minority.The mosque's imam, Juma Tahir, was stabbed to death by four Islamic extremists on July 30, 2014, outside the compound a few minutes after morning prayer, meeting the same fate as other imams, especially in southern Xinjiang. (Camera: JAVIER GARCÍA / WU HONG).B-ROLL OF THE PRAYER AT ID QAH MOSQUE, CHINA'S LARGEST MOSQUE IN KASHGAR CITY, B-ROLL OF XINJIANG ISLAMIC MOSQUE IN URUMQI, B-ROLL THE ARABIC CLASSES AND RECITATION OF KORAN IN THE ISLAMIC MOSQUE OF XINJIANG, B-ROLL OF PEOPLE EATING DURING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IN A URUMQI MARKET, XINJIANG, CHINA.SOUND BITES: MAMAT JUMA, IMAM OF THE ID QAH MOSQU AND OMAR ABDEL ABDULLAH, STUDENT TO GRADUATE AS AN IMAM AT THE XINJIANG ISLAMIC INSTITUTE.TRANSLATIONS: 1. MAMAT JUMA, IMAM OF THE ID QAH MOSQUE. - Rreligious extremists used to come to every mosque in the past. My father (former Imam of the mosque) was assassinated here in 2014 for no reason - the extremists don't need any reason. They kill people under the pretext of Islam.2. OMAR ABDEL ABDULLAH, STUDENT TO GRADUATE AS AN IMAM AT THE XINJIANG ISLAMIC INSTITUTE.- Religious freedom is enshrined in the Chinese Constitution. It is totally up to us whethere we pray alone at home or in mosques. It is not required by the Government. But if we did it in a public place, we could be disturbing (social) order and annoy other people who are not religious.
Zunyi (China), 12 abr (EFE), (Camera: Roman Pilipey)-. The Guizhou province, in southwest China, is known for their crops of green and black tea, whose production hasn't been threatened despite the coronavirus pandemic. In an effort to publicize the efforts of plantation workers the Chinese government organized press visits to the plantation called "The Chinese Sea of ??Tea".IMAGES OF A WOMAN HARVESTING TEA LEAVES IN A TEA PLANTATION CALLED 'THE CHINESE SEA OF TEA', IN YONGXING TOWN.
Yanjiao, Jan 13 (EFE/EPA).- China closed off three cities in the country as new infections in Hebei province surrounding Beijing continued to rise while Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic, awaits the arrival on Thursday of an international team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the origin of the virus. (Camera: WU HONG). B-ROLL OF YANJIAO CITY, IN THE PROVINCE OF HEBEI, IN THE MIDST OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, CHINA.
Bangkok, Oct 8 (EFE/EPA).- A Bombardier Innovia APM 300 driverless rubber-tyred electric train service underwent a test run Thursday in Bangkok.Thailand is preparing to open Bangkok's first driverless Automated People Mover (APM) mass transit system operated by the Bombardier Innovia APM 300 self-driving rubber-tyred electric train imported from China in an effort to improve public transportation, hoping to reduce the capital's heavy traffic congestion. The 2.75 kilometre monorail route, also known as Gold Line is scheduled to begin operating in December 2020 and expected to serve about 42,000 commuters daily. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT)SHOT LIST: THE BOMBARDIER INNOVIA APM 300 UNDERGOING A TEST RUN IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
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