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<正>CHINA-EUROPE CONNECTION A freight train carrying small commodities departs from Xi'an,capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province,to head to Budapest,Hungary,on April 1.It's the fourth China-Europe freight rail route,following the launch of those connecting Xi'an with Warsaw,Hamburg and Moscow.     

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<正>BREAKING THROUGH MOUNTAINS A bullet train runs through the Qinling Mountains on a test run along the new high-speed railway linking Xi’an of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province with Chengdu of southwest China’s Sichuan Province on November 22.     

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<正>JOYOUS CELEBRATION Children from the Zhuang ethnic group in Donglan County,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,and their parents celebrate Sanyuesan Festival,which fell on March 30 this year.Also known as the Zhuang Song Festival,it is the most important celebratory event for the ethnic group,when they hold a variety of folk activities,including singing,on the third day of the third month in the     

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正A WAlK FoR PEACE ANd REMEMBRANCEQueen Margrethe II of Denmark walks across Peace Square during her visit to the Memorial Hall for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Forces in Nanjing,capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province,on April 27.     

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<正>READY FOR TAKEOFF The C919,China's first homemade large passenger jet,rolls off the assembly line in Shanghai on November 2.The plane,developed by the Commercial Aircraft Corp.of China,will make its maiden flight next year.It will then undergo about three years of test flights before being put into commercial use.The single-aisle jet,with 158 seats and a standard range of 4,075 km,is expected to compete with the Airbus320 and the Boeing 737.     

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正MAIDEN VOYAGE The frst Long March 7 carrier rocket lifts off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province on June 25.Propel ed by pollution-free fuel and able to carry up to 13.5 tons into low Earth orbit, the Long March 7 is China’s most powerful launch vehicle in service. It is expected to become the main carrier for the country’s space launches.