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Tuesday 09 February 2010

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* Country: China

* Capital: Beijing

* Population: 1,321,851,888

* Language: Mandarin

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NEWS

Tibet travel ban remains in place
29/10/2009
Chinese authorities still not issuing permits

Tibet closed to independent travellers
24/09/2009
China reportedly stops issuing permits as National Day approaches

Shanghai observatory record breaker
28/08/2009
World Financial Center confirmed as highest viewing deck

Shanghai to clean up �Chinglish�
26/08/2009
Erroneous street signs in Chinese city to be corrected

New World Heritage sites
01/07/2009
13 places added to Unesco�s list at annual meeting

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ARTICLES

Five things James West loves about� Beijing
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The author of acclaimed book Beijing Blur lists his favourite things about the Chinese capital

Threatened Wonders 2009
Issue 101 February 2009
A look at 6 iconic locations suffering from the impact of uncontrolled development

Explore primitive forest in Jiuzhaigou, China
Issue 100 Dec 08/Jan 09

Olympic losers?
Issue 99 November 2008
Am I the only one who now doesn�t want to go to China?

The world according to... Tony Hawks
Issue 99 November 2008
Fridge-hiking travel writer

Vanguard of the communists �A company driver sits proudly in his cab above polished insignia celebrating the engine and its crews as model communist workers, and denoting the branch of the coal transportation company, and the class and number of the locomotive: �ShangYou� 0477.�

Barrow crossing �The mining railways criss-cross many communities in this part of China. At Hegang the trackside is a convenient thoroughfare for a woman on her way to work. A man with his barrow crosses the line to get to his field.�

Steam clean �As his night shift ends, an engine driver at Jixi cleans his loco before handing it over to the next crew, displaying a sense of duty and pride shared by railway workers all over the world.�

Hard class �Autumn sunlight picks out mid-morning travellers in the �hard class� coach on this Hegang Mining Railway passenger train. Wooden benches, tight against the carriage walls, allow plenty of standing room for busy times.�

Hengshan Station �Day breaks over the Jixi Mining Railway�s station at Hengshan. Its colourful offices and ornate veranda afford a discrete vantage point for observing the early morning activity.�

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