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How the Qinghai-Xizang Railway powers the plateau economy
In this episode of Beyond the Tracks, we journey along the Qinghai-Xizang Railway to explore how it has transformed natural resources into thriving industries, and long-standing isolation into new opportunities. CGTN reporter Chen Yilin explores.
Vlog | Qinghai-Xizang Railway: An engineering miracle atop world's ...
BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is known as the world's "Third Pole" for its high altitude and harsh environment. On July 1, 2006, the 1,956-km Qinghai-Xizang Railway reached Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, ending Xizang's long history without a rail service. Join Xinhua correspondent Fu Tian as he traveled across the snowy plateau to uncover the story ...
Vlog | Qinghai-Xizang Railway: An engineering miracle atop world's ...
BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is known as the world's "Third Pole" for its high altitude and harsh environment. On July 1, 2006, the 1,956-km Qinghai-Xizang Railway reached Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, ending Xizang's long history without a rail service. Join Xinhua correspondent Fu Tian as he traveled across the snowy plateau to uncover the story ...
The engineering triumphs of building the world's highest railway
China's Qinghai-Xizang Railway-the world's highest and longest plateau railroad. [Photo/IC] On July 1, 2006, the sound of a train whistle echoed through the Kunlun Mountains, heralding a new era for the Xizang autonomous region. The Qinghai-Xizang Railway, a marvel of modern engineering, linked the world's highest plateau to China's national rail network, ushering in unprecedented connectivity ...
Birth on roof of world: Tibetan antelope calving season in Xizang's ...
Every summer, thousands of pregnant Tibetan antelopes migrate hundreds of kilometers to reach their ancestral calving grounds--grassland in Nyima County, 5,100 meters above sea level, in the heartland of Changtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang. Xinhua's cameras are fixed on a mother. Watch the raw drama of birth in thin air. (recorded)
The engineering triumphs of building the world’s highest railway
On July 1, 2006, the sound of a train whistle echoed through the Kunlun Mountains, heralding a new era for the Xizang autonomous region. The Qinghai-Xizang Railway, a marvel of modern engineering, linked the world’s highest plateau to China’s national rail network, ushering in unprecedented connectivity for the region.
Automation insulates work on Qinghai-Xizang Railway
At the Nagchu railway workshop, situated 4,500 meters above sea level, workers once gave a simple flight of stairs a grim nickname: the "deadly 23 steps". The staircase is short. On the plains, one would scale it without a second thought. But in the thin air of the Northern Xizang Plateau, climbing it after hours of... read full story " Even walking could leave us short of breath, "
Qinghai-Xizang Railway Brings Great Changes to China's Snowy Plateau
This combo photo shows Tatso (R) and her friend having fun at a construction site of the Qinghai-Xizang Railway near her home in Damxung County of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 30, 2005 (above, photo by Xinhua photojournalist Chogo), and Tatso (1st R) and her three daughters posing for a photo beside the Qinghai ...
Automation insulates work on Qinghai-Xizang Railway
For workers on the plateau, that means fewer unnecessary trips into the wind and thin air. For train operations, it adds another layer of safety. A team of railway workers patrol along the Qinghai-Xizang Railway in Nagchu, Xizang autonomous region, on June 18. JIGME DORJI/XINHUA Today, a younger generation is stepping into this high-tech ...
Lhasa: Tibet’s sacred highland where Buddhism meets the sky
Lhasa, Xizang — Perched at 3,650 metres above sea level and ringed by stark, brown mountains, Lhasa is Tibet’s spiritual and historical epicentre. Home to the Jokhang Temple and the Potala Palace, the city fuses centuries-old Buddhist tradition with China’s rapid modernization.
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