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China Makes Rubber-Tired Metro for Mexico City

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XINHUA The first rubber-tired subway train independently developed by a Chinese enterprise rolled off the assembly line in central China’s Hunan Province early this week. The train will be exported to Mexico City for an upgrading program of its Metro Line 1, according to CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd, the manufacturer. The train has a maximum passenger capacity of

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The Fiery Flavors of China’s Hunan Province

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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River basin in south central China lies that country’s halcyon Hunan Province. Known for the serene beauty of its majestic forested mountains and tranquil crystalline waters, Hunan boasted its own monarchy during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and was a center of scholarly thought and Confucianism during the

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