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China starts longest bullet-train line

Dec 25, 2012, 9:32 PM EST
A stewardess waits to greet passengers boarding a high-speed train, Beijing, December 22, 2012.
AFP/Getty Images/ED JONES

China inaugurated its 2,298-kilometer (1,428-mile) high-speed train line between Beijing and Guangzhou, the longest in the world, as the country boosts investment in rail networks, intensifying competition for airlines.

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