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Journey to the north: From Hong Kong to Beijing in 9 hours on the high-speed rail
On the high-speed rail linking Hong Kong and mainland China, China Correspondent Chong Koh Ping finds that many things unfold at top speed, from food orders to the changing of the seasons.
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Chong Koh Ping
The journey of nearly 2,500km took just under nine hours.
In these six years, China’s high-speed rail (HSR) network has more than quadrupled to 29,000km, the world’s longest in terms of track length.
