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Big dreams, shiny projects and regional inequalities in China’s inland cities

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The world’s largest high-speed rail station - Chongqingdong - that opened its doors in June this year is a landmark in the historic Nan’an district, flanked by some of the country’s most modern tracks that can facilitate the movement of train carriages up to speeds of 350 km/h. Roughly the size of 170 football fields - it can accommodate 10,000 passengers and visitors every hour. The eight-storey station with six funnel-shaped pillars at its entrance, resembling the municipality’s signature white fig trees and their wide-spreading canopies, is the latest symbol of Chongqing’s development. Mr Xi has labelled the city a “comprehensive transportation hub for the opening of inland cities”.


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awinland -
The world’s largest high-speed rail station - Chongqingdong - that opened its doors in June this year is a landmark in the historic Nan’an district, flanked by some of the country’s most modern tracks that can facilitate the movement of train carriages up to speeds of 350 km/h. Roughly the size of 170 football fields - it can accommodate 10,000 passengers and visitors every hour. The eight-storey station with six funnel-shaped pillars at its entrance, resembling the municipality’s signature white fig trees and their wide-spreading canopies, is the latest symbol of Chongqing’s development. Mr Xi has labelled the city a “comprehensive transportation hub for the opening of inland cities”.


under Foreign By and Copyright: Handout by Ni Qiansong

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