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  Sand control workers on desert railway

  Lince Railway in Inner Mongolia, which crosses more than 400 kilometers of desert, meets a sandstorm season every spring. Railway sand control workers here with the most difficult conditions all year round clean the tracks to prevent quicksand accumulation. (Photos: Xinhua; compiled by Liu Kechen)Aerial photo taken on April 14, 2021, shows workers at the 360 Sand Control Station of Lince Railway making sand prevention grids. Aerial photo taken on April 14, 2021 shows workers at the 360 Sand Control Station of Lince Railway cleaning up the sand on the railway line. Aerial photo taken on April 14, 2021 shows workers at the 360 Sand Control Station of Lince Railway Line driving along the railway. Aerial photo taken on April 14, 2021 shows workers at the 360 Sand Control Station of Lince Railway removing sand on the train tracks. Aerial photo taken on April 14, 2021 shows workers at the 360 Sand Control Station of Lince Railway making sand prevention grids. Aerial photo taken on April 14, 2021 shows workers at the 360 Sand Control Station of Lince Railway making sand prevention grids. Photo taken on April 14, 2021 shows a worker at the 360 Sand Control Station of Lince Railway preparing tools at the station and about to go to the sand control point.

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  Slow-speed trains run through Daliang Mountains in SW China

  Chickens for sale are seen on the 5633 train in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2021. As modern high-speed trains shoot past new stations throughout China, a pair of slow-speed trains still run through Daliang Mountains. The 5633/5634 trains run between Puxiong and Panzhihua of Sichuan Province with an average speed less than 40 km per hour. The journey with 26 stations in between takes eleven hours and four minutes, with the ticket prices ranging from 2 yuan to 25.5 yuan(about 0.3-3.9 U.S. dollars). The slow-speed trains send children to their schools, sick people to healthcare, and the locals to the world outside of the mountains. (Photo: Xinhua)A woman of Yi ethnic group (R) sells goods at a mobile market on the 5633 train in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2021. As modern high-speed trains shoot past new stations throughout China, a pair of slow-speed trains still run through Daliang Mountains. The 5633/5634 trains run between Puxiong and Panzhihua of Sichuan Province with an average speed less than 40 km per hour. The journey with 26 stations in between takes eleven hours and four minutes, with the ticket prices ranging from 2 yuan to 25.5 yuan(about 0.3-3.9 U.S. dollars). The slow-speed trains send children to their schools, sick people to healthcare, and the locals to the world outside of the mountains. (Photo: Xinhua)A student takes the 5633 train to school in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2021. As modern high-speed trains shoot past new stations throughout China, a pair of slow-speed trains still run through Daliang Mountains. The 5633/5634 trains run between Puxiong and Panzhihua of Sichuan Province with an average speed less than 40 km per hour. The journey with 26 stations in between takes eleven hours and four minutes, with the ticket prices ranging from 2 yuan to 25.5 yuan(about 0.3-3.9 U.S. dollars). The slow-speed trains send children to their schools, sick people to healthcare, and the locals to the world ...

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  11th Jiangsu Horticultural Expo inherits Chinese garden classics

  AerialphototakenonApril14,2021showsthe11thJiangsuHorticulturalExpoinNanjing,eastChina'sJiangsuProvince.TheExpowillbeopenedonApril16th.Throughecologicalgardentechnology,greendevelopment,andmulticulturalintegration,itaimstocreateahigh-qualitygardenwithcomprehensivefunctionssuchashorticulturedisplay,le

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  Hong Kong police march in Chinese-style goose-stepping on National Security Education Day

  Photo taken on April 15, 2021 shows a flag-raising ceremony held at the Hong Kong Police College in south China's Hong Kong." A team of Hong Kong police officers strode forward and performed the Chinese-style goose-stepping at a flag-raising ceremony held in the Hong Kong Police College on Thursday.