China Opens Railway On The "Roof Of The World"

LHASA, TIBET - JULY 05: Grocery vendor sells clothes along the pilgrim circuit path around the Potala Palace on July 5, 2006 in Lhasa, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China. The recently opened Qinghai-Tibet railway is expected to bring much needed tourism dollars to the impoverished region. According to the official Xinhua news agency, the railway, which took five years to build, could double Tibet's tourist revenues by 2010 and cut transport costs into the region by 75 percent, lifting its 2.8 million people out of isolation. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)

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