China is set to complete a strategically significant 253km rail link from Lhasa to Shigatse, near its border with Nepal, by 2014 - a year ahead of schedule. Railway authorities say the new line - an extension of the Qinghai-Tibet railway - will be completed in two years and have an annual freight ca
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