XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-CHINA NEWS

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(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A piglet is seen on the No. 5633 train in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2021. The 5633/5634 trains, a pair of slow-speed trains, still run through Daliang Mountains between Puxiong and Panzhihua of Sichuan Province. With an average speed less than 40 km per hour, the journey with 26 stations takes eleven hours and four minutes. The ticket prices range 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. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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