Posted AT 8:53 PM EDT on 16/03/05
Partners in China's railway to the sky
Beijing —
A controversial new roof-of-the-world railway, branded as a threat to Tibet's cultural survival, will begin operation next year with heavy participation from two major Canadian companies.
Nortel Networks Corp. and
Bombardier Inc. have been awarded contracts to provide key elements for the spectacular mountaintop railway that could carry up to 100,000 Chinese migrants into Tibet every month.
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