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Building of key Zhangjiakou high-speed rail tunnel begins
The Telegraph   14 November 2017   China   Beijing  
Construction of the Qinghuayuan tunnel, part of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, under way in the Chinese capital on 2 November 2017 CREDIT: VCG
<p>Complex high-risk construction beneath Beijing will be 6km long and play a vital role in transport links for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games</p> <p>Building of the Qinghuayuan rail tunnel has begun in Beijing as the construction of the intercity high-speed ...
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China is building deepest high-speed railway station
China.org.cn   31 July 2017   China   Beijing  
Workers are digging a tunnel of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway line's branch linking Chongli county, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, on June 30, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
<p>Chinese workers are building the world's deepest and Asia's largest underground high-speed railway station beneath the Great Wall at the Badaling section in Beijing. The station under construction will be 3-story high and have a 36,000 square meters floor ...
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Beijing has fallen: China's capital sinking by 11cm a year, satellite study warns
The Guardian   24 June 2016   China   Beijing  
Beijing’s bustling Chaoyang district as groundwater pumping causes the soil to collapse, satellite measurements show. Photograph: EPA
<p>Pumping of groundwater blamed for causing soil to collapse as development roars ahead above, with railways among infrastructure at risk, say scientists.</p> <p>China&rsquo;s capital is known for its horrendous smog and occasional sandstorms. Yet one of ...