China's High-Speed Rail

China's High-Speed Rail
Michael Christopher Brown for TIME

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Still, the Chinese middle class is growing rapidly, and the service has created a new class of intercity commuters. In this photo, passengers wait to board high-speed trains leaving the railway station in Suzhou, pop. almost 6 million.

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