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HOUSTON, May 20, 2021 A week before Korean President Moon Jae-In’s scheduled visit to Washington, D.C., Asia Society Texas Center (ASTC) hosted
Ambassador Myung-Soo Ahn, Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Houston;
Dr. Hans Stockton, Dean of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences & Global Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston; and
Dr. Se-Hyoung Yi, Assistant Professor and Director of Political Science at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, in conversation with
Slow-speed train in SW China connects remote villagers to the outside world
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The undated photo shows two students from Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan, take the train No. 5633/4 to go to school. (Photo: China News Service/Tao Jing)
Compared with high-speed trains in many parts of China, there are slow green trains running through Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Train No. 5633/4 is just one of such trains.
Slow trains carry 90 percent people of the Yi ethnic group. It is mainly for local residents living in the remote villages including students heading for schools, villagers stocking and selling produce, people visiting relatives and friends, and patients seeking for medical service..
Animal Wellness Action Leaders React to Court Order Directing Seizure of Tiger Cubs from Jeff Lowe’s Unlicensed “Tiger King Park” in Thackerville, Okla.
Animal Wellness Action Leaders React to Court Order Directing Seizure of Tiger Cubs from Jeff Lowe’s Unlicensed “Tiger King Park” in Thackerville, Okla.
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