{"id":18704,"date":"2017-01-04T11:56:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=18704"},"modified":"2017-01-04T11:56:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:56:48","slug":"china-sends-first-freight-train-on-8000-mile-journey-to-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/china-sends-first-freight-train-on-8000-mile-journey-to-london.html","title":{"rendered":"China sends first freight train on 8,000-mile journey to London"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">China sends first freight train on 8,000-mile journey to London<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">China sent its first freight train to London earlier this week in what is one of the world&#8217;s longest train rides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The train left Yiwu West Railway Station in Zhejiang province Sunday and is headed for the British capital, according to Xinhua, China&#8217;s state-run news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">China Railway Express makes small item freight delivery from Yiwu to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/London?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#London<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/frVRDn7FaQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/frVRDn7FaQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fn348bD8LW\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/fn348bD8LW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Daily,China (@PDChina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PDChina\/status\/816253578419519488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 January 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The trip will take two and a half weeks and cover almost 8,000 miles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;This cargo train service highlights important trade partnership between the UK and China post-Brexit,&#8221; said Oscar Lin, manager of the UK-based Onetwothree Logistics, which is handling customs clearance and distribution for goods on the train, according to state-run China Daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The train is hauling household goods, bags,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">suitcases<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">, and garments, among other items, and will pass through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France before it gets to London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Xinhua says London is the 15th city in Europe added to freight service between the continent and China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The train is part of Chinese President Xi Jinping&#8217;s vision for &#8220;One Belt, One Road&#8221; &#8212; dubbed by some as the new silk road. 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