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In 1972, a battered, greying man, who had been among China's most powerful men before he was imprisoned by Mao Zedong, emerged from 10 years in isolation to meet with his family. Xi Zhongxun "looked at his two grown boys, and totally failed to recognise them", a biographer recorded. He began to...

Beijing's first mid - to low-speed magnetic levitation railway line is preparing for its debut later this year. Services on Line S1 will run from Shimenying station in western Mentougou district to Pingguoyuan station in Shijingshan district, a transfer station for Line 1. The maglev line...