Train conductors of Uyghur descent give bottles of water during a trial run of a high-speed train linking the northwest Chinese provincial capital cities of Lanzhou, in Gansu province, and Urumqi, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on Jun 3, 2014. The 1,776km-long railway is expected to begin operations at the end of the year. This will also be the first high-speed railway in Xinjiang. [Photo: Chinanews.com] |