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FACT: Just 1 United States Submarine carries enough capability to destroy the Earth. We have more than 200 in our current inventory.
 
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Don't think we should go nuke war with China. We will all die and that is why they have Tibet and the reason they have pour 2.3 billion dollars into the railway.
Qinghai-Tibet railway to reach Tibet's capital this year
BEIJING, April 6, 2005 (Xinhuanet) -- The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the highest
railway in the world, is expected to reach Lhasa, capital of southwest
China's Tibet Autonomous Region, this year, Guangming Daily reported
Wednesday.
Workers have laid tracks on 743 kilometers, 67 percent of the total length.
Work on two thirds of the key projects on the railway line has been
completed. Its construction has cost 19.8 billion yuan (2.3 billion US
dollars), according to China's Railway Ministry.
The Railway has extended its way into Gulu Town in Nagqu Countyin northern
Tibet, the last stop before it reaches Lhasa. The railway line will begin a
trial operation on July 1, 2006.
The 1,142-km Qinghai-Tibet Railway from Golmud in Qinghai Province to Lhasa
is the most elevated rail route in the world, reaching an altitude of up to
5,072 meters. The central government of China decided to build the railway
in 2001, allocating 26.2 billion yuan (3.1 billion dollars) for this project
in western China.
To protect the natural environment and rare animal and plant species in the
region, China has invested 2 billion yuan (240 million dollars), or eight
percent of the total construction cost, in building environmentally-friendly
projects along the railway line. Enditem
http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/2005/4/7_7.html