Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 745 Sun. July 02, 2006       International China opens 1st train service to Tibet A Tibetan passenger waves as she boards yesterday the first train to depart Lhasa railway station on the new China-Tibet rail line in Lhasa, capital of Tibet. China opened the world's highest railway linking the remote Himalayan region of Tibet with the rest of the country in a symbol of power that President Hu Jintao hailed a "miracle". PHOTO: AFP