 | Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji visiting Europe: Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, center, German minister of transport, Reinhard Klimmt, second from right, Rudolf Seiters, right, and Gerhard Ruebenkoenig, second left, both members of the German parliament and Gerhard Cromme, left, chief of ThyssenKrupp company that constructs the Transrapid train, share a laugh besides a German high speed magnetic float train Transrapid during their visit to the train's test track in Lathen, northern Germany, on Sunday, July 2, 2000. China has plans for a 25 mile (40 kilometers) track at a cost of about one billion marks (about 470 million US dollars/about 510 million euros). Chinese premier Zhu Rongji took a test ride Sunday on the Transrapid. |
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