December 21, 2018

A leading Japanese shipping firm conducted a trial run on Dec. 20 using a Chinese train to move its freight along the railway that links China's Xian, Shaanxi province, with Duisburg, Germany.

Nippon Express Co. used the exclusive China Railway Express freight train as a pilot program.

The China Railway Express, an international regular cargo train that connects China and European countries, operates along the onshore routes of the so-called Belt and Road Initiative, a modern-day economic "Silk Road," a Chinese state project championed by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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