Item from Aug 31, 1998, in China Daily: The New Shuttle, China's fastest train with a top speed of 200 kilo-meters an hour, goes into operation between Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, and Kowloon in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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