She describes how she encouraged her daughter, at age nine, to travel alone for 17 hours by train from their home in the eastern coastal city of Yantai to Beijing in the North.

她讲述了自己如何鼓励女儿在九岁时独自一人乘坐17个小时的火车从烟台来到北京。

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Your travel direction from Shanghai, China to Beijing, China is Northwest (-23 degrees from North).

您的旅行方向从上海到北京，中国是西北（ -23度，从北） 。

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A longer rail line stretching north to south is the 2298-km Beijing-Guangzhou line put into operation in 2012.

一条更长的铁路线，京广铁路，从北延伸到南，全长2298公里，已经在2012年投入运营。

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The detailed reports say the North Korean leader is spending the night in the city of Dalian before heading to Beijing.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

Security was reported to be heavy at the North Korean border, but there was no apparent tightening in Beijing, where Mr.Kim is believed to be heading.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

Many political analysts say that close cooperation between Beijing and Washington in issues ranging from the global economic slowdown to North Korea's nuclear arms make it unlikely the two countries will engage in a punitive trade war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Alternatively, if you still have plans to travel in China, the areas from Shanghai all the way up north to Beijing are excellent options.

BBC: Travel in Asia during monsoon season

Siegfried Hecker, a nuclear scientist based at Stanford University who has visited North Korea's nuclear facilities seven times, emphasized at a conference in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday that China is the only country that can penalize North Korea if it chooses to, saying Beijing "holds the key to the price" North Korea will pay if it moves forward with its weapons pursuit.

WSJ: China Seeks Peacemaker Role on North Korea

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, on a visit to China earlier this month, made little headway in trying to persuade Beijing to publicly rebuke North Korea after it threatened to attack U.S. and allied targets in North Asia and the Pacific.

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