They were within a few miles of the edges of Kunming, a city of some 8 million, on the afternoon of June 2, according to state television CCTV.

It takes about three hours to travel from Kunming to the Chinese border city of Jinghong. ... adding 37,900 kilometers (about 23,500 miles) of high-speed lines since 2008.

China's famed wandering elephants are on the move again, heading southwest. The direction of their travel could be a good sign, since authorities are hoping to lead them back to their original home.

Explaining the French facade, the station houses the Yunnan Railway Museum, which com­memorates the French-engineered, 855km-long (530-mile-long) Kunming-Haiphong Railway.

It takes about three hours to travel from Kunming to the Chinese border city of Jinghong. ... adding 37,900 kilometers (about 23,500 miles) of high-speed lines since 2008.