First freight train service from China to London takes off

China has started its first freight train service to London from Yiwu - this is a famous wholesale market town in the eastern province of Zhejiang. The train will travel for 18 days and cover more than 7,500 miles (12,000km) to reach Britain from China.
It will pass through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France before arriving in London.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 4 January 2017.

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron had wanted to open up trade with China and had pitched for Britain as the pre-eminent gateway to the West for investment from China. He had proposed to make London the main international trading centre for offshore yuan.
The present Prime Minister Theresa May has continued with that trend and has said that the relationship with China remains "golden". She seeks to bring in billions of dollars in Chinese investment as Britain prepares to leave the European Union.


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