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China’s Silk Road revival steams ahead as cargo train arrives in Iran

Goods travel 6,462 miles in 14 days as part of efforts to resurrect ancient trade route connecting east with Europe A long-distance cargo train has travelled from China to Iran as part of an attempted revival of the ancient Silk Road, a trans-Asian trade route connecting the east to Europe and the Mediterranean Sea. The 32-container train, which arrived in …