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The opening of the short-lived Woosung Road, the first railway in China, between Shanghai and Wusong in 1876.

...that the Tarim mummies indicate that Caucasoid populations lived in Xinjiang in western China during the 1st millennium BCE?
...that the Sarikoli language is often referred to as "Tajik", despite being only distantly related to Tajikistan's national language?
...that the first railway locomotive in China was in service for only 15 months between 1876 and 1877 (pictured) before being purchased and deliberately destroyed by the ruling Qing dynasty?

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Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/June#10 June 2005, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
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Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/March#22 March 2007, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.

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