Railway workers give the thumbs-up as the China-Europe freight train No 75052 is ready to leave Jiaozhou Railway Station in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Tuesday. The departure of the train for Moscow, Russia, marked a new milestone, with the cumulative number of China-Europe freight train trips reaching 110,000 and the total value of goods transported surpassing $450 billion. See story, page 5