{"id":4401,"date":"2005-09-09T09:48:20","date_gmt":"2005-09-09T16:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/09\/09\/a-railroad-marvel-conquers-chinas-terrain-howard-w-french\/"},"modified":"2005-09-09T09:48:20","modified_gmt":"2005-09-09T16:48:20","slug":"a-railroad-marvel-conquers-chinas-terrain-howard-w-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/09\/a-railroad-marvel-conquers-chinas-terrain-howard-w-french\/","title":{"rendered":"A railroad marvel conquers China&#8217;s terrain &#8211; Howard W. 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