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Wuhan’s Optics Valley Photon, China’s first commercial suspended monorail, has been in operation for three years and has become a viral tourist attraction. Fully driverless, the hanging train offers 270-degree views, with transparent glass floors for downward sightseeing. Space-saving and energy-efficient, it runs steadily even in harsh weather. It...

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DingLingvor 9 Tagen

… interesting 🧧, I will suggest 武漢 suspended monorails for those who want to travel to China 👍

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Ravi | Your Sports Buddyvor 9 Tagen

Wow ,is this for real?

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DingLingvor 9 Tagen

[上海，北京］… 不過，我妹妹到上海旅遊，說那邊夜景很美 ！包點也十分好吃😋 以前在洛杉磯downtown上班，很多從國內到來的intern, 對上海小籠包贊不絕口，一定要試試 🥡 🥟

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DingLingvor 9 Tagen

I am busy now; I will be back to watch the video and 捧場一下 … 🌹

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Howard O Donnellvor 9 Tagen

The home of Covid has a nice monorail.

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Zhang,vor 9 Tagen

你也是个究极串子，还病毒式

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