This week we are discussing President Xi Jinping’s mourning over the passing of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro; China’s plans to develop a magnetic levitation train that can exceed a speed of 600 km per hour; Chinese-American Elaine Chao, who has been chosen by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to be his secretary of transportation; and the UN Security Council’s new sanctions on North Korea.

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