Tourist train for seniors departs from China’s Tianjin
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A passenger poses for photos on a tourist train for seniors in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Passengers prepare to board a tourist train for seniors at Tianjin Railway Station in Tianjin, north China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
Passengers board a tourist train for seniors at Beijing Fengtai railway station in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
A dining car of a tourist train for seniors is pictured in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Passengers pose for a group photo before boarding a tourist train for seniors at Tianjin Railway Station in Tianjin, north China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
Passengers prepare to board a tourist train for seniors at Tianjin Railway Station in Tianjin, north China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
Chefs prepare food on a tourist train for seniors in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Passengers are pictured on a tourist train for seniors in Tianjin, north China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
Dishes are pictured in the dining car of a tourist train for seniors in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
A modified restroom for seniors is pictured on a tourist train for seniors in Tianjin, north China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
Passengers pose for photos before boarding a tourist train for seniors at Tianjin Railway Station in Tianjin, north China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
Passengers take selfies with a tourist train for seniors at Beijing Fengtai railway station in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Passengers board a tourist train for seniors at Beijing Fengtai railway station in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Passengers watch a performance on a tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China’s Tianjin on Saturday. Carrying a total of 452 silver-haired passengers from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the train is on a 12-day journey and will visit a series of tourist areas in Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
