Trains usually offer a much nicer environment, including more leg room, better air, and more opportunity to move around and get your blood flowing.

She always asked me, "Why do so many Chinese people know about the west while the people in the west have such little understanding of China in such an age when information flows freely?

Despite this, it must keep doors open between journalists and researchers.

Traffic on Georgia's east-west highway resumed as spectators dispersed. Bruised players in ripped shirts hobbled home.

It has enjoyed the benefits of maritime trade and energy routes, so vital to its economic boom, while other countries' navies have kept them open.