A statement from Yangcheng County in Shanxi province said the carbon disulfide leak occurred Saturday morning at a plant belonging to the Ruixing chemical company.

The journey is worth an article in itself, but all I can give is a flavour of a railway which traverses a bleak but dramatic coastline that's regularly battered by the elements - especially around Parton, where the line is constantly threatened by the sea.

However, if both AFATDS and IFSAS are operating in the unclassified mode, IFSAS still must unclassify each message before sending it to AFATDS.

silk of the first chop