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Workers of the Revolution: It's time to ride the People's Subway! The dixia tielu (known by the locals as the dittie), means the underground iron road. A similar definition, hiro den, or "iron road", exists in Japan. The term qinggui denotes light rail, while the term kuaigui refers to a higher speed rail, i.e. an interurban, but not a subway. Presently, the only five Chinese cities have subways, but look out: there are 20 more applicants clamoring to build their own collective, happy system. As for the imperialist tramways, many still exist today. For general, non-subway-specific information, be sure to check out Railways of China. Brief China Radio International feature about trams in China. Urban railways of China Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group Subways Future - a site dedicated to systems in China, Korea and Japan January 2003 - Chinese federal government deliberates canceling all new subway projects