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  2. Special administrative regions of China - Wikipedia

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    Pursuant to their Joint Declarations, which are binding inter-state treaties registered with the United Nations, and their Basic laws, the Chinese SARs "shall enjoy a high degree of autonomy". [9] Generally, the two SARs are not considered to constitute a part of mainland China, by both SAR and mainland Chinese authorities.

  3. SARS - Wikipedia

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    SARS was a relatively rare disease; at the end of the epidemic in June 2003, the incidence was 8,422 cases with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 11%. [5] The case fatality rate (CFR) ranges from 0% to 50% depending on the age group of the patient. [10]

  4. List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia

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    This list of countries by traffic-related death rate shows the annual number of road fatalities per capita per year, per number of motor vehicles, and per vehicle-km in some countries in the year the data was collected. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.35 million deaths worldwide in ...

  5. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    kilometre (km) or kilometer is a metric unit used, outside the US, to measure the length of a journey; the international statute mile (mi) is used in the US; 1 mi = 1.609344 km; nautical mile is rarely used to derive units of transportation quantity.

  6. Fare of passenger trains in China - Wikipedia

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    There are three types of seats on CRH trains: deluxe, first, and second; The deluxe-class only found on CRH3C and CRH380 trains.. 200–250 km/h trains. Second class: ¥0.2805/km × 1.1 × rate-making distance + Insurance

  7. List of countries by rail usage - Wikipedia

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    The average Swiss person travels 2,430 km by train each year (the highest in the world), almost 500 more than the average Japanese person (the second highest). In 2014, there were about 1 million kilometres (621,400 miles) of railway in the world, a decrease of 3% compared to 2013.

  8. 2002–2004 SARS outbreak - Wikipedia

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    The WHO issued travel advisories against Beijing, Toronto, and Shanxi. [60] After several cases of SARS were diagnosed in Taiwan throughout the month of April, [61] including a cluster at Taipei Municipal Hospital's Hoping branch, [62] [63] the Taipei City Government closed that hospital and quarantined its 930 staff and 240 patients for two ...

  9. Vehicle miles traveled tax - Wikipedia

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    A 2017 study in the Journal of Public Economics found that "a VMT tax designed to increase highway spending $55 billion per year increases annual welfare by $10.5 billion or nearly 20% more than a gasoline tax does because: (1) the differentiated VMT tax is better than the gasoline tax at targeting its tax to and affecting the behavior of those ...