Times Insider: How Our Former Beijing Bureau Chief Found Himself on a Bullet Train in Saudi Arabia There was a certain dissonance in the fact that the ruling Communist Party of China, officially atheist, was helping build a railway connecting the holiest sites in Islam. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Editorial Observer: In Paris, Worries That Trump Will Embolden Le PenMahmoud Abbas Proposes Palestinian Unity Government With HamasSinosphere: Michael Flynn, a Top Trump Adviser, Ties China and North Korea to JihadistsColombia’s Congress Approves Peace Accord With FARCDoomed Jet Carrying Brazilian Team Reportedly Ran Out of FuelGuggenheim Helsinki Museum Plans Are Rejected