BEIJING, June 15 -- A Tibetan girl Qingcuo stood on the platform, smiling, and extended her hand to her etiquette teacher Wen Qikun. Mr. Wen returned her greeting while instructing Qingcuo how to make a more natural smile. Qingcuo was learning how to shake hands in a more appropriate way. Staff working for the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, from train attendants to conductors, have to participate in trainings in terms of language, physique and service.

    According to Mr. Wen, most staff are shy when they first appear on stage for the first time. He revealed that in physique training classes, most learners were so timid that their movements tended to be unnatural and unrelaxed during the early phase of such training.

    Through instruction, they became more and more confident and eventually their movements became good enough to meet the required standards.