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China Sets Sights On Rail Record

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the amazing-they-aren't-broke-after-the-olympics dept.

An anonymous reader writes "China is aiming to produce the world's fastest operating conventional train for its new high speed rail link between Shanghai and Beijing, achieving speeds up to 380 km/h and cutting the travel time between the two cities from the current ten hours to under five. The new rail link is scheduled to be completed within four years. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Railways' Deputy Chief Engineer has announced that China will be able to manufacture the new trains within two years."

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  1. Re:Where's the fire? by zig007 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow. Why aren't we in the US trying to do this? We used to be so worried about the Communists beating us. But now it's like we don't even care. Where's the fire?

    "Now wait a minnit there, skeeter. Don't forget we got'em humvees and a mile is way longer than a kilometer."

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  2. Re:Where's the fire? by discards · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow. Why aren't we in the US trying to do this? We used to be so worried about the Communists beating us. But now it's like we don't even care. Where's the fire?

    We used to be worried about REAL Communists beating us. China is a Capitalist country, so we don't really care anymore. Also, fast trains run on electricity instead of gas, and that's not how we do things here in America.

  3. Re:the fire is in war by blhack · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can we get a Godwin 2.0 rule, please? Anybody that mentions the Iraq war breaks the rule.

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