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China Debuts the World's Fastest Train
An anonymous reader writes "China unveiled their new high speed train that clocks in at an average of 217 mph. China's new rail service travels through 20 cities along its route, connecting central China and less developed regions to the larger and more industrial Pearl River Delhi. Seimens, Bombardier and Alstom worked together to design and build this feat of modern transportation, which topped out at a whopping 245mph (394km/h) during trial runs earlier in December."
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Many western countries have borderline or outright political prisoners. Since China has such an enormous population I wonder how the numbers compare percentage wise.
There is also the issue where statistics turn sentences political. One example might be the extreme over representation of afro-americans in the us prison system. At some point you have to accept that it is systematic oppression.
Also see Northern Ireland for secession related issues.
I'm honestly just curious about those numbers. I'm in no way an apologist for China or other oppressive states.
If a nigger and a fine white man both run into a tunnel at the exact same time, who comes out first? The fine white man, because the nigger had to stop and spraypaint his gang sign on the wall.
They have an office in Staines. Really.
It's in Germany. In their language, it's called something like Douche Republic.
You can't make this shit up!
Then all best wishes for China !
Unlike USA, China don't waste their money to feed those useless Africans.
Unlike USA, China don't waste their money to feed those usless Moslems in Pakistan, Bangladesh.
Unlike USA, China rather spend their money to beef up their country.
And this should be the priority for any government, right?
How come the US government isn't doing what it should have been doing?
Why is the US government wasting the tax money on the Africans, the Moslems, and so on?
Ah, just like the 'hub an spoke' layout in the U.S. used by the same airlines who are enjoying such a great financial succes this decade... Which means that you, the traveler, travels for hours to get to the departure place from where you can get very fast to a station that you don't want to go to, followed by a ride on the local wooden wagon to the metropolis of your choice. Total average travel time: A whole day, if you don't miss a connection...
Similar comparisons exist for rail systems that use that so called 'amazing concept' around the world, where the travelers (who can afford it) mostly reach the conclusion: Buy a car.