Chinese High-Speed Train Sets New World Record

shmG writes "A new high-speed train linking Chinese cities Shanghai and Hangzhou has set a fresh world record for train speed at 416.6 kilometers per hour (259 mph) on its trial run on Tuesday. The train is expected to cut the travel time by half, to 40 minutes for covering a distance of 202 kilometers between the two cities at an average speed of 350 kilometers per hour. 'The new record of 416.6 km per hour shows that China has achieved a new milestone in high-speed train technologies,' Zhang Shuguang, deputy chief engineer of the Ministry of Railways, was quoted as saying."

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Re:In the meantime, we in the USA...

[pr100]

So all roads in the US are toll roads? ... or it's OK for the state to cough up for roads, but not for train tracks?

Re:In the meantime, we in the USA...

[icebraining]

The phrase "European/Chinese economic system" makes no sense. European economies are extremely different from the Chinese.

Unlike what some may believe, there aren't only two economic systems, the US Capitalist and the Other. Even if both the European and the Chinese invest more public money in infrastructure than the US (do they?), it doesn't mean they have a similar system.