I also enjoy high-speed rail in China (especially since I remember the unbearable slowness of the pre-high speed rail days). But Japan and France have had high-speed rail for decades, not sure why China's network impresses Americans so much more.
I tell my Chinese friends the best way to impress Americans these days is to take them on a high speed train ride. Of course China is able to build a national network so fast partly because it can tear down houses. But it’s still sad that Americans have to live with Amtrak...https://twitter.com/NPRinskeep/status/1120883168738009088 …
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Good question. We were all impressed by Shinkansen decades ago. Perhaps because the Chinese high speed train is new and happening in the backdrop of US-China rivalry?
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I once had the pleasure of performing the reverse demonstration: taking a delegation of Chinese and European scholars on the Acela from New Haven to DC. They gained a more rooted view of my country and, one suspects, greater appreciation for their own...
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I suppose you showed *some* mercy: you could have disembarked at NY Penn Station
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The technology was mostly stolen from Japan and Europe.
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E.g. Nanjing bought one hitech metro rail car from France. The French thought they had cracked the market. The Chinese copied the European technology and the French never sold that 2nd car.
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No. 1st, Amtrak inner-experience better than bullets. 2nd,a friend visited Shanghai via a bullet train from Beijing , her feet was stepped by others while in line at gates, then window view was all smogs.she said, China can’t fix here and there, it dsn’t work and must fix system
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Let’s give credit to those who earned it, not those who stole it.http://fortune.com/2013/04/15/did-china-steal-japans-high-speed-train/ …
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Your "... of course..." marks the fundamental reason why Chinese values are the complete antithesis to the democratic values which define most western societies
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The slowness of countries like
#Australia#USA and#UK to build high speed rail has been frankly pathetic. The technology has been around for decades and the excuses are weak.#China has blown them out of the water. -
Not to be a conspiracist, but car industry lobbying is a factor?
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