Those Filthy Communists......
From Last Week's "Hotline" on the website of the National Association of Rail Passengers (I never told you I wasn't a geek):
In direct contrast to our yearly battles to properly fund Amtrak here in the United States, China has announced plans to construct $22 billion (US) worth of high speed rail routes. The two primary lines would connect Shanghai and Beijing and Shanghai and Hangzhou. Trip times on the Shanghai-Beijing segment would be cut from 13 hours to 5 hours. According to the Associated Press, “China has invested billions of dollars in expanding its railway network in an effort to ease congestion and promote economic growth in isolated areas.”
In direct contrast to our yearly battles to properly fund Amtrak here in the United States, China has announced plans to construct $22 billion (US) worth of high speed rail routes. The two primary lines would connect Shanghai and Beijing and Shanghai and Hangzhou. Trip times on the Shanghai-Beijing segment would be cut from 13 hours to 5 hours. According to the Associated Press, “China has invested billions of dollars in expanding its railway network in an effort to ease congestion and promote economic growth in isolated areas.”
posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay @ Friday, March 31, 2006
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