China launches world longest high-speed rail

[Clarke]

China launched service on the world's longest high-speed railway on Wednesday with trains scheduled to run 2,298 kilometres between Beijing and Guangzhou in about eight hours. The first high-speed bullet train left the Chinese capital for Guangzhou, a major city in southern China, early Wednesday morning. Travelling at an average speed of about 300 km per hour, the service would cut the journey time from more than 20 hours by conventional trains, state media said. The opening of the Beijing-Guangzhou line brought China's total length of operational high-speed railways to more than 9,300 km, reports said

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-launches-worlds-longest-highspeed-rail/article4240630.ece

[yoda]

China is distancing itself from the rest of the world in terms of infrastructure.

[someone]

People talk about the large gap between India and Pakistan. But the gap between India and China is even larger. Yet, there are several delusional who say otherwise.

[Clarke]

^ They're 4 times bigger an economy with a higher growth rate, there simply is no comparison.

[someone]

^ They're 4 times bigger an economy with a higher growth rate' date=' there simply is no comparison.[/quote'] That is of course correct. But as said earlier, there is a good percentage of Indians who think India is already ahead of China. Imo, it's a reality check for us.

[Clarke]

Additional information on the economic stimulus, debt, land acquisitions, costs, environmental positives, side effects etc. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/business/global/worlds-longest-high-speed-rail-line-opens-in-china.html?_r=0