Why China Is so Good at Building Railways

**The Lawspeaker** · 11-25-2019, 05:08 AM

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**The Lawspeaker** · 01-15-2020, 02:49 AM

China is experiencing a breakthrough in high-speed rail. China Railway High-speed trains (HCR) close the 1,318 km distance from Beijing to Shanghai in just 4 hours and 18 minutes, reaching up to 350 km per hour. Since its high-speed rail programme started in 2007, new lines have been sprouting up all over the country, which already boasts the largest high-speed network in the world by far. A young journalist from Belarus travels for work with RTD on the new Fuxing, or Rejuvenation, train while a rural Chinese pensioner takes a much-anticipated pleasure trip on the previous generation Hexie or Harmony trains. RTD also visits a plant where the trains are built with one of its technicians and hears from a designer about the challenges involved in building a train for the 21st century. You can watch the full video here: https://rtd.rt.com/133t2

Along with the rapid growth of China has come one of the most developed transport networks in the world. Check out this episode of the documentary series, China's Mega Projects, to find out more.