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manqiangrexue

Brigadier
You can go to Germany lol. The history of Chinese high-speed railways started when they ordered 500 of them but after 12 delivered they... broke contract of course. I don't have to tell you why. But whatever the way how they learned basics and reached this point, I hope that they will show something innovative in the future. With this kind of funding they should start coming up with lots of ideas and implementing those as a test in few years. That's what I hope.
They copied Germany so hard that Chinese trains even run faster LOL

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Hendrik_2000

Lieutenant General
They copied Germany so hard that Chinese trains even run faster LOL

Not only that they run faster they also run smoother Here is the ultimate coin test on Chinese vs Germany Highspeed train. See it for yourself who make better train:D
I don't see any problem with terminating the contract as long as the agreement allowed it to do that.I don't believe Siemens is that stupid. They must calculate that it is still profitable for them to sell the Chinese HRSG knowing it will be RE. I don't remember it well but I don't think they terminate it after 13 order
 
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vesicles

Colonel
You can go to Germany lol. The history of Chinese high-speed railways started when they ordered 500 of them but after 12 delivered they... broke contract of course. I don't have to tell you why. But whatever the way how they learned basics and reached this point, I hope that they will show something innovative in the future. With this kind of funding they should start coming up with lots of ideas and implementing those as a test in few years. That's what I hope.

Well, what goes around comes around. Ever heard of a guy called Robert Fortune? He stole tea cultivating technology from China in the 1800's. Literally stealing while pretending to a "fair-skinned" Chinese. And he has been heralded as a hero who "broke China's monopoly on tea..."

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And the Byzantines smuggled silk worms out of China in the 500 AD and stole silk manufacturing technology.

China is simply returning the favor... it's called industrial espionage. In the west when the westerners did the stealing, it's been heralded as a glorious way to break evil Asian's monopoly...
 

Equation

Lieutenant General
You can go to Germany lol. The history of Chinese high-speed railways started when they ordered 500 of them but after 12 delivered they... broke contract of course. I don't have to tell you why. But whatever the way how they learned basics and reached this point, I hope that they will show something innovative in the future. With this kind of funding they should start coming up with lots of ideas and implementing those as a test in few years. That's what I hope.

History of Japanese culture and traditional architecture started in China.
 

B.I.B.

Captain
Not only that they run faster they also run smoother Here is the ultimate coin test on Chinese vs Germany Highspeed train. See it for yourself who make better train:D
I don't see any problem with terminating the contract as long as the agreement allowed it to do that.I don't believe Siemens is that stupid. They must calculate that it is still profitable for them to sell the Chinese HRSG knowing it will be RE. I don't remember it well but I don't think they terminate it after 13 order

Not a valid test as the coins were not placed in the same manner. In the test on the Chinese train the coins were placed against a ledge for support and stop them rolling forwards.

Anyway my tick list on a long train journey is
1/ How pretty and friendly the train hostess was
2/ How comfortable the seat and leg room is
3/ Alcohol selection
4/ For the benefit of tourists, on board dialogue describing the area the train is passing through and on board movie selection for longer trips.
 

taxiya

Brigadier
Registered Member
congratulations to the Chinese Railway! I checked and Beijing - Shanghai distance is about twice of Prague - Košice (like center of eastern Slovakia) LOL but the travel time used to be two times longer for Central Europe (from the past I recall getting in the train at around 2 pm which had left Košice at around 8 am to be in Prague at 7 pm, hopefully)

now it's better here:
14:13
Praha, hl. n.
22:38
Košice
8 hod 25 min
739 km

but still this:

Beijing South
6:44am Shanghai Hongqiao
12:38pm 1318km/5h54m
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is more like sci-fi to me LOL
If you want to travel that fast, China is more than happy to build a line (as part of OBOR).;) But I think EU will not allow that to happen, nor is Germany or France willing to or able to offer the same cost/speed.

But China is dead serious in doing so if invited. Actually, discussion of Russian HSR line with Chinese cooperation is ongoing, and the Chinese vision is HSR cross Eurasian continent. Another ongoing project (renovation and electrification) is Greece-Serbia-Hungarian line which China intends to reserve the potential of HSR in the future if EU doesn't block.
 

Hendrik_2000

Lieutenant General
Not a valid test as the coins were not placed in the same manner. In the test on the Chinese train the coins were placed against a ledge for support and stop them rolling forwards.

Anyway my tick list on a long train journey is
1/ How pretty and friendly the train hostess was
2/ How comfortable the seat and leg room is
3/ Alcohol selection
4/ For the benefit of tourists, on board dialogue describing the area the train is passing through and on board movie selection for longer trips.

I know it some people would argue it is not valid test because the coin is held against the rib of the table Here is a comparable test
 
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