Posts Tagged: high speed rail


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China’s High Speed Rail Adding Face Recognition in Stations

By C. Custer

If China’s high-speed rail wasn’t high-tech enough for you, you’re in luck, because it’s about to get high-tech-er. ...

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  • April 16, 2012
  • at 12:15 pm
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Over a Billion People Have Visited China’s Train Ticket Site

By C. Custer

We’re nearing the two week mark and China’s new online train ticket sales site still doesn’t seem to be working properly. ...

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  • January 9, 2012
  • at 11:05 am
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Sina Weibo Backs Off on Train Crash Topic

By C. Custer

For the past nine days, as the domestic Chinese media have alternated between relative silence and unprecedented criticism on the issue of t...

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  • August 2, 2011
  • at 5:00 pm
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Chinese Railway Ministry: We’ll Do Better Next Year

By C. Custer

China’s Railway Ministry’s forays into the world of advanced technology have gone well. In cyberspace there was the embarassing ...

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  • March 8, 2012
  • at 10:00 am
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Wenzhou Accident Investigation Results: Lots of Mistakes, But No One’s Fault

By C. Custer

This afternoon, China’s State Council held an open meeting, during which it heard a report from the committee assigned to investigate ...

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  • December 28, 2011
  • at 7:44 pm
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China’s High Speed Railway Blues

By C. Custer

What started as a seemingly freak accident is now just getting embarrassing. It seems the new Beijing-Shanghai high speed rail line, touted ...

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  • July 16, 2011
  • at 11:33 am
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