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Originally Posted by ablium  Danezia,You are absolutely correct that China can not follow American way of transportation. |
Yes, I agree, though we should not underestimate the unique Chinese imitating skills at all
What Chinese find (subjective!) perfect, that they must copy, whatever it costs, and, they do it
subconsciously because it simply lies in their 2500 years old Confucian tradition ("Who copies great masters is paying respect to them").
Different than elsewhere, imitating is still a
big virtue in China. Following Chinese often think: "what works perfectly in US or in Germany, must work also in China" - McDonald's, huge shopping malls, Western sports, Shanghai's music scene, as examples.
Also transportation, trains, planes, cars - including pollution, are good examples here, so I'm really very curious where it will end.
Just from Xinhua:
China to test 500kph homegrown maglev trains
Updated: 2007-02-11
China will develop its own magnetically levitated (maglev) trains that can travel at speeds of up to 500 kilometers per hour, according to a government report.
A 30-kilometer-long test line will be built before 2010, said a report from the Ministry of Science and Technology.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchin...ent_806522.htm