China's railway sector sped up in 2015, not only in domestic network expansion but also in sending its high-speed train technology overseas.
Heads of governments from central and eastern Europe (CEE) nations got to experience the "China speed" firsthand on Wednesday when, accompanied by Premier Li Keqiang, they boarded China's most advanced bullet train.
Japan has offered to finance India’s first bullet train, estimated to cost $15 billion, at an interest rate of less than 1 percent, officials said, stealing a march on China, which is bidding for other projects on the world’s fourth-largest network.
High speed railway line took central stage here at the Expo Milano 2015, where before the world exposition's ending day on Saturday, China left to Italy a legacy of collaboration opportunities.
In a bid to surpass competition from China and other countries keen to be part of the first bullet train project, Japan has offered financial support besides technology for India's ambitious rail project.
Senior officials of Chinese and Indonesian consortiums signed an agreement here on Friday to launch a joint venture for a high-speed railway linking Jakarta with West Java provincial capital of Bandung.
Huang Wankang and his family took a pleasant holiday trip on new high-speed rail (HSR) line linking two cities in northeast China's Jilin Province.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is starting on Tuesday a four-day state visit to the United States, during which the first U.S. high-speed railway with Chinese investment is likely to be confirmed to start construction in September 2016.
The planned medium-speed train linking Jakarta to Bandung, the capital of West Java province, may require funds of 30 trillion rupiah (about 2.1 billion U.S. dollars), a senior official at Indonesia's Transportation Ministry said here on Tuesday.
High-speed rail tours have become a popular choice of travelers, especially families and students during the peak summer season, as the growing railway network stitches the country's scenic spots together.
By the end of 2014, China had established 4,272 national level demonstration zones over eight stages, edging it closer to its goal of agricultural standardization, said Tian Shihong, head of the Standardization Administration of China (SAC), on Tuesday.
The new high-speed railway line between Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, has slashed train travel times by half to less than 12 hours.
China urged the Mexican government to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies when dealing with problems caused by the suspension of a high-speed railway project, China's state planning body said on Monday.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Wednesday hailed China-Mexico cooperation on Mexico's high-speed railway project, vowing that China will strengthen cooperation with the world in high-speed railway.
A Chinese-led consortium has won the bid to build Mexico's first high-speed train project, local media reported Monday.
The trial run for the first high-speed railway in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region started on Tuesday, marking a countdown to formal operations by the end of the year and a confidence boost to the region.
Philippine Senator Paolo Benigno Aquino on Tuesday called for an investigation into the Internet service being provided by local telecommunication companies.
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