What's new

The Great Game Changer: Belt and Road Intiative (BRI; OBOR)

Your slighly challenging accomplishment is the recent Mars Mission

Does India have:
1. a functiong satellite navigation system covering Asia and later the world
2. a moon lander
3. the ability to shoot down a defunct satellite in space
4. a space walk
5. a better rocket launching success % than China
6. the ability to do manned and unmanned rendezvous and docking of 2 spacecraft in orbit
7. the ability to return and to land manned and unmanned spacecraft on Earth
8, a rocket with bigger payload than China's CZ-3 series (and a CZ-5 soon)
9. a space lab which will be developed into a space station by 2020
10. any Indian living in space in your own life-supporting capsule
11. a spacecraft that can fly further than our Chang'e 2 in space
12, a complete photo mapping of the moon

That is what I was saying, so why is there so much heartburn over our puny little achievement by Chinese posters? Why are you guys considering us your compitetors?

BTW
1 is work in progress, dont let the regional thing fool you, it will be expanded later.
So is 7 going to be tested in this December, SRE was unmanned Space Capsule Recovery Experiment II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2 is a work in progress too.
11. Doesn't Mangalyaan count?
12. We did that too. Remember Chandrayaan?
Working on 5 with PSLV's reliablity.

This is a fact tha NASA and ESA are either banning or restrictive in their space tech exchane with us. This has been put into law of USA. Is ISRO having these treatment?

Press Releases 2011 | Embassy of the United States
U.S. Government removes Indian organizations from ‘Entity List’
January 25, 2011
NEW DELHI - The U.S. Government on Monday amended its U.S. Export Administration Regulations by removing all remaining Space and Defense-related Indian entities from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s ‘Entity List’. This is a momentous step forward in U.S. implementation of the export control policy reforms announced by President Barack Obama during his November 2010 visit to India.
In a January 24 Federal Notice, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the removal of the following nine Indian space and defense-related organizations from the Entity List:
  • Armament Research and Development Establishment (DRDO)
  • Defense Research and Development Lab (DRDO)
  • Hyderabad Missile Research and Development Complex (DRDO)
  • Solid State Physics Laboratory (DRDO)
  • Liquid Propulsion Systems Center (ISRO)
  • Solid Propellant Space Booster Plant (SPROB) (ISRO)
  • Sriharikota Space Center (ISRO)
  • Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (ISRO)
  • Bharat Dynamics Limited
So till 2011 yes they were banned. And no we didnt copy things from them, but you guys are the true masters in that.
 
That is what I was saying, so why is there so much heartburn over our puny little achievement by Chinese posters? Why are you guys considering us your compitetors?

BTW
1 is work in progress, dont let the regional thing fool you, it will be expanded later.
So is 7 going to be tested in this December, SRE was unmanned Space Capsule Recovery Experiment II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2 is a work in progress too.
11. Doesn't Mangalyaan count?
12. we did that too.
Working on 5 with PSLV's reliablity.



Press Releases 2011 | Embassy of the United States
U.S. Government removes Indian organizations from ‘Entity List’
January 25, 2011
NEW DELHI - The U.S. Government on Monday amended its U.S. Export Administration Regulations by removing all remaining Space and Defense-related Indian entities from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s ‘Entity List’. This is a momentous step forward in U.S. implementation of the export control policy reforms announced by President Barack Obama during his November 2010 visit to India.
In a January 24 Federal Notice, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the removal of the following nine Indian space and defense-related organizations from the Entity List:
  • Armament Research and Development Establishment (DRDO)
  • Defense Research and Development Lab (DRDO)
  • Hyderabad Missile Research and Development Complex (DRDO)
  • Solid State Physics Laboratory (DRDO)
  • Liquid Propulsion Systems Center (ISRO)
  • Solid Propellant Space Booster Plant (SPROB) (ISRO)
  • Sriharikota Space Center (ISRO)
  • Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (ISRO)
  • Bharat Dynamics Limited
So till 2011 yes they were banned. And no we didnt copy things from them, but you guys are the true masters in that.

you delusionals do know what puny means
In comparison to Indian's work + bragging ( always future tense + numerous delays)
You have just one puny feat so far in Mars mission with NASA's help -
We have at least a dozen of achievement untouched by Indians :cheesy::china:
We "puny" then Indian - nano sized hahaha :haha:
 
you delusionals do know what puny means
In comparison to Indian's work + bragging ( always future tense + numerous delays)
You have just one puny feat so far in Mars mission with NASA's help -
We have at least a dozen of achievement untouched by Indians :cheesy::china:
We "puny" then Indian - nano sized hahaha :haha:
I already mentioned 5 of them out of dozen, please read my post above. We are aware of our current status, we are working on GSLVs.
If it is puny, so why is it so jarring to you guys? And why do you guys get upset when we mention similar help given to you by Russia, EU and NASA?
So if we are competitors and delusional, isnt it good for your guys?
 
China bragging?:woot: Anything but nearing the enormity of this grand master :haha::

Just to remind you with these two little quotes out of the "Indian Superpower this or that" saga:

India to become superpower by 2012: Kalam - Economic Times
Manmohan keen on making Mumbai a Shanghai - Financial Express

7 years ago India braggers boasted:
India will send astronaut into space by 2015: ISRO chief - The Times of India
Yesterday's announcement - where is the Indian man in space?
India To Launch Unmanned Crew Module In December

This is a fact tha NASA and ESA are either banning or restrictive in their space tech exchane with us. This has been put into law of USA. Is ISRO having these treatment?

Your slighly challenging accomplishment is the recent Mars Mission
In case you need a reminder and let me throw you some embarrassing questions amidst your constrasing vain accusations on China and grandiose bragging for India:
Does India have:
1. a functiong satellite navigation system covering Asia and later the world
2. a moon lander
3. the ability to shoot down a defunct satellite in space
4. a space walk
5. a better rocket launching success % than China
6. the ability to do manned and unmanned rendezvous and docking of 2 spacecraft in orbit
7. the ability to return and to land manned and unmanned spacecraft on Earth
8, a rocket with bigger payload than China's CZ-3 series (and a CZ-5 soon)
9. a space lab which will be developed into a space station by 2020
10. any Indian living in space in your own life-supporting capsule
11. a spacecraft that can fly further than our Chang'e 2 in space
12, a complete photo mapping of the moon
If you want more embarrassments be my guest. :dirol::nono::china:

Really ???
What the hell you know about the treatment we got from the West after 1974 tests?
You know nothing .and you have absolutely zero knowledge.Our govt dont interested in spying like so called developed nation with ghost cities and unreliable consumer goods.

A few years you CCP declared that you will send human in to mars before 2020 what about its current status?

Now you asked some ignorant questions.
1.We are nearing to a satellite navigation system called IRNSS and we already send 3 satellites and it will complete within half of 2015 .We can cover entire SA ,Middle east ,China and Indian Ocean.We can expand it if we want.But current this is what we needed.

2. We are already in that direction.If all things go verywell you can see an Indian moon lander in 2016.
3.we have the capability to shoot a satellite but unlike self proclaimed Superpower PRC own space agency our ISRO is completely against the use of the space for direct military purpose.
So its is DRDO responsibility and talks are going on there.
For points 4 and 10 we are testing a GSLV MK3.
5.Our PSLV have 98% success rate.What about your vehicles?
6.Surely we have the ability but like I said our objectives are claearlt different than self proclaimed Superpower PRC.points 8 and 9 also like that.
10.We are testing a life support sysyem within next 45 days .
11.Mangalyann or Mars Orbiter Mission is already travelled 400 millions km .What was Change 2 record.?
12.We ahave different objectives than self proclaimed supepowa PRC.


Now I am asking some doubts.
not arrogant questions.
Do you have technology to send a space craft to another planet?
Do you have course correction tech?
Can you send a crsft to Mars with mere 74million$?.


Of course China is far ahead than us .
But dont try to spit here so called indigenousity by criticising us.
Human space exploration was already did by US and USSR about 60 years ago When China was in cultural revolution and long march.
 
I already mentioned 5 of them out of dozen, please read my post above. We are aware of our current status, we are working on GSLVs.
If it is puny, so why is it so jarring to you guys? And why do you guys get upset when we mention similar help given to you by Russia, EU and NASA?
So if we are competitors and delusional, isnt it good for your guys?

We dont care much about Indians space programme to be frank with you
That's about it
Your future tenses are overflowing. Delay, long delays are part of your standard procedures
Arent Indians getting tired of those?

I dont see any point of adding more fuel to your trolling. Bye :wave:
 
Li Keqiang and trans-Eurasian Railroads
By Heiko Khoo

In the 19th century, steam powered railways were pivotal to the expansion of British and world capitalism. When, in 1850, Karl Marx saw an electric train in a London toyshop he was overjoyed. He told his friend, Wilhelm Liebknecht:

"Now the problem is solved - the consequences are indefinable. In the wake of the economic revolution the political must necessarily follow, for the latter is only the expression of the former."

d02788e9b6de15b83a8d4c.jpg

A China Railways CRH2C (left) and a China Railways CRH3C (right) train in Tianjin.


However, over four decades later Liebknecht bemoaned the fact that there was not a single electric railway line in operation.

Railways were also at the heart of Premier Li Keqiang's recent visit to Europe. High-speed railway investment exposes "the China difference," namely, its capacity to accurately develop and realize its long-term plans for economic investment and growth. In this way China has overtaken the richest capitalist countries in the high-speed rail sector and this network is now larger than the rest of the world combined.

Global interconnectivity has raced ahead of the boundaries and limitations of nation states. Modern communications integrate the international process of design, production and consumption of commodities into an organic whole. The virtual interactions that bind together material production, consumption and distribution, require global logistics. And a fundamental feature of the development of the productive forces is the conquest of distance and time, which, for the Eurasian landmass, inevitably means the expansion of railways both for freight and human transport.

The recent world economic crisis has acted as a drag on international railway development because, as world trade suffered, shipping costs fell dramatically. Therefore railroad investments in many countries declined as a consequence of this maritime competition. However, in contrast, the global economic crisis was the signal for China to expand and accelerate the breadth and depth of its railroad investments, nationally and internationally. China's accumulated expertise and technical experience has global significance. Its capacity to build high-speed networks rapidly and in adverse conditions is reflected in the sweeping scope of the projects in development and being negotiated.

Plans to develop the interior of China have been combined with expansion of its freight network to Europe. Trains from Chongqing to Duisburg in Germany, the world's largest inland harbor, have been in operation since April this year and, from Oct. 30, they will also run from Changsha in Hunan. Freight on these routes takes between 12 -16 days compared to 50-60 days by sea. In this way, developing the central and western areas of China is integrated with developing Eurasian railway networks as the foundation for the New Silk Road.

From the standpoint of private profit-based railway companies and the governments of cash-strapped capitalist countries, visionary railroad infrastructure projects are often considered to be unviable. The World Bank survey, "High Speed Rail: A fast track to economic development?" claimed it is really only viable for medium distance travel. But this assessment remains very much based on market-logic rather than being farsighted and strategic and it fails to adequately consider societal benefits as an organic whole. The World Bank report mentions the overall socio-economic benefit of integrating cities only in passing and focuses instead, again and again, on return on investment.

Such an approach neglects the core issues of scientific development planning. For example, nobody denies the general global trend towards urbanization, yet, rather than viewing high-speed rail transport in this light, short-term thinking predominates in economics and politics. In Sub-Saharan Africa for example, the United Nations estimates an urbanization rate of over 60 percent by 2050. So unless there is a planned and continental approach to developing transport infrastructure, Africa will have huge urban populations without the preconditions for sustained overall development. Earlier this year in Africa Premier Li presented a vision to African leaders of high-speed railways connecting every major city "to boost pan-African communication and development." And the facts of Sino-African cooperation, between African states and China's state-owned enterprises, confirm the nature of this orientation.

On his recent visit to Russia, Premier Li signed a memorandum of understanding with President Vladimir Putin to build a Moscow-Kazan high-speed rail line and to connect this to Beijing. When complete, this will slash the time of a Moscow-Beijing train journey from six days to 48 hours, and lay the basis for high-speed rail travel from Beijing to London in 72 hours. This is an exhilarating prospect and it is deeply symbolic of a newly emerging correlation of geo-politics in which China's role is central.

When in Moscow, Premier Li spoke of the inexhaustible potential for development between China and Russia. This is certainly true. Indeed one of the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union was the long-term failure to fully exploit the potential of Sino-Soviet cooperation.

Sino-Russian and Sino-German railroad development is also important from the standpoint of binding German and Russian interests together. This can help to mitigate against inflammatory actions by the United States as its global power wanes. U.S. dominance of sea power make railways an ideal means to overcome China's dependence on vulnerable shipping lanes like the Straits of Malacca; through which most of China's imports pass. So, although there are also plans to build a high-speed railway from Beijing to Washington, it is likely that Sinophobia in Washington will scupper this project. It should be recalled that it was mainly cheap Chinese labor that built the First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the U.S. railway network from the East coast to the Pacific in the 1860s. China's state-owned railway companies have surpassed the railway infrastructure of world capitalism. This reveals that despite all the critics, China's system of public ownership and planning remains fundamentally healthy and vibrant.

The writer is a columnist with China.org.cn. For more information please visit: Opinion - China.org.cn

@Raphael , @senheiser , @Chinese-Dragon , @Edison Chen , @Keel ,@cirr
 
Even when I disagree with an article, I often find enjoyment in reading it, because it gives me the opportunity to learn new perspectives. Bypassing the anti-American slant of the article, some assertions were unclear to me, perhaps you can help.

The recent world economic crisis has acted as a drag on international railway development because, as world trade suffered, shipping costs fell dramatically.

But later in the article:
But this assessment remains very much based on market-logic rather than being farsighted and strategic and it fails to adequately consider societal benefits as an organic whole.

Edited for clarity: If rail is to be valued beyond the economic potential, how does the author explain the decline in railway development?

Trains from Chongqing to Duisburg in Germany, the world's largest inland harbor, have been in operation since April this year and, from Oct. 30, they will also run from Changsha in Hunan. Freight on these routes takes between 12 -16 days compared to 50-60 days by sea.

...

Premier Li signed a memorandum of understanding with President Vladimir Putin to build a Moscow-Kazan high-speed rail line and to connect this to Beijing. When complete, this will slash the time of a Moscow-Beijing train journey from six days to 48 hours, and lay the basis for high-speed rail travel from Beijing to London in 72 hours.

Awe-inspiring feat of engineering and willpower. Simply incredible.

From the standpoint of private profit-based railway companies and the governments of cash-strapped capitalist countries, visionary railroad infrastructure projects are often considered to be unviable. The World Bank survey, "High Speed Rail: A fast track to economic development?" claimed it is really only viable for medium distance travel. But this assessment remains very much based on market-logic rather than being farsighted and strategic and it fails to adequately consider societal benefits as an organic whole. The World Bank report mentions the overall socio-economic benefit of integrating cities only in passing and focuses instead, again and again, on return on investment.

Such an approach neglects the core issues of scientific development planning. For example, nobody denies the general global trend towards urbanization, yet, rather than viewing high-speed rail transport in this light, short-term thinking predominates in economics and politics. In Sub-Saharan Africa for example, the United Nations estimates an urbanization rate of over 60 percent by 2050. So unless there is a planned and continental approach to developing transport infrastructure, Africa will have huge urban populations without the preconditions for sustained overall development. Earlier this year in Africa Premier Li presented a vision to African leaders of high-speed railways connecting every major city "to boost pan-African communication and development." And the facts of Sino-African cooperation, between African states and China's state-owned enterprises, confirm the nature of this orientation.

Highways are not sufficient for Africa's development? Why must it be rail?

When in Moscow, Premier Li spoke of the inexhaustible potential for development between China and Russia. This is certainly true. Indeed one of the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union was the long-term failure to fully exploit the potential of Sino-Soviet cooperation.

This is the first time I've read this assertion. Do you have any studies I could read about this?

So, although there are also plans to build a high-speed railway from Beijing to Washington, it is likely that Sinophobia in Washington will scupper this project.

This is staggeringly ambitious, and again, the first I've heard of this. What does such a project look like, will an undersea tunnel be constructed? Do you have any articles I could read about the planning behind this?
 
I don't believe HSR link with Europe will work, as flights will still be cheaper.
 
I wish the trans Europe-China link can be successful with the start of thawing ice in Russia, Turkey etc where we are going to leave our footprints there

The HSR is a great idea offering an excellent alternatives and comfort to travel by sea and air.

Keep going :cheesy::super::tup:
 
For me,HSR travel is infinitely better than flight(unless you fly on 1st class:enjoy:)within a distance of up to 1500km。

Flying economic class is a poor man‘s solution to long-distance travel。:D
 
Bypassing the anti-American slant of the article

There is nothing anti-American in the article. If upholding China's interests is considered anti-US, put me down on the list. At the top, if possible. :)

If rail is to be valued beyond the economic potential, how does the author explain the decline in railway development?

Economic/fiscal conditions many countries have been facing since the financial crisis. China, on the other hand, has initiated its rail development program in the midst of it.

Awe-inspiring feat of engineering and willpower. Simply incredible

Not really. There are precedents already in terms of terrain hardships, engine/cabin/car requirements etc; the length by itself is just a number.

Highways are not sufficient for Africa's development? Why must it be rail?

Highways may not be sufficient. By rail, you can haul large quantity of material/goods at a minimum cost that you would have to pay if you had mobilized an equal number of 16 wheelers.

This is the first time I've read this assertion. Do you have any studies I could read about this?

I have to check. :)

This is staggeringly ambitious, and again, the first I've heard of this. What does such a project look like, will an undersea tunnel be constructed? Do you have any articles I could read about the planning behind this?

Have not come across anything on this. I personally believe it is neither likely nor feasible.
For me,HSR travel is infinitely better than flight(unless you fly on 1st class:enjoy:)within a distance of up to 1500km。

Flying economic class is a poor man‘s solution to long-distance travel。:D

I agree. I took long distance travel in the US and, although it is considerably slow when compared to the one in China, it was nonetheless fine.


Amazing info-graph!
 
There is nothing anti-American in the article. If upholding China's interests is considered anti-US, put me down on the list. At the top, if possible. :)


I did not make this assertion in regards to China's interests, I made them in reference to the anti-American claims in the final paragraph:

Sino-Russian and Sino-German railroad development is also important from the standpoint of binding German and Russian interests together. This can help to mitigate against inflammatory actions by the United States as its global power wanes. U.S. dominance of sea power make railways an ideal means to overcome China's dependence on vulnerable shipping lanes like the Straits of Malacca; through which most of China's imports pass. So, although there are also plans to build a high-speed railway from Beijing to Washington, it is likely that Sinophobia in Washington will scupper this project.

Source: Li Keqiang and trans-Eurasian Railroads

If one convinces oneself that one's counterpart is unrelentingly hostile, even in the absence of evidence, it's not hard to see how conflict becomes more likely. The author didn't substantiate either of the bolded statements. It is these anti-American statements which make the article have an "anti-American slant," as I said.

Predicting an undefined "inflammatory action" by the US against China, Russia, or Germany at some undefined point in the future is simple demonization, or in this specific case, anti-Americanism. If the author is referring to Crimea, then rail will not stop Germany's sanctions against Russia any more than it would stop America's sanctions against Russia.

Considering that neither of us had heard of the Beijing-Washington rail plan, it is reasonable to assume that the plan is, at best, merely an idea at the moment. To then pre-emptively lay the blame for the project's failure on Washington, at such a premature stage, is not reasonable, and indeed, anti-American. We agree that the project is nothing more than fantasy at this point, so why blame "Sinophobia in Washington"?

Nevertheless, if you agree with these ill-defined and unsubstantiated claims, I'll be happy to put you down as anti-American.
 
Li Keqiang and trans-Eurasian Railroads
By Heiko Khoo

In the 19th century, steam powered railways were pivotal to the expansion of British and world capitalism. When, in 1850, Karl Marx saw an electric train in a London toyshop he was overjoyed. He told his friend, Wilhelm Liebknecht:

"Now the problem is solved - the consequences are indefinable. In the wake of the economic revolution the political must necessarily follow, for the latter is only the expression of the former."

d02788e9b6de15b83a8d4c.jpg

A China Railways CRH2C (left) and a China Railways CRH3C (right) train in Tianjin.


However, over four decades later Liebknecht bemoaned the fact that there was not a single electric railway line in operation.

Railways were also at the heart of Premier Li Keqiang's recent visit to Europe. High-speed railway investment exposes "the China difference," namely, its capacity to accurately develop and realize its long-term plans for economic investment and growth. In this way China has overtaken the richest capitalist countries in the high-speed rail sector and this network is now larger than the rest of the world combined.

Global interconnectivity has raced ahead of the boundaries and limitations of nation states. Modern communications integrate the international process of design, production and consumption of commodities into an organic whole. The virtual interactions that bind together material production, consumption and distribution, require global logistics. And a fundamental feature of the development of the productive forces is the conquest of distance and time, which, for the Eurasian landmass, inevitably means the expansion of railways both for freight and human transport.

The recent world economic crisis has acted as a drag on international railway development because, as world trade suffered, shipping costs fell dramatically. Therefore railroad investments in many countries declined as a consequence of this maritime competition. However, in contrast, the global economic crisis was the signal for China to expand and accelerate the breadth and depth of its railroad investments, nationally and internationally. China's accumulated expertise and technical experience has global significance. Its capacity to build high-speed networks rapidly and in adverse conditions is reflected in the sweeping scope of the projects in development and being negotiated.

Plans to develop the interior of China have been combined with expansion of its freight network to Europe. Trains from Chongqing to Duisburg in Germany, the world's largest inland harbor, have been in operation since April this year and, from Oct. 30, they will also run from Changsha in Hunan. Freight on these routes takes between 12 -16 days compared to 50-60 days by sea. In this way, developing the central and western areas of China is integrated with developing Eurasian railway networks as the foundation for the New Silk Road.

From the standpoint of private profit-based railway companies and the governments of cash-strapped capitalist countries, visionary railroad infrastructure projects are often considered to be unviable. The World Bank survey, "High Speed Rail: A fast track to economic development?" claimed it is really only viable for medium distance travel. But this assessment remains very much based on market-logic rather than being farsighted and strategic and it fails to adequately consider societal benefits as an organic whole. The World Bank report mentions the overall socio-economic benefit of integrating cities only in passing and focuses instead, again and again, on return on investment.

Such an approach neglects the core issues of scientific development planning. For example, nobody denies the general global trend towards urbanization, yet, rather than viewing high-speed rail transport in this light, short-term thinking predominates in economics and politics. In Sub-Saharan Africa for example, the United Nations estimates an urbanization rate of over 60 percent by 2050. So unless there is a planned and continental approach to developing transport infrastructure, Africa will have huge urban populations without the preconditions for sustained overall development. Earlier this year in Africa Premier Li presented a vision to African leaders of high-speed railways connecting every major city "to boost pan-African communication and development." And the facts of Sino-African cooperation, between African states and China's state-owned enterprises, confirm the nature of this orientation.

On his recent visit to Russia, Premier Li signed a memorandum of understanding with President Vladimir Putin to build a Moscow-Kazan high-speed rail line and to connect this to Beijing. When complete, this will slash the time of a Moscow-Beijing train journey from six days to 48 hours, and lay the basis for high-speed rail travel from Beijing to London in 72 hours. This is an exhilarating prospect and it is deeply symbolic of a newly emerging correlation of geo-politics in which China's role is central.

When in Moscow, Premier Li spoke of the inexhaustible potential for development between China and Russia. This is certainly true. Indeed one of the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union was the long-term failure to fully exploit the potential of Sino-Soviet cooperation.

Sino-Russian and Sino-German railroad development is also important from the standpoint of binding German and Russian interests together. This can help to mitigate against inflammatory actions by the United States as its global power wanes. U.S. dominance of sea power make railways an ideal means to overcome China's dependence on vulnerable shipping lanes like the Straits of Malacca; through which most of China's imports pass. So, although there are also plans to build a high-speed railway from Beijing to Washington, it is likely that Sinophobia in Washington will scupper this project. It should be recalled that it was mainly cheap Chinese labor that built the First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the U.S. railway network from the East coast to the Pacific in the 1860s. China's state-owned railway companies have surpassed the railway infrastructure of world capitalism. This reveals that despite all the critics, China's system of public ownership and planning remains fundamentally healthy and vibrant.

The writer is a columnist with China.org.cn. For more information please visit: Opinion - China.org.cn

@Raphael , @senheiser , @Chinese-Dragon , @Edison Chen , @Keel ,@cirr
I did not make this assertion in regards to China's interests, I made them in reference to the anti-American claims in the final paragraph:

Sino-Russian and Sino-German railroad development is also important from the standpoint of binding German and Russian interests together. This can help to mitigate against inflammatory actions by the United States as its global power wanes. U.S. dominance of sea power make railways an ideal means to overcome China's dependence on vulnerable shipping lanes like the Straits of Malacca; through which most of China's imports pass. So, although there are also plans to build a high-speed railway from Beijing to Washington, it is likely that Sinophobia in Washington will scupper this project.

Source: Li Keqiang and trans-Eurasian Railroads

If one convinces oneself that one's counterpart is unrelentingly hostile, even in the absence of evidence, it's not hard to see how conflict becomes more likely. The author didn't substantiate either of the bolded statements. It is these anti-American statements which make the article have an "anti-American slant," as I said.

Predicting an undefined "inflammatory action" by the US against China, Russia, or Germany at some undefined point in the future is simple demonization, or in this specific case, anti-Americanism. If the author is referring to Crimea, then rail will not stop Germany's sanctions against Russia any more than it would stop America's sanctions against Russia.

Considering that neither of us had heard of the Beijing-Washington rail plan, it is reasonable to assume that the plan is, at best, merely an idea at the moment. To then pre-emptively lay the blame for the project's failure on Washington, at such a premature stage, is not reasonable, and indeed, anti-American. We agree that the project is nothing more than fantasy at this point, so why blame "Sinophobia in Washington"?

Nevertheless, if you agree with these ill-defined and unsubstantiated claims, I'll be happy to put you down as anti-American.
china-brings-back-the-glory-to-the-rail_51f8f9c5b3f99_w1500.jpg


railvision-graphic-1001.jpg


Obviously it work for China :yahoo::china:
For me,HSR travel is infinitely better than flight(unless you fly on 1st class:enjoy:)within a distance of up to 1500km。

Flying economic class is a poor man‘s solution to long-distance travel。:D

Li Keqiang now gets the limelight. Who enables this? This guy below in the prison -- Liu Zhijun.

_51221389_011247060-1.jpg
 

Pakistan Affairs Latest Posts

Back
Top Bottom