China plans to connect it’s high-speed rail network to Europe (?!).
“China hopes to complete this massive infrastructure project within 10 years, which will include three major rail lines running at speeds of 320 km/hour. The first will go from King’s Cross Station in London all the way to Beijing (8,100 km as the crow flies) and will take approximately two days. This line will also then extend down to Singapore. A second HSR line will connect into Vietnam, Thailand, Burma and Malaysia. The last line to be built will connect Germany to Russia, cross Siberia and then back into China. The exact routes have yet to be determined.
Financing and planning for this monstrous project is actually being provided by China, who is already in serious negotiations with 17 countries to develop the project.”
via Inhabitat
