Monday, July 30, 2018

Take on the high speed Chinese train

When you are barreling at 300kilometers per hour with visibility of about 50 feet you are glad you are on rails but when you realize that the tracks are Chinese laid, the train is Chinese made and the smog is probably the debris of a derailment, it's a bit disconcerting. The good news is that your Chinese translator tells you that the entire rail system depends on a Chinese built computer system which is the best in the world because it is also located near his home town and the owner is very rich, you realize that we might have different definitions of "best"

But this is China and nobody expects you to be able to see out of your window so you just close the window shade, turn up the tunes and pray to the good lord to bring you back home in a single piece.

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