China: new market high-speed rail dark horse

China: new market high-speed rail dark horse

2010-03-10 17:03

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  Average speed of 350 km of the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway, December 26 in Wuhan, Changsha, Guangzhou, three simultaneous car, this lasted four and a half years, called the world's longest and fastest high-speed rail officially put into operation. (Photo: AP)

(China ‧ Beijing) China wishes to build an extension to Russia, Central Asia and East Asia 17 countries, high-speed rail network to facilitate the integration of China and Eurasia Asian countries, have given rise to concern.

China's recent aggressive expansion both inside and outside the railway layout, has South Korea, Germany, France, Japan and other threat.

It was reported that 18 countries high-speed rail network, if successfully completed, not only to facilitate the integration of China and Eurasia Asian countries, so that China was a tremendous thirst for natural resources, in addition to help develop China's "far West

China is now established in Central Asia and Russia, mainland China transverse rail, Southeast Asia, railways and other three high-speed railway network construction plans, working with relevant countries to negotiate, is expected to be completed in the year 2025.

Meanwhile, China also participated in the United States and Brazil, and Asia, high-speed railway construction project bidding, is the world's high-speed rail market, a new dark horse.

Materials into the country's longest high-speed rail operation mileage

In accordance with the Ministry of Railways of the latest plan, to the end of 2012, China's inter-city passenger rail line, and mileage will reach 13,000 kilometers. By then, China will surpass Japan and Germany, an early start in high-iron country, become the world's longest high-speed rail operation mileage of the country.

From 2004, China's Ministry of Railways decided to introduce foreign high-speed rail trains, high-speed railway in China in 2012 rose to the world's longest operating mileage of China's railway to use when less than 10 years. Especially last year, the world's longest mileage, speed of 350 km of the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed rail opening and operation, it has become another milestone in China's high-speed railway.

China's rapid rise of the field of high-speed rail has been South Korea, Germany, France, Japan and other threat.

America media: High Speed Rail Biao, a "Chinese speed"

U.S. World News Network had earlier written, entitled "High Speed Rail soared out of China," the article said that when Wu wide high-speed rail cars, "China Speed" Let the world shocked. Currently, a large number of railway projects is rapidly advancing, and constantly refresh the record of human history of railway development, "China Speed" has become synonymous with the development of China ... ...

Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed rail cars, substantially narrow the gap between Wuhan and Guangzhou, the distance between the two places also changed the Chinese economy has shifted.

Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway is operated by the opening of the first high-speed railway, and so far the longest mileage of the world's first built, run the fastest high-speed rail.

Japan 60 years to build high-speed railway, until the new century, China has not high-speed railway; China years behind the Japanese 40 years. However, the short period of less than 10 years, high-speed rail mushroomed have been appearing, not only among the forefront of the world, but also out of self-innovation.

In fact, the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail when they were built to attract the United States, Britain, Japan, more than 30 countries total more than 200 batches of tens of thousands of people take the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail study, are amazed to China. Among them, the International Union of Railways, director of high-speed railway is said with emotion, "railway construction are entering a great era, and China is becoming the global leader in the world of the future of the railway in China."

United States and its people: a far-reaching impact on China High Speed Rail

Many Americans felt that the current high-speed railway construction in China, similar to President Eisenhower in the 50s last century, the United States to implement highway project, will give China a profound impact on society.

In the 2009 State of the Union speech, U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States built a railway network in history and highway network, but "there is no reason to (allow) Europe and China can build the fastest train to ... ..." .

Obama to arouse Americans 'sense of crisis'

In the past State of the Union, the U.S. president that China, more to China's requests, and even accusations. But Obama the reference to China, but the unprecedented success of China's high-speed rail has shown sigh. "Obama is a Chinese high-speed rail as a frame of reference, to arouse Americans 'sense of crisis'." Chen Zhiwu, finance professor at Yale University on "Financial National Weekly," told reporters.

State of the Union published the day after Obama that is south Florida, and in the local announced that the U.S. government will spend 8.0 billion, creating America's own high-speed rail network. For a time, China's high-speed rail has become quite a hot topic in the United States.

February 13 Chinese New Year's Eve, "The New York Times" in a "China has high-speed railway network as a growth engine," the news, made a simple comparison, saying that the distance between Wuhan to Guangzhou, equivalent to the United States, Boston to Virginia, But the Chinese way along the road of time, the United States Railway Passenger Transport Company's fastest trains only "from Boston to New York" ─ ─ namely, less than half the distance away.

"New York Daily News" reporter was shocked that the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed rail is just the "China 2012 years ago, started or planned to start 42 in a high-speed rail lines. As a comparison, the United States in 2014, will build the first high-wire End Only 84 miles long, connecting Florida's Orlando and Tampa. "

China, Europe and Asia to build high-speed rail network ‧ money is the biggest problem

European and Asian countries of China and build 18 high-speed rail network, Europe and the United States media have widely reported increases. The high-speed rail plan the auspices of the Beijing Jiaotong University, Professor Wang Meng-shu, said China has committed to providing technology, equipment and high-speed car. However, he clearly pointed out that "From our point of view, the biggest problem is money."

China is willing to supply gas to China has provided substantial financing countries. However, China is spending huge sums to expand its domestic rail system, Wang Meng-shu, said he looked forward to the high-speed rail network through the state and civil placements, but the Chinese prefer those countries, "to use their natural resources" in return for China's technology and financing .

WANG Meng-shu point of a word problem key, because he "South China Morning Post" said, "the resources of those countries would flow into China, to support China's development." He also bluntly that the scheme is "high-speed rail diplomacy."

For example, the batteries need to lithium, lithium-rich mines in Myanmar, China has committed to pave the way for financing the exchange of lithium in Myanmar.

18 States to high-speed rail network, if successfully completed, not only to facilitate the integration of China and Eurasia Asian countries, so that China was a tremendous thirst for natural resources, in addition to help develop China's "far West."

5 killed 14 people in Urumqi protesters wounded 25 people were arrested Uygurs

At 16:44 on September 5th, 2009

(Beijing 5 AP) for 2 consecutive days of Xinjiang, Urumqi, Han Chinese took to the streets, killing at least five people were killed and 14 injured, 25 people were arrested Uygurs. ZHANG, executive vice mayor, said, in which two victims were innocent people, the situation is under control.

ZHANG, said Wednesday there are 531 people have been needle stabbed the wounded are mainly Han Chinese, a Uygur people have been hit the seriously injured, arrested 25 suspects are Uygurs.

In addition, Hou-min, director of the Information Office of Urumqi, said Hong Kong reporters in the interview is to understand the period, the armed police injured and arrested in the incident, he said, when interviewed by the authorities will be protected.

Chief Executive Donald Tsang said Hong Kong reporters and photographers are very concerned about the interview in Xinjiang was taken away, he has told Beijing to follow up, if necessary, to provide assistance. He stressed that the Council has been following up this matter.

ZHANG at a press conference that since August 20, Urumqi, one after another, some members of the public in public places by others stabbed with needle-like object, triggering public panic and discontent, September 2, occurred due to a few places, "Needle tie events ", resulting in the victim and some Han people act on the implementation of needle sticks to hit the suspects, killing one of them seriously.

ZHANG said, September 3 to the present, because the recurrence of several "needlestick incident" caused by people gathering procession, some sections have taken place in small-scale conflicts. According to statistics, 3, were injured in the incident has resulted in hospitalization of 14 people, five people died. The dead innocent people for 2 persons.

ZHANG, said on the 4th day the people gathered there is no large-scale demonstrations took place in various small groups gathered demonstrations have been timely disposal of the current state of affairs to be brought under control.

Recently, people in Urumqi has been needle-like material occurred successively in stabbing incident, since August 20 to September 2, medical staff had reported 476 cases of needlestick injuries admissions, there are obvious signs of acupuncture in 89 cases, no deaths were The police have arrested some suspects.

Urumqi was calm

。 Following the riot occurred yesterday morning in Urumqi, Xinjiang after the atmosphere was generally calm, armed police continued overnight stationed at the street decreased significantly.

The municipal government at a press conference that the riots in which 14 people and injuring five people were killed, including innocent people, but also emphasize that the needle stab people are Uighurs, the injured and are mainly Han Chinese, there are ethnic minorities.

Chinese experts have approved three chaos due to the situation in Xinjiang is not optimistic about the

(Xinjiang 5 AP) Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences and anti-terrorism scholar of folk Pan Zhiping, said the incident shocked the whole world is far from over 7.5 to plan, "injection party" forces behind the incident will come up with new ways to the future, so in Xinjiang is not optimistic about the political situation in the short term.

Pan Zhiping told Hong Kong's "Ming Pao", the authorities are facing rapidly changing situation to "pre-emptive strike," promptly to the public all kinds of information in order to draw some lessons from this "injection party" incident slow response lesson.

Analysis of the Pan Zhiping Han parade events, behind the main three reasons. One is "7.5" riots delayed the trial started, so that the public, especially victims and their families very dissatisfied. The second is the "injection party" incident, the slow response to the government departments concerned, the Government and the police did not play its due role;

The third is September 1 is the opening day of the Urumqi International Trade Fair for the show "7.5" incident, social stability, economic development, the implementation of traffic control in the central city, causing traffic chaos. At this point is the end of the summer school to catch up with primary and secondary schools in Urumqi, the majority of parents for security reasons can not let children take a bus, multi-purpose car shuttle, traffic chaos in so many parents complained, the number of these parents account for a large proportion of the city's population, but also one was directly triggered by the march.

Han parade non-human planning

Pan Zhiping believe that this large-scale demonstration in Urumqi Han Although the number of a lot of the peak, up to thirty or forty thousand people, but the information currently available to see, not a planned, organized, and come and go, mainly of discontent among the masses no place to vent, some people shouted many people responded.

Pan Zhiping Han Chinese do not agree with the demands of large-scale demonstration, he pointed out, Urumqi "7.5" bloody riots cause long-term hard to heal the national wounds, but the Han ethnic relations in the future will certainly be even worse, the Government has spent a lot of time and effort to make the national wound started to healing, but the recent large-scale demonstration will make this Han the wound bleeding again.

He urged the public to identify the true enemy of Han Chinese who do not answer violence with violence, so solve the problem.

3 Hong Kong reporter detained in Urumqi

Tens of thousands of Chinese took to the streets of Urumqi, Xinjiang, in the city starting at 9 pm from Thursday to implement traffic control, civilian vehicles on the streets with less, but the outbreak of clashes between police and the city a second straight day, the Hong Kong three armed police during an interview with a walk detained, a reporter even been wounding.

Friday afternoon, the liberation of North Road, near the city center, nearly 1,000 Chinese demonstrations, with the presence of riot police stand-off, police tear gas suddenly expelled, shot during the armed police rushed into the presence of journalists, the TVB and 2 NOW News a Hong Kong television photographers and a journalist with handcuffs locked to require three people kneeling at the roadside, then they are taken away for further inquiries.

One Wireless News reporter LIN Zi-hao said, the armed police punched and kicked, even been batons wounding shoulders, while the photographers were tied more than 10 minutes. TVB and Information Ministry issued a statement, for journalists stationed in Beijing and the Beijing photographer Liu LIN Zi-hao all the normal interview in Urumqi, Xinjiang, when mass demonstrations, the armed police brutally obstructed, assaulted, arrested and has been to Hong Kong and Macao, the National Journalist Association and the The Liaison Office lodged a strong protest, sought the immediate release of detained personnel, arrangements for treatment and medical clearance. An interview with the station's two officers were released in the evening.

NOW News a strong protest

The NOW News issued a statement strongly protesting the violence in Xinjiang, prevented the normal interview with reporters, and photographers Linzhen Wei beat the station, the station has been requested by the Liaison Office and Macao Affairs Office of Xinjiang, the immediate release of detained persons and to arrange for a medical inspection staff for his injuries heal. 该台 In the evening, the station photographer released.

Related Photos

。 ■ the streets of Urumqi, Xinjiang has the guard's Armed Police. (AP Photo)

。 ■ People's Armed Police Chase entrance, fencing to stop people from entering. (AP Photo)

■ People's Armed Police after day and night shifts are shift. (AP Photo)

Taiwan, challenging China, to let Dalai Lama visit

By Ralph Jennings

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan, which turned away the Dalai Lama last year on fears of upsetting China, has approved a visit by the Tibetan spiritual leader next week to comfort victims of a deadly typhoon, the government said on Thursday.

The Dalai Lama gestures during a press conference after his first lecture in Lausanne August 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud/Files)

Beijing brands the India-based Tibetan luminary as a separatist and condemns his trips abroad.

But while there has been no official comment yet from Beijing on the Taiwan visit, the Chinese government may be unlikely to retaliate with any steps that could choke off trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people exchanges.

Chinese public opinion is easily riled by shows of support for the Dalai Lama, but Beijing is also aware any strong moves could play into the hands of Taiwan opponents of President Ma Ying-jeou, who has sought to ease tensions with Beijing.

The president's office, under fire for perceptions his response to typhoon Morakot was too slow, and national security officials decided in a 5-hour meeting on Wednesday to permit a visit by the Dalai Lama from Aug. 31-Sept. 3, the Government Information Office said.

"We've ... decided to let the Dalai Lama visit as he is coming here to pray for the dead victims, as well as the survivors," Ma told reporters while visiting typhoon survivors.

"President Ma has done the right thing after a long, long time," said Khedroob Thondup, a Taipei-based member of the Tibetan parliament in exile. "If they refused His Holiness, there would have been a backlash."

EAGER TO VISIT

The Dalai Lama was always eager to visit Taiwan and is looking forward to the trip, his aide told Reuters from the Indian hill town of Dharamsala, headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

"The main purpose for the visit is to comfort the typhoon victims and offer prayers," Tenzin Taklha said on Thursday.

"Immediately after the typhoon (the Dalai Lama) sent a letter of condolence and expressed his sympathy and sorrow."

Taklha said he was hopeful the visit would occur soon, though he said no dates have been finalised. "His holiness has always felt very close to the Taiwanese people, so he is very keen."

Taiwan, home to a large exiled Tibetan community and millions of Buddhists, allowed visits by the Dalai Lama in 1997 and 2001.

But President Ma last year quashed hopes for a 2009 visit by the Tibetan spiritual leader, saying the timing was wrong as his government was working to improve relations with China. Taiwan Buddhist groups, who had suggested the visit, criticised the decision.

Since taking office in 2008, Ma's administration has avoided action that could anger Beijing as he pursues trade ties.

Invited this week by local governments in south Taiwan, where the Aug. 7-9 typhoon is feared to have killed nearly 700 people in mudslides, the Dalai Lama will comfort survivors, many of whom are homeless, the information office said.

NO HARM TO TIES

"The Dalai Lama will be in Taiwan for religious purposes, so we welcome that," Tony Wang, presidential office spokesman, told a news conference.

"I don't think his visit will harm cross-straits ties, which have improved since May 20 last year," he said, referring to the date when Ma took office.

China has claimed sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan since 1949, when Mao Zedong's forces won the Chinese civil war and Chiang Kai-shek's KMT fled to Taiwan. Beijing has vowed to bring Taiwan under its rule, by force if necessary.

The 73-year-old Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in the region, occupied by People's Liberation Army troops in 1950.

The Dalai Lama's visit might irritate Beijing but blow over, said ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) Secretary-General Wu Den-yih.

"Beijing will be a little uncomfortable, but if they understand how severe the disaster is they will show some respect to Taiwan's people," Wu told Reuters.

Zhu Feng, professor of international security at Peking University, said: "I think that there won't be major damage from this visit, because trade and investment will continue. But it will damage channels of political communication for at least a while."

"Ma showed last year that he could withstand pressure to approve a visit, but now he'll be seen as playing politics with the mainland," said Zhu.

(Additional reporting by Bappa Majumdar in NEW DELHI, and Chris Buckley and Benjamin Kang Lim in BEIJING)

Copyright © 2008 Reuters

China: Guangdong killer mad dog attack
2009-08-26 13:57 2009-08-26 13:57

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早前陝西漢中當局為阻止瘋狗症疫情擴大，組織滅狗隊伍，對未拴養、圈養的犬只、野犬、流浪犬和進入學校、醫院、市場、機關、市區廣場及旅遊景點的犬只進行捕殺，引來網民抗議。 Hanzhong, Shaanxi earlier rabies authorities to prevent the spread of the disease, kill dogs in the ranks of the organization, not tied to the cultivation, in captivity dogs, wild dogs, stray dogs and access to schools, hospitals, markets, institutions, urban plazas and tourist attractions of the dogs to hunting, attracting Internet users to protest. （圖：中新社） (Figure: China news agency)

（中國）廣東近年瘋狗症肆虐，全省今年首7個月共有173人因瘋狗症死亡，去年全年則有319人死亡，而在1996年，全省瘋狗症死亡病例僅有12人，為2008年的3.76%。 (China) in recent years, rabies outbreak in Guangdong province in the first 7 months of this year there were 173 deaths due to rabies last year there were 319 deaths, while in 1996, rabies deaths in the province of only 12 people, in order to in 2008 to 3.76%. 而農村是瘋狗症重災區，不少農民因瘋狗症疫苗昂貴而耽誤醫治死亡。 Rabies in rural areas are hardest hit, and many farmers have rabies vaccine is expensive and delayed treatment died. 中山大學流行病學教授陸家海早前指出，廣東瘋狗症已處於新的高峰期。 Sun Yat-sen, professor of epidemiology Jia-Hai Lu pointed out earlier that rabies has been in Guangdong, a new peak.

在廣東所有法定報告傳染病中，瘋狗症已超過艾滋病和肺結核，居 All statutory reporting of infectious diseases in Guangdong, the human rabies has been more than AIDS and tuberculosis, ranking



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死亡率高‧被狗咬須即打針 High mortality ‧ been bitten by dogs, either an injection

瘋狗症是由瘋狗症病毒引起的急性中樞神經系統的傳染病。 Rabies is a rabies virus-induced acute central nervous system infectious diseases. 人的瘋狗症絕大多數是由帶病毒的動物咬傷或抓傷而感染發病。 The vast majority of human rabies with the virus by the bite or scratch of an infected animal disease.

被狗或病獸咬傷或抓傷後，應馬上清洗傷口並注射人用疫苗是遏制瘋狗病發作的“最後防線”。 Dogs or sick animals have been bitten or scratched, they should immediately wash the wound and the injection of human vaccines to curb the onset of mad dog disease "last line of defense." 按現時的治療方法，除了注射疫苗，傷者還需注射瘋狗症血清或瘋狗病人免疫球蛋白，才能降低發病機會。 According to the current treatment methods, in addition to vaccination, the injured and needed injection of rabies immune globulin serum or mad patients, in order to reduce the incidence.

人類瘋狗症一般潛伏期約10天。 Human rabies incubation period is usually about 10 days. 病發時前期表現為發燒、頭病、惡心，傷口麻木、痕癢等。 Disease early, when expressed as fever, headache, nausea, wound numbness, itching and so on. 隨後進入興奮期，患者會極度恐懼，怕水、怕風、怕光，心率加快、大汗淋漓，大量流口水，喉頭肌肉痙攣等，像狗一樣呻吟及亂拍打。 And then entered an exciting period, the patient will put great fear, afraid of the water, afraid of wind, sensitive to light, rapid heart rate, sweating, a large number of drooling, throat muscle spasms and so on, like a dog moaning and irregular beating. 癱瘓期內則會停止痙攣，全身癱軟，最終因呼吸肌麻痹，循環衰竭而死亡。 Paralysis will be stopped during the period cramps, body limp, eventually died of respiratory muscle paralysis, circulatory failure and death. 整個過程約在一週左右，由於尚無特效藥治療，死亡率極高。 The whole process about a week or so, because there is no specific drug treatment, mortality is very high.