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Workers labor at the construction site of Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, the starting point of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway in Shanghai, 15 June 2010. China will invest some 700 billion yuan (102 billion dollars) on high-speed railways this year.

Massive passenger rail investment in China

Rachel Maddow has some thoughts on the difference between rail investment in China and the U.S. in this video.

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