China Daily via Reuters

A driver is seen sitting in the engine driver's cabin of a CRH 380A bullet train travelling on the newly built high-speed railway between Shanghai and Beijing during a test ride on June 16. The new high-speed railway connecting Beijing and Shanghai will officially begin its service at the end of June, local media reported.

The loneliness of the long distance train driver

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While America is struggling and behind, China building modern bullet trains and massive railways infrastructures in the world to accomodate needs and future: cheaper, faster, less pollution, less dependent on gas and coals, create jobs, convenient, less fat people, good walking, healthier, et. Accolade and kudos to Chinese government.

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