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High-Speed Empire

Chinese rail is sprawling, modern, and elegant. It's also convoluted, corroding, and financially alarming. Wanna take a ride?

By Tom Zoellner

| March 12, 2014, 11:47 PM

Tags: 205, China, Development, East Asia, Economics, Feature, Free, Science & Technology, specialfeature

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