In January, Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhijun claimed that the Shanghai-Beijing high speed rail link would cut the 10 hour trip between the two cities in half. He also claimed that Chinese made trains set to run on the link tested at speeds reaching 300 mph.
In 2003 Liu urged officials to make trains faster and, “Seize the opportunity, build more railways, and build them fast.”
That was before Liu was sacked on suspicions of corruption in February. And, of course, it was before today, when one of his Deputy Ministers, Zhou Yimin, revealed that claims that the trains could run at a constant speed of 217 mph were greatly exaggerated.
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