bullet-train

Last week's deadly Chinese bullet-train disaster prompted Premier Wen to sound a cautionary note about one of the country's most expensive and high-profile investment programs.

This Week: Debt Deal in House, Mourning in Norway 2011

An examination of China's use of foreign technology in its bullet-train signal systems highlights deep international distrust over China's industrial model, including weak intellectual-property protections, which can complicate efforts to acquire state-of-the-art technology.

China Bullet Trains Trip on Technology James T. Areddy 2011

SHANGHAI—Flawed equipment and procedures as well as corruption were the main culprits in a Chinese bullet-train collision this year, the government said, conceding that its rail-network expansion has gone too fast.

China Blasts High-Speed Rail System James T. Areddy 2011

Also Tuesday, bullet-train and locomotive maker CSR Corp. said the ministry late last month made a key 6 billion yuan $954 million payment for equipment.

Funds Flow to China's Rail Sector Again James T. Areddy 2011

Flawed equipment and procedures as well as corruption were the main culprits in a Chinese bullet-train collision this year that killed 40 people and injured 172, the government said.

What's News 2011

Harsh Words A rail-crash probe is tough on China's bullet-train expansion.

China Blasts High-Speed Rail System James T. Areddy 2011

China said flawed equipment and procedures as well as corruption were the main culprits in a bullet-train collision this year, conceding its strategy to build out high-speed rail put too much emphasis on speed.

What's News 2011

California's bullet-train effort got its start in 2008, when 53% of voters approved a bond measure that authorized the state to sell nearly $10 billion in general-obligation bonds to finance high-speed rail, which would be made available when appropriated by the legislature.

California Train Plan Hits Bump Over Funds Vauhini Vara 2012

China said flawed equipment and procedures in its rail system as well as corruption were the primary causes of July's bullet-train wreck.

What's News: World-Wide 2011

Dominique Pouliquen , country president of Alstom China, said Casco Signal Ltd.—a Shanghai joint venture of Alstom and Beijing-based China Railway Signal & Communication Corp., or CRSC—couldn't have been responsible for the bullet-train accident in July.

Alstom's China Chief Denies Role in Crashes Norihiko Shirouzu 2011