China has built the world’s largest bullet-train network
"Less than a decade ago China had yet to connect any of its cities by bullet train. Today, it has 20,000km (12,500 miles) of high-speed rail lines, more than the rest of the world combined. It is planning to lay another 15,000km by 2025"<p>The contrast to the UK, where we might someday build the HS2 line London-Birmingham-Manchester, is massive.  I am left with a feeling of awe at China's development, and frustration at the UK's stagnancy.