Archive for the ‘China Society’ Category
High Speed Train will Slow Down
The Ministry of Railways decides to slow down the high speed trains after about half month of the train crash on 7.23. The proposal is to decrease 50km/h from the current 350/300/250 km/h designed speed, and the 200km/h train will slow down to 160km/h. Accordingly, the ticket price will decrease.
The new railway operation chart is still under compiling, and railway stations have stopped selling all high speed train ticket after Aug. 15. In the meantime, the State Council is going to check the safety of all high speed railways and the projects under construction.
In the past several years, China has accelerated the train speed for 6 times. It is the first time to slow down the train speed after it rushed for the world record highest speed for several times.
Hope the high speed train can be safe. Hope it is a good start for China to correct its blind development.
Is It Safe to Travel by Train in China
A discussion, between one of my colleague and me this noon during the lunch, is whether it is (still) safe to travel by high speed train in China after the crash near Wenzhou. He will send his son to Wuhan University this September, and I ask him whether he will still take high speed train from Shanghai to Wuhan or change to other means of transport.
This is also a question that I ask myself. Is it safe, or still safe to travel by high speed train in China? How can I trust the high speed train that’s constructed at such a rapid pace? Why there are so many breakdown in a short time after Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway put into operation?
In face of such a fatal accident, how can I trust the operation and management of the high speed train system? In fact, I have no answer to these questions. Read full story…
Guo Meimei and the Red Cross Society of China (updated)
Last night, Beijing Public Security Bureau announced via its official microblog (Sina Weibo) that Guo Meimei and her mother do not have direct relationship with the Red Cross Society of China.
It said that “in the investigation, Guo Meimei claimed that she did not know much about the Red Cross Society of China, did not know related people and never occupy any related position in the RCSC. In a talk, she knew that Wang had a potential cooperation with the business system of RCSC in Shenzhen in March this year.” Read full story…
Who is Guo Meimei
The widespread public discussion still does not stop, and in the center of the storm that who is Guo Meimei (Meimei Guo) is emerging from the water. The latest report shows that Guo Meimei is the girlfriend of Wang Jun, the investor of the Red Cross Society of China’s Bo Ai Company.
The RCSC Bo Ai was founded in 2008 by Beijing Sheng Hua Jie Advertising & Media Co., Ltd. and Wang Ding Marketing consulting Co., Ltd.. Its business is to build community services station in the name of RCSC.
Wang Jun (Not the vice-chairman Wang Jun of the RCSC) holds 10% share of Shenzhen Wu Hua Co., Ltd., which holds 60% share of the RCSC Bo Ai. It has been found that the Lamborghini with B333SS license which was showed off in Guo Meimei Baby’s microblog is owned by Wang Jun. Read full story…
The Red Cross Society of China Discredits Following Guo Meimei
In the recent several days, the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) has come in some heavy criticism following the Guo Meimei event.
Guo Meimei, formerly name is Guo Meiling, has a network nickname Guo Meimei Baby on Sina Microblog (Weibo.com). She was born in 1991 and only 20 years old. Guo Meimei lives in mansion that worth hundreds of million RMB. She owns fancy cars, such as Maserati and Lamborghini. And She has branded bags full of vaults. Read full story…
