Note: The report cites
齐中熙、俞玮, 铁道部谈京沪高铁：中国高铁的安全完全有保证. 新华网, June 27, 2011.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-06/27/c_121591918.htm
(2) 中国铁道部前官员：高铁时速350公里自欺欺人, June 22, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110622-China-High-Speed-Rail-124341414.html
Note: The report cited
孙春芳, 三问京沪高铁. 21世纪经济报道, June 21, 2011.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:S5L-J54CcggJ:www.21cbh.com/HTML/2011-6-21/5MMDAwMDI0NTY5Mg.html+21%E4%B8%96%E7%BA%AA%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E6%8A%A5%E9%81%93+%E5%91%A8%E7%BF%8A%E6%B0%91&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com
The web site of 21世纪经济报道 has deleted the above report whose original URL was
www.21cbh.com/HTML/2011-6-21/5MMDAwMDI0NTY5Mg.html
. And the link I provided is a Google cache (which lacks web pages 2 and 3). Please find the missing link in the Web.
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Today Mitbbs.com has a headline banner
新闻头条：中国高铁背后的残酷真相:全部都在亏损
高铁想赚钱，不易。中国已运营的京津、武广、郑西、沪宁、沪杭5条高铁线，起码目前没看到铁路部门披露其运营情况的权威数据，但高铁上座率低、亏损严重已不是什么秘密。* * *
I did not read it. I can not find a English-language report that says so. But I do find this:
Bradley Parrett, China’s Airlines Dodge A Bullet Train. Aviation Week, June 24, 2011
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/awst/2011/06/27/AW_06_27_2011_p47-336793.xml&headline=China%E2%80%99s%20Airlines%20Dodge%20A%20Bullet%20Train
("The [airline] carriers have won a reprieve against extreme competition from fast rail on their premier route, between Beijing and Shanghai, with the railways ministry announcing fairly high fares for its imminent service")
Note: The "full-blooded" in "full-blooded competition"
(adj): "enthusiastic and determined <Both teams played good full-blooded football.>"
MacMillan Dictionary
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/full-blooded
Mure Dickie, Use of Brakes on China's Fast Trains Is to Be appaluded. Financial Times, June 29, 2011.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d859f1e-a1a1-11e0-b9f9-00144feabdc0.html
My comment:
(a) The reporter priases Mr Zhou Yimin's interview with the 21st Century Business Herald as
"extraordinarily frank."
(b) But the re4porter also cites a Japanese executive showing admiration of China's high-speed rail for
"impressive smoothness of ride" and nonchalance of safety issues.
(c) Registration is required to read the report.