My comment:
(a) Reading any of the three reports is enough.
(b) WSJ cites
Xin Dingding, Lack of Cash Brings Rail Projects to a Standstill. China Daily, Oct 19, 2011 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-10/19/content_13929277.htm
(citing Wang Mengshu, deputy chief engineer at China Railway Tunnel Group)
(c) China Daily had this English-language report in recent days--no Chinese one. However, it did re-published a Chinese report.
For 伊利诺伊大学香槟分校铁路运输和工程中心的高聪忠教授, see
Railroad Engineering Center Established. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 6, 2010 http://cee.illinois.edu/railtec
(Rail Transportation and Engineering Center (RailTEC); Professor Tsung-Chung (TC) Kao of National Taiwan University, retired Vice President of Engineering for the Taiwanese High-Speed Rail Corporation, and a visiting scholar)