(1) Norihiko Shirouzu, Funding Shortages Halt China Rail Projects. Wall street Journal, Oct 20, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 40663584454934.html
, which is translated into Chinese:
资金短缺导致中国铁路建设大面积停工. WSJ, Oct 20, 2011
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20111020/bch085426.asp
(铁路承建商中国中铁隧道集团(China Railway Tunnel Group)的副总工程师王梦恕)
(2) 中国高铁闹钱荒遭遇缓建. VOA Chinese, Oct 19, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... cash-132176328.html
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.
铁路建设资金告急项目全线缓建. 新浪, Sept 30, 2011.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqc ... ontent_3949782.html
See also:
我国铁路投资遭严格控制高铁地铁建设终止大跃进. 今日早报 (浙江日报报业集团), Oct 2, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2011-10/02/c_122115720.htm
(d) Regarding the above VOA 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)
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