日本看中国高铁事故：不解与骇然

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日本看中国高铁事故：不解与骇然. BBC Chinese, July 27, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110727_jp_china_high_speed_train.shtml

Note:
(a) 葛西 敬之 Yoshiyuki KASAI, 東海旅客鉄道株式会社（JR東海）会長.

会長 in 株式会社 is chairman of the board, whereas 社長 is president or chief executive (CEO).

(i) Japan Railways Group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Railways_Group
(section 1 Companies)

Name of the rail company: Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central for short) in ENGLISH and
東海旅客鉄道株式会社 (JR東海 for short, which is pronounced as JR Tokai) in JAPANESE; headquarters Nagoya.

Please note that this company is different from another: JR East in ENGLISH and 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 (JR東日本 for short, which is pronounced as JR Higashi-Nihon) in Japanese.
(ii) Tōkai region
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_region
(東海地方; a sub-region of the Chūbu region 中部地方 in Japan; The name means "East sea" and comes from the Tōkaidō 東海道, one of the Edo Five Routes 五街道; The largest major city in the region is Nagoya 名古屋市)

What are Edo Five Routes? If you see the map by clicking the tag, you will know instantly.

(b) 日本工学院大学助教 高木亮  TAKAGI Ryo,
電気システム工学科
http://er-web.sc.kogakuin.ac.jp/Profiles/6/0000600/profile.html

(i) BBC miss 授: it should be 日本工学院大学助教授 高木亮
(ii) 准教授 in Japanese Wiki states: Japan promulgated in 2007 学校教育法の一部を改正する法律, replacingthe title 助教授 with 准教授; distinct from three levals in American colleges (Assistant professor, associate professor and full professor), two levels in Japanese University (准教授 and 教授).  
(iii)  Kogakuin University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogakuin_University
(工学院大学; a private university in Tokyo; predecessor Koshu Gakko 工手学校 founded in 1887)

工手 (n): "person engaged in public engineering works"
Jim Breen's online Japanese dictionary

(c) The BBC report says "05年JR西日本福知山线普通火车出轨事故，JR西日本用了25天调查、55天才恢复运行."

Amagasaki rail crash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amagasaki_rail_crash
(April 25, 2005; The Rapid Service (a seven-car commuter train) came off the tracks on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, near Osaka; 107 deaths, 555 injuries; speeding by the twenty-three-year-old driver, Ryūjirō Takami (who was among the dead), as being the most likely cause of the accident)

* company name: West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in English and 西日本旅客鉄道株式会社（JR西日本; pronounced JR Nishi-Nihon)
* Fukuchiyama Line 福知山线 (asl known as "JR Takarazuka Line JR宝塚線"): 兵庫県尼崎市--京都府福知山市
* Amagasaki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amagasaki
(During the Edo period, the Amagasaki Domain 尼崎藩 had its administrative headquarters at Amagasaki Castle here)
* Ryūjirō TAKAMI 高見 隆二郎

It was a one-train accident. Rapid Service was 快速列車, which served major stations and passed through minor stations without stop.

(d) Please take notice this is not the same as the derailment in 2004.
2004 Chūetsu earthquake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Ch%C5%ABetsu_earthquake
(中越地震; Oct 23, 2004)

Quote: "For the first time in its history, a Shinkansen train derailed while in service. Eight out of ten cars of the Toki 325 (a 200 Series Shinkansen) derailed on the Joetsu Shinkansen 上越 新幹線 line between Nagaoka Station in Nagaoka 長岡市 and Urasa Station in Yamato[-machi 大和町]; no injuries were reported among the 155 passengers. Railbeds, bridges and tunnels were all affected."

(i) The earthquake name comes from the fact the epicenter 震源 lied at 新潟県中越地方. There was a 越後国 (where 越後 is pronounced as Echigo), including places 上越後 and 下越後. Later, teh place in between was called 中越後 (pronounciation: Nakaechigo), abbreviated as 中越 (pronunciation: Chuetsu).
(ii) 上越 in 上越線 is the combination of two provinces: 越後国 and its southern neighbor (toward Tokyo) 上州国.
(iii) Both 長岡市 and 大和町 are in Niigata prefecture 新潟県.
(iv) Toki train was named after
Crested Ibis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_Ibis
(Nipponia nippon; toki in Japanese)
Source: (i) to (iv) are Japanese Wiki, including a web page titled とき (列車).


-------------------------------------Separately
(1) 中国公布35名动车事故死者名单. BBC Chinese, July 27, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110727_china_derailment_victims.shtml

Quote:

"此前有网络传闻称，项炜伊获救的功臣——温州特警支队长邵曳戎因拒绝将车厢吊下铁路桥而遭到处分。温州当局对此作出了否认，邵曳戎也对媒体否认了有关说法。

"邵曳戎表示，虽然生命探测仪显示车厢里已经没有幸存者，但是仪器并非万能，而2岁的项炜伊当时被压在其他死者遗体以及碎铁片之下，因此没有被生命探测仪发现。

(2) Josh Chin, Train Crash Stirs Chinese Net Furor. Wall Street Journal, July 27, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904772304576470032914726402.html?mod=WSJ_comments_MoreIn_World

Quote:

"But some longtime observers say the criticism unleashed by the train crash is unprecedented in its scope and fervor, because the incident has hit home in a nation where rail is by far the most common means of long-distance transport and where the ruling Communist Party has relentlessly trumpeted the high-speed rail system. 'Trains touch on everyone's lives,' said Hu Yong, a professor of journalism and Internet expert at Peking University.

"The government, which routinely censors online criticism and limits reporting on sensitive events, so far hasn't clamped down hard on comments on the train crash.

My comment: There is no need to read the rest. In case you do, the print edition stopped at this sentence:

"'The Ministry of Railways is so embattled that, really, who wants to stand by them at this point?" said David Bandurski, a researcher with Hong Kong University's China Media Project, who compiled a list of Weibo criticism over the train disaster.

The online version has additional 4 1/2 paragraphs, whose last paragraph states, "The 21st Century Business Herald, among other Chinese commercial newspapers, has dug up details of the high-speed rail network's signaling system."

I assume this means
中国高铁隐秘产业链专题; 独家报道. 广东二十一世纪环球经济报.
http://zhuanti.21cbh.com/2011_xuesegaotie/


(3) Simon Rabinovitch, Delays Hit China's Bullet Trains; Moe power losses follow fatal collision; Failures cast doubt on network's quality. Financial Times, July 27, 2011.

(a) The first two paragaphs:

"China's high-speed rail network was hit with fresh problems on Monday when 20 bullet trains on the new lline between Beijing and Shanghai were delayed for more than three hours because of a power failure, just days after power problems caused a deadly crash.

"It was at least the fifth such failure since the line opened a month ago, and a stark reminder of the quality concerns surrounding China's rush to build the world's biggest high-speed rail system.

(b) Table in print:

"10,000km  Length of high-speed track built by China
47 Years Japan's [Shinkasen] network has run with no collision deaths
3.8%  Drop in CSR shares, after 8.9% fall on Monday [July 25]"

(c) My comment: There is no need to read the rest.


(4) David Barboza and Sharon LaFraniere, Crash Raises Questions on China’s Push to Build High-Speed Passenger Rail Lines. New York Times, July 27, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/world/asia/27china.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=wenzhou&st=cse

Quote: "Several rail experts have said they doubt that lightning was the sole cause of the crash. They questioned why safety mechanisms failed to warn or slow the second train. 'This is extremely rare,' said Vukan R. Vuchic, a rail expert at the University of Pennsylvania. “'I’ve never heard of lightning doing that, but if it did, everything else would stop too. And the signal system should keep trains at a safe distance.'

My comment:
(a) Maybe you want to read teh entire report.
(b) JIANG Xiaomei 蒋小梅, 撞击事件中前车的列车长
(c) The report states, "A railway communications officer, identified only as Mr. Liu, told The Beijing Times that after the accident, he was sent to check the communications system of the first train, which was working, he said, raising the question of where the communication breakdown occurred."

易靖, D3115列车通信系统未受损. 京华网, July 26, 2011.
http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/201107/26/n3412051.shtml

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