年终特稿：2014中国高铁 '走出去' 遇挫

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VOA Chinese, Dec 20, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-railway-20141230/2579164.html
("12月19日，中国总理李克强在访问泰国期间，中泰两国签署了《中泰铁路合作谅解备忘录》 * * * 这两条铁路均采用国际上标准的1.435米轨距 * * * 但这两条铁路并非此前中国所希望的高速铁路，而是设计时速160-180公里的普通铁路。此外 * * * 并未向中国媒体描述的那样被最后 '敲定'”)

Note:
(a) track gauge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge
(map: currently: China (same as the two Koreas, UK and US): standard gauge or 1.435m; Thailand (and other mainland Southeast Asia): meter gauge or 1m; Taiwan and Japan: 1.067m)
(b) Needless to say, Taiwan's comes from Japan. For the latter, see 3 ft 6 in gauge railways
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_ft_6_in_gauge_railways
(1.067m; 1872 also saw the opening of the first 3 ft 6 in gauge railway in Japan, proposed by the British civil engineer Edmund Morel based on his experience of building railways in New Zealand [in 1862 and 1863])