The Chinese high-speed railways have a quality (质量) all on its own, Tier 1 (一线) cities like Beijing have a couple hundred high-speed trains stopping at the1every day. China's technology on building the railway is2the rest of the world. There is no3that any other country could be better than China in near future. I had my first chance to ride the high-speed trains last week4I had a business meeting in Zhengzhou.
I5with a disdain (偏见) for public transportation. Although I was not sure why the US hated it so much, I was afraid of the experience. I hoped to fly, but was told that it would be much better if I6the train.
The train was7. I had traveled on a train before in the US and hated how slow it was and how many stops there were. Chinese high-speed trains are on a different8. The trains are clean and the seats are huge. You can't even feel how fast the train is moving. If there were no windows, I wouldn't be able to tell when we were9or when we, were traveling at 300 km/h一it is that smooth.
I'm traveling again this week by train and I'm10.
