[Willie Green]

The Chicoms learn quickly.
The Germans build 'em a Maglev, then the Chicoms turn around to squeeze 'em out of the market.
Of course, they're gonna backstab us the same way: aquire our technology, then ditch us.

Chip: from China-made to China-created
China Showcases Space Program
Westinghouse nuclear plant design OK'd (for China, not U.S.A.)
China overtakes United States as top destination for foreign investment

[Chad Fairbanks]

China made it to develop MAS-3 maglev train with its own intellectual property rights.

PRC Code for "We stole it from those filthy decadent capitalist pigs..."

[Pontiac]

The train, 2.63 meters long and 1.25 meters wide, can hold six people.

This is a long way from commercially ready.

1.25 meters is not even wide enough for two adults to sit comfortably side by side.

In ten years the Chinese may get this on the market. And by then their train will likely have been eclipsed by a better product from a capitalist country.

[WOSG]

Maglev is 'brand-new'? That'll be news to those who developed it decades ago.

[Old Professer]

6 people per car???

[stripes1776]

A conventional train on a track moves forward by means of friction. If the maglev train reduces the friction between the train and the track, what accelerates the train forward?

[WFTR]

Will this technology actually make the trains and tracks less expensive? Isn't the biggest economic problem with rail travel the expense of builing and maintaining the rails? If this technology could reduce that cost, then it might be viable. I can't see it being viable if it can't reduce that cost.

Bill