Originally Posted by
anacapamalibu
Yeah the Tianjin line made sense for the Olympics. When the train is traveling 300+km/hr the people living in shacks along the line become a blur.
Actually the Tianjin - beijing section is part of the Beijing - Shanghai also... if you check those wikis...
For the noise pollution / change of life caused by living near fast train ... China don't really care about it... as you know in theory China is still communist country, we talk about the development on the race and the country and ready to sacrifice oneself for it ... LOL