Originally Posted by
Cathay Boy
I truly believed China is using Wenzhou accident as a wake-up call to really check not just their trains (although also one particular model so far), but more importantly their tracks and software. The primary reasons for speed reduction, again, is not that those trains can't run fast, but is it safe to run that fast.
I'd say the basic problem is the poor state of vocational training and education in China. Mao did a troughout job to destroy and root out any remaining artisanal and industrial culture and tradition during his reigning period.
At the moment, nobody respects manual/physical labour in China. The same in Russia, btw. But then this is precisely what has made countries like Germany, Japan and Switzerland prosper. One cannot be succesful by trading, investing and gambling alone.