Why China Wants U.S. Memory Chip Technology -- And What Washington Is Doing About ItI’ve written extensively about the emerging network of trans-Eurasian direct cargo trains that is rapidly linking together dozens of cities in China and Europe. Through China, Central Asia, and Russia these trains make around 1,100 kilometers per day, while in Europe, where the rail network is more condense, their daily coverage drops to around 350 to 400 kilometers. But he had a point: although this is one of the faster cargo rail networks on the planet, it's really not going that fast. Last month during a meeting of the United Russia Party, Russian Railways President Oleg Belozerov declared that his country would become the vanguard of a movement to extend high-speed cargo rail lines across their country, connecting China with Europe. "We plan to reach China via Kazakhstan and to carry special, high-profit cargoes to Europe via Russia,” he said.

Source: Forbes January 15, 2017 02:59 UTC