Then there is Hangzhou

Then there is Hangzhou. One of the jewels of China, it is famous as the destination of Marco Polo, the seat of government Nike Blazer Low of one of the richest provinces in China and a favourite destination of Shanghainese looking to take a break from the 'Big Smoke'. Already boasting a Siemen's built fast train that travels nearly two hundred kilometres an hour that makes travel time little more than one hour, the central government has just announced the building of a new maglev line between Shanghai and Hangzhou. Only the second commercial Maglev line in the world (the other runs to the airport in Shanghai from downtown), the train will travel at nearly 350km/s per hour and cut travel time to 30 minutes. At over US$4Billion, it is the most expensive single infrastructure project ever undertaken by the Chinese government to date and certainly the most ambitious.

So what does this all mean? Ask yourself if your government is laying nearly 10,000 km's of high-speed rail over the next ten years. Ask Nike Shox Turbo, yourself what this means in terms of comparative advantage in a time of high fuel costs. Reflect for a moment on transport hubs being created and the mobility this creates.