This book investigates China’s railway transformation through history, along with culture changes and urban development. The book begins by looking at the bac

As a vehicle to convey both the history of modern China and the complex forces still driving the nation’s economic success, rail has no equal. Railroads and t

Over the past decade, China has built 25,000 km of dedicated highspeed railway—more than the rest of the world combined. What can we learn from this remarkabl

As a vehicle to convey both the history of modern China and the complex forces still driving the nation’s economic success, rail has no equal. Railroads and t

Having been state-owned for decades, the railway reform in China confused many people, particularly in terms of its ownership and property rights arrangements.