From AFP, via Aljazeera.Net:
China will order 60 bullet trains from a Japanese consortium led by Kawasaki Heavy Industries as Beijing turns to both Japanese and German firms to expand its rail network.
The Railways Ministry will buy 60 bullet trains from the Kawasaki-led consortium to run in China as early as 2008, the Yomiuri Shimbun said on its evening edition on Monday.
The orders will be placed as part of a project to increase the speed of China’s trains, Kyodo News said, citing industry sources.
UPDATE: See “Ministry denies ordering Japan bullet trains” from China Daily.
