Germans set to help build new China train – David Lague

From The International Herald Tribune (link):

The German engineering companies Siemens and ThyssenKrupp will supply technology to China for a second magnetic-levitation train Рa €4.3 billion high-speed link between Shanghai and the nearby city of Hangzhou Рstate media reported Tuesday.

The announcement came as Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany was visiting Shanghai, where she rode the world’s first commercial magnetic-levitation, or maglev, line, which carries passengers between the Pudong international airport and the financial district at speeds of as much as 430 kilometers, or 267 miles, per hour.