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China Backtracks on High-Speed Trains

A year ago China’s new high-speed rail network was being hailed as a major accomplishment and a model for the U.S. After Li Zhuhui, the former Minister of Railways, was arrested on corruption charges, the program has suffered a series of defeats. The government has now announced it will scale back and make the trains slower and cheaper than originally planned. And over the weekend, protesters