All aboard China's new bullet train

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This year alone, China will invest $50 billion in its high-speed passenger rail system, more than double the amount spent in 2008. The U.S., by comparison, has only $8 billion allocated for high-speed trains, all from the Obama stimulus package and to be spent by 2012.

• China's amazing new bullet train
• The $300 billion high-speed rail system

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Last updated September 14 2009: 2:53 PM ET

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