The High-speed rail in China has been the most recent transportation development. The commerial train can travel up to 200km/h.Since the terrain in China is mountainous, the most reliable land transport would be trains.
The project started to introduce a organised and convenient railway network for commuters in the 1990s. In 2001, it soon evolved to provide speeder trains for long distance. And in 2007, the Guozhou-ShenZhen Railway is opened.
Beware the rest of the world, China is coming! Via the high speed train! Making every inch of China accessible is important as it will open up china to the world as well. Planning such an elaborate rail way system takes a lot of town planning and sacrifice has to be made on some building and such. In the name of development, some historical places could be sacrifice, just like how in Singapore.
Here’s a link describing the plans for an extension from Kunmin around Indochina and all the way down to us at the tip….! What’s next? perhaps one day railroad tunnels under the Sgp Strait, and all the way to Sumatra? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunming%E2%80%93Singapore_Railway