Monthly Archives: November 2014

Chinese meter gauge train for Malaysia The Zhuzhou Locomotive company of the China South Railroad has completed a meter gauge high speed passenger train taylored specifically for the Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh line that is scheduled to go into commercial … Continue reading →

Warning: Try to avoid all Chinese domestic flights Plan to take the high speed passenger trains Two 40-year-old women rushed onto flight Two 40-year-old women holding tickets on a cancelled flight, rushed onto flight CA1518 that was about to take … Continue reading →

Free will in Buddhism A senior Buddhist practitioner says that the three roots of evil in life are (1) mental confusion, (2) behavior, action and deed, and (3) suffering. He says that people have a free will to choose to … Continue reading →

Man with a cleaver tries to rob a bank, and is told to wait in line In the city of Liaoning, a guy walked into a bank with a Chinese cleaver in hand. He approached the counter and shouted at … Continue reading →

Hong Kong-Shanghai stock market link disappoints The expectation that there would be a surge of stock exchange activity in both Hong Kong and Shanghai upon the opening on November 17, 2014, of the stock market link between the Hong Kong … Continue reading →

Indications of a possible Moscow-Beijing high speed passenger railway According to Russian railway official Alexander Misharin, a Moscow-Beijing high speed passenger railway will require 2500 billion to 2800 billion rubles to build. It would traverse 7800 to 8000 kilometers with … Continue reading →

A pit of ten thousand corpses The Japanese imperial army carried out the Nanjing massacre from December 22, 1937 to October 30, 1938. At the original site of the Nanjing Pude Temple, first built between 420-581 A.D., some houses were … Continue reading →

Possible New Delhi to Chennai railroad at 300 km/h India is launching a study for building a 1,754-kilometer long high speed railway corridor with passenger trains running at 300 kilometers per hour at an estimated cost of 200 billion rupees.  … Continue reading →

The potential significance of a maritime liaison mechanism The defense ministries of China and Japan began in 2008 to talk about ways to avoid accidental maritime confrontations that may escalate into naval conflict. On June 28, 2012, August 20, 2013, … Continue reading →

The Buddhist term for soulmates In response. There is no specific term for soulmates in Buddhism. The concept of soulmates is expressed by the terms “yuan fen”, “you yuan” or simply “yuan”.  It is based on the concept of predestination, … Continue reading →