2011年7月25日月曜日

High-speed for what?

Regarding the China high-speed train crash, I feel very sad at the grievous accident but at the same time I exploded with anger at how the Chinese government handled this accident.

Resuming the train service within less than two days after the accident might be another great achievement of "high-speed". But achieving the high-speed resumption without releasing any plausible cause of the accident and even without showing any positive attitude to further investigate it? That's just highly irresponsible and it's like telling all the world "welcome to use our high-speed train system, you might be lucky enough to enjoy a high-speed death experience at anytime."

Behind the high-speed resumption, another "high-speed" action was taken only one day after the accident - burying the remainder of the train wreckage! What a mysterious action! Burying a cow infected with foot-and-mouth disease or a chicken infected with bird flu make sense, but burying the train wreckage which highly possibly contained a lot valuable information and clues for the investigation of the accident is just inexplicable and making an exhibition of the Chinese government itself.

So I can't help but asking myself a question - "high-speed for what?"

For the passengers' convenience?

For the prestige of the country?

For the vanity of the Chinese government?

One thing is for sure.

Sacrificing everything including safety for "high-speed", is just killing people.

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