mph & kph ??
I'm confused a bit about the speeds.... in same paragraph, you write 311 MPH and 300 KPH. It makes it confusing when you mix measurement standards, and impossible to compare unless we do our own calculations. is it "really" 311 MILES per hour, which makes us then convert to kilometers per hour on our own to arrive at 503 kph? then yes, 503 kph is exponentially faster than 300 kph. but I wonder if you really mean 311 KILOMETERS per hour, in which case the speed difference is just 11 kph, and more of a small incremental step.
and when did China start using MILES anyway, I thought they were on metric system.
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Over the weekend, local train manufacturer CSR Corp successfully completed a trial run of their fastest train yet. China Daily reported that the test train reached a world record-breaking speed of 311 mph. Previously, the title of fastest passenger train was held by the Beijing Shanghai High Speed Railway, which operated at a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour.
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