China Bullet Trains Trip on Technology

Excellent article on the possible causes of the high speed train crash in China.

China Bullet Trains Trip on Technology - WSJ

And unfortunately the 50 cent commenters are at work...

My take aways on the tragedy:

1. Completion date was more important than safety.
2. Building a domestic industry was more important than using proven solutions.
3. Foreign suppliers were afraid of their technology being stolen, so they supplied items as a black box with limited information.