Wang Xiong graduated from the SuzhouRailway Institute (predecessor of today’s Suzhou University of science andTechnology). He began his writing career in 1989. Wang is a member of theChinese Writers’ Association and vice-chairman of the Chinese Railway Writers’Association. He has worked as a train driver, publicist and reporter. Hecurrently works at People’s Rail magazine.
Wang has written novels, essays,non-fiction and academic papers. Many of his fiction works have been publishedin journals such as Selected Stories and Selected Novelettes. Representativeworks by Wang include the trilogy Yin/Yang Monument, The Time-honored Patinaand The Jingui Silver Chamber. The second of these won the top prize in theEighth Annual Chinese Railways Literature Awards. It was translated intoEnglish and published by the Foreign Languages Press.
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Introduction: Drawing Speed from Opening-up Chapter Ⅰ Does China Need High-Speed Railways? The Call for a Beijing-Shanghai Passage Wheel/Rail vs. Maglev Practice Speaks Loudest Chapter Ⅱ Ushering in the"Era of Wind" Prologue for High-Speed Railways in China Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway: A Beautiful Debut A Long-Anticipated Debut Chapter Ⅲ Chinese Model of High-Speed Railway Development Foreign Technologies and the Chinese Market The Demise of Domestic Multiple Unit (MU) Market and Technology Chapter Ⅳ High-Speed Railway Diplomacy High-Speed Railway and the World Former Railway Kingdom High-Speed Entanglement between China and Japan Chapter Ⅴ Return to Common Sense Full-scale Speed Adjustment Speed Reduction and Fare of High-Speed Trains Investment and Debt for High-Speed Rail Chapter Ⅵ High-Speed Rail Operations HSR Operation Organization Huge HSR Passenger Flow China High-Speed Railway Becoming Full-fledged Epilogue: Speed Has Changed China Author's Epilogue: My Life with Trains
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