High speed rail to link Britain, India and China?

While everyone was getting excited about a high-speed rail to Beijing... and Hong Kong, it seems like the Chinese transportation authorities had even grander plans: they are now holding negotiations to build a track into India and Europe. The network could carry passengers from London to Beijing at 200mph (which would take two days) or onto Singapore if they had an extra three days to spare. One consultant was optimistic that the networks could be completed in a decade. Yeah, don't hold your breath on that time table.