A video now going viral on iFeng.com shows a white blonde male putting his feet over the seat before him and a Chinese female passenger's head on a train from Shenyang to Beijing. It is not clear what happened before the start of this video, but the woman was clearly irritated by the man's behavior. She stood up, turned around, and hit the man's feet with a magazine, saying "you are a big shame to your country." ("你真给你国家丢人") more ›

"90% of Hong Kongers take public transport. According to the Guangdong Daily, over 12 million bus trips are taken in Hong Kong every day. Most car owners and even rich people take buses. However, many mainland car owners can't imagine losing their faces and want everyone to know that they have cars. They even drive just to cover a few steps, and don't take the subway even if there's a station right outside their door. Does one really need a damn car to prove one's wealth? I think, we should learn more from Hong Kongers when it comes to civic consciousness!" more ›

China's rail network has suffered a blow as a section of high-speed track - due to go into full operation in May in central Hubei province - collapsed following heavy rain. It had already undergone test runs. [Australia Network News] more ›

China has donated school buses to Macedonia, and these buses were handed over to the south-eastern European country yesterday. more ›

Even as China continues to keep the lid on low-cost carriers, foreign budget airlines are prying the door open slowly but surely. Here's some good news for readers living up north in the capital: Beijing has become Qantas offshoot Jetstar's tenth destination in China with the launch of the budget airline's Beijing-Singapore-Melbourne flight, and the carrier plans to add two more Chinese cities this year to reach a total of 12. more ›

The State Administration of Work Safety has informed the press that the probe report will be released soon on the website of the official Xinhua News Agency. However, the safety watchdog did not tell the exact date of the report's release, only saying that it won't be "long". more ›

Koinkidink, much? Fortunately, it's not as serious as the one that just happened in Gansu, and nobody died. Shanghai Daily with the details: more ›

Shanghai Metro's latest statement released on its website yesterday has contradicted earlier assertions by company chairman Yu Guangyao that faulty signals equipment supplied by Shanghai Casco Signals Corp, a joint venture of France-based Alstom SA, caused Tuesday's subway collision. more ›

Here's a quick round-up of all you need to know about yesterday's Shanghai Metro rear-end collision: more ›

Also watch a report by Channel News Asia after the jump... more ›

Well, we sure didn't see this one coming. Budget carrier Spring Airlines has finally been allowed to fly the highly lucrative Shanghai-Beijing route. more ›

A new mobile shopping experience is coming to major cities around China with a subway network, and is currently being tested in Shanghai and Beijing. more ›

Passengers travelling on Line 10 of the Shanghai Metro were spared a heart attack on Thursday evening when they got off the train in one piece after it went on the wrong track at the Longxi Road station line split. more ›

As the grand game of push-the-blame taichi continues, the ball has now fallen in the court of the Beijing National Railway Research & Design Institute of Signal & Communication Co Ltd, whose railway signals equipment is now being blamed for the Wenzhou train collision. more ›

Shaoxing native Yang Feng (杨峰), who lost five members of his family in the Wenzhou high-speed rail crash, has won much sympathy and support for boldly railing against the Ministry of Railways in front of television cameras. more ›

In a move approved by a committee set up by the State Council to investigate the Wenzhou high-speed rail crash, train compartments have been hastily transported away from the crash site to the Wenzhou West train station "for further research". more ›

Many of the journalists working on the Wenzhou train crash story are finding it hard to believe the railway ministry's denials that it's burying train bodies and parts to hide the truth. more ›

Two trains were involved in Saturday's high-speed train crash in Wenzhou. We all now know what happened to Pan Yiheng (潘一恒), the driver of the D301 train which rear-ended the D3115 in front. He was stabbed to death in his chest by a brake handle as he activated the emergency brakes in the final moments of his life. more ›

This purported video of the Wenzhou train collision has been burning up the internets since it was first uploaded onto the video-sharing site, Youku. A large part of the video shows us what weather conditions were like that day -- it was raining heavily and cars were travelling slowly on the flooded streets. In the last few seconds, we see a train moving (presumably the D301 that rear-ended the D3115), a few bright sparks, and then shouts of disbelief. No lightning was visible in the video, so If this video is indeed what it claims to be, then it is clear proof that the Ministry of Railways was lying about the collision having been caused by a lightning. We'll be waiting to hear from the video forensic experts on this one. more ›

Not unexpected: "China Eastern Airlines led share rallies of China's three air giants in the Hong Kong market by gaining 4.76 percent to close at HK$3.96 (51 US cents) yesterday. Air China rose 3.59 percent to HK$8.08 and China Southern Airlines rose 3.4 percent to HK$5.17. The increase bucked the downward trend of the Hang Seng Index, which closed down 0.7 percent at 22,293.3 points." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

The Ministry of Railways has finally apologised for the catastrophic high-speed rail collision in Wenzhou. more ›

"FOUR bullet trains from Shanghai to Nanjing were canceled yesterday due to a sudden rainstorm in Nanjing, said the railway operator. The Shanghai-Beijing high-speed line was not affected, authorities said. The Shanghai-Nanjing operator said 430 passengers were impacted as the operations on trains G7026, G7078, G7158 and G7164 were stopped by late in the afternoon. The heavy rainfall in Nanjing hit the track area by 4pm, leaving water and crimping the operation, said officials. Passengers were transferred to other trains, said Shanghai railway station officials. Emergency workers were making fixes to the affected track before the full operation resumed, said the operator." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

If you're still looking for those 400RMB Shanghai-Beijing air tickets and can't find them, look no further. They do not exist anymore. more ›

With effect from tomorrow, taxi flag fares go up from 12RMB to 13RMB, plus another 1RMB fuel surcharge. That means the meter shows 14RMB -- which works out to be a 16.67% increase -- the moment you get in the cab. more ›

Chinese and foreign journalists were treated by the railway ministry two days ago to a test drive of the brand new Beijing-Shanghai line, now the world's longest high speed railway. CNN managed to snag the following cockpit view which the rest of us hoi polloi will probably never be able to see:
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"Shanghai's car plate prices hit a 30-month high yesterday despite there being less bidders. Dealers said the price has been rising for six consecutive months and prompted buyers to offer higher bids. The lowest price for a plate at this month's auction was 48,500 yuan (US$7,461), up 1,100 yuan from a month earlier, according to the organizer Shanghai International Commodity Auction Co. The price was the highest since January 2008 when a new auction system was launched. The average price also gained 1,155 yuan to 48,855 yuan for June. The local government offered 9,000 car plates this month, the same amount for May. But the quota has been increased from February's 7,500 and 8,000 for April after the average price surged 26 percent this year. For June, the number of bidders was 22,474, lower than the 25,708 last month." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

Either the left hand isn't talking to the right hand or Sun Jianping, the head of the city's transport watchdog, was lying about the taxi fares not rising. more ›

"CHINA Eastern Airlines will launch the first regular direct services between Shanghai and Hawaii on August 9. The Shanghai-based airline yesterday said it will fly to Hawaii every Tuesday and Friday, using an Airbus A340 aircraft, which can accommodate about 300 passengers." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

Sorry guys, there will be no super fast connection to Guangzhou in the near future. Rumours of the high speed railway line between Guangzhou and Shanghai being launched in July have just been disclaimed by Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corporation. The speedy seven-hour connection to China's first developed city is still under construction, and the completion date unknown, as Sun Zhang, a transport professor with Tongji University, has told Global Times Sunday. Still, this is just a minor setback for China's existing, planned and under-construction high-speed rail network - check that amazing feat here. more ›

Despite the news that they'll be slowing down the trains due to possible problems related to the corrupt Railway Minister, I still am super enthusiastic about the opening of the Shanghai to Beijing line! From China.org.cn: "An ID-based ticket booking system will be used for all China Railway High-Speed (CRH) trains starting June 1 in an attempt to prevent ticket scalping. Shanghai may implement the system as early as May 22, due to its 11-day presale of tickets. During the Beijing-Shanghai line’s trial, scheduling of other Beijing-Shanghai trains may see some adjustments. But even train attendants who are going to serve on the Beijing-Shanghai CRH trains know little about its speed and passenger capacity." more ›