Toys and DVD players reaching European shelves on a 'new silk route' by rail -- that's the goal for six train companies already testing a 'fast freight' line between Beijing and Hamburg."China is the workhouse of the world -- the potential is enormous," said Luc Aliadiere, chief executive of the Paris-based International Union of Railways (UIC).A test-run lugging 100 containers of toys, electrical goods and industrial products left Beijing on Wednesday, overseen by Chinese Transport Minister Liu Zhijun and German railways Deutsche Bahn (DB) President Hartmut Mehdorn.The convoy is due to reach the port city of Hamburg, 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) away "in under 20 days," half the time it would take by traditional shipping lanes, according to DB.
"China is the workhouse of the world -- the potential is enormous," said Luc Aliadiere, chief executive of the Paris-based International Union of Railways (UIC).
A test-run lugging 100 containers of toys, electrical goods and industrial products left Beijing on Wednesday, overseen by Chinese Transport Minister Liu Zhijun and German railways Deutsche Bahn (DB) President Hartmut Mehdorn.
The convoy is due to reach the port city of Hamburg, 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) away "in under 20 days," half the time it would take by traditional shipping lanes, according to DB.
Yeah, my PowerBook (17" G4 1.67Ghz), in which I invested a good chunk of my savings and which I was planning to use for up to 4-5 years, started generating 1-pixel wide vertical lines across my screen, after just two years of use, which infuriated me, but I decided to live with them -- until half my screen went poof and disappeared on me a month ago.
Turns out, this model, like many Apple products, was made in China. In Shanghai, to be precise.
Having said that, many Apple lovers, and users of other models of PowerBooks, do not have such problems (or are so religiously zealous about Apple that they are in denial or refuse to admit that Apple can be anything less than perfect). So my model might be the exception.
Also, while I do not own an iPod myself, not sure how many people would agree with you that iPods are a "piece of shit".
Or iPhones, for that matter, which are made by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. in Shenzhen. Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.
