作者简介
Wang Xiong is a member of the Chinese Writers’ Association, chairman of the Chinese Railway Writers' Association, and adjunct professor at Southwest University and Suzhou University of Science and Technology. He started his literary career in 1989 and is a prolific writer of novels, essays, academic papers, and non-fiction works. Many of his works have been published in journals such as People's Literature, Chinese Writers, Youth Literature, Selected Stories, and Selected Novelettes, His representative books include the Hanshui culture trilogy of Yin/Yang Monument, The Time-honored Patina, and The Jingui Silver Chamber, China's High-Speed Rail: A Story of Speed and Development, China's High-Speed Rail: A New Model for Technology Innovation, China's High-Speed Rail: Changing the Face of China, and The Beauty of Writing in A Dream of Red Mansions. Some of his books have been co-published by the Foreign Languages Press and overseas presses in foreign languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Romanian, and Polish.
目录
Preface
Horse-drawn Carriages, Horsepower, and High-Speed Trains /1
Chapter 1 The World on wheels
Speed Determines Human Survival /16
The Glory of the Steam Age /28
High-Speed Railway of Today /42
Chapter 2 China's High-Speed Railway
China Railway High-Speed (CRH) Series EMU /60
A New Generation of High-Speed EMU /70
Fuxing EMU's Going Global /81
Chapter 3 Three Key Parts of High-Speed Railway
Powerful High-Speed Railway Chip /106
Intelligent “Brain” of High-Speed Railway/116
Robust “Bogies”/136
Chapter 4 Amazing High-Speed Railway Lines
Preciseness of High-Speed Railway /152
Bridges Connecting the Whole Country /171
Passing Through a Time Tunnel /186
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