Amazing Photos Of The Chinese Trains Making America Look Foolish Right Now

China has 4300 miles of high speed rail, with another 6700 under construction

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Source: International Union of Railways

COMPARISON: America has 362 miles of high speed rail, with broad infrastructure not planned for decades

Source: International Union of Railways

China's Shanghai Maglev Train -- shoots out from the airport at record 268 mph

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It travels without touching the track using magnetic levitation

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It looks unbelievably slick, inside and outside

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The maglev can reach a top speed of 311 mph

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COMPARISON: America's fastest trains top out around 200 mph

Now here's China's CRH3C, which just set the world record for conventional (not maglev) train -- 258 mph

From Wuhan to Guangzhou -- the CRH3C hits a blazing 220 mph

Source: China.org.cn

Inside the CRH3C: chairs rotate to the face window

Source: China.org.cn

From Beijing to Tianjin -- 73 miles in 30 minutes

Source: Xinhua

COMPARISON: Amtrak takes 1 hour and 25 minutes to cover 81 miles between NYC and Philadelphia

China's next purchase: 80 high speed trains from Canada's Bombardier

Source: Bombadier

The ZEIFRO 380 will be the world's fastest sleeper train

Source: Bombadier

If you think the trains are cool, check out the train stations

Source: Xinhua

The new Wuhan Railway Station has a ceiling modeled after a sine curve

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The new South Beijing Train Station has a glass ceiling with 3,246 solar panels

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Here's the giant Guangzhou South Railway Station, which opened this year

Changsha South Railway Station: Another architectural wonder under construction

But there's hope yet! States like California are pushing for a large investment in high speed rail

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Here's Arnold inside a Chinese bullet train

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