High-Speed Empire: Chinese Expansion and the Future of Southeast Asia

by Will Doig

The story of the world's most audacious infrastructure project

Less than a decade ago, China did not have a single high-speed train in service. Today, it owns a network of 14,000 miles of high-speed rail, far more than the rest of the world combined. Now, China is pushing its tracks into Southeast Asia, reviving a century-old colonial fantasy of an imperial railroad stretching to Singapore; and kicking off a key piece of the One...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997722983
• ISBN13: 9780997722987
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Columbia Global Reports
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.4"