High-Speed Trains and the New Silk Road

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The construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, which began in early 2016 and was inaugurated by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, has been widely discussed and debated, not only with regard to the projects’ pros and cons, but also its development progress.

I, for one, don’t agree with the construction of this project in the current configuration. However, that is not the subject of this article, but rather the development of the rapid railway system itself as part of China\'s ongoing New Silk Road -- One Belt One Road(OBOR)program, or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).