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		melling on Nov 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan's levitating maglev train reaches 500km/h You should have explained the politics that crippled it. There were lots of protests and the maglev couldn't be built farther into the city. http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/01/12/us-china-maglev-pr...

seanmcdirmid on Nov 16, 2014 [–]

No idea what you are referring to, Reuters is blocked in china.

The radiation thing is probably just face cover, it is just too expensive to build into the city.

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