Tuesday, September 27, 2011

China's Signal Lesson


CHINA has boasted the world by showing its latest acquisition of new technologies. It include manned satellite, carrier, bullet train, etc. They are trying to modify foreign imported technology and announce it as their own. Recently, the news I remember that state the arguments between Japan's bullet train giant Kawasaki and China's state own railway company with regard to train component patent right. I don't know who win in the international court. Let it be as it's non of our business.

Few months after they launch their bullet train route between Beijing and Shanghai, the faulty train signal contributed the collision of two bullet trains in which 40 people were killed. It was happening in last July and it generate people's outrage toward government officials. The government tried to get back people's trust by suspending the on-going railway projects and introduced the safety. Unfortunately, there was another tragic at China's commercial city, Shanghai again in yesterday. This time the victim of the China made technologies was subway trains. Again faulty signal made one subway train rammed another. This time, there were more than 270 passengers injured. The fact is that signals used on the Shanghai subway were made by China Railway Signal & Communication Corp-the same company that was blamed for the faulty signals in the July crash of bullet trains which brought 40 people's life.

The China is trying to export its train technology to less developed countries like ours. It really matter to us while we can ignore their plights regarding to above tragic. The fact suggests us that our country's top FDI come from China. Mostly invested in our natural resources. Now China's railway company is working on the finding potential route for railway line between its deep-port development project city and its boarder city. I am wondering what if China throw their outdated technology to our country's railway lines. It's possible as China always see their profit regardless of side effects. Our country can get long time interest free loan from China for their unused old train technology. It's real threat and can impact on our people severely. I wish our leaders able to see the case seriously for the interest of our people's safety.

May all of my fellow citizens free from Chinese's outdated and copycat technologies. May all our leaders wise enough to protect our people's lives from such threats of bad neighbor.

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