China
is predicted to be the top country in a few years in terms of technology and
business. They have been making strides and moving up in status very quickly.
Although no one is just going to sit by and watch as they do this. The U.S. is
trying to create their own high-speed rail to add to another form of
transportation. Obama wants to spend an estimated 75 billion on transportation
starting in the fall with a large proportion of that money going towards a
high-speed train. The U.S has been a top country for a while in many aspects
and they do not want to let China get ahead. The advancements China is making
are motivating others to keep going forward. The competition is good for the
economy and developments in societies.
If China continues with the issues
they have been having regarding their high-speed rails then they are going to
risk being passed in this area by others. They had to make these changes for
safety reasons but it will come at a cost. Someone out there is going to be
able to make a high-speed rail similar to China’s but it’s going to be able to
function safely with less risk to the customers. No one would get on a plane if
they heard that its been having issues and that planes of that make and model
have been crashing. It’s going to be the same in China because no one will risk
their lives just to get somewhere a little bit quicker.
So the first thing that china needs
to do is put to rest the issues with the trains they’ve been having and let
their customers know that everything is safe. Make sure you make it clear to
them what went wrong and admit the mistake but move forward. Show them the
corrections that have taken place in order to correct these issues. If people
see that you have made a strong effort to correct an error that you’ve made
it’s going to go a long ways.
The next thing that China needs to
correct in regards to the high-speed rail is the price of the tickets. The
average ticket goes for around $63. This is a lot of money for a lot of people
over in China. They have been coming up in status as a country very quickly but
they still have a very large portion of the population that lives in poverty.
It seems like sometimes their government is not always considerate of all the
people from all the different social classes in their country. Making separate
seating with separate prices would benefit a lot of people. The second-class
seating does not have to be anything special and there can definitely still be
high quality first-class seating, but just giving the opportunity for some of
these people to take these trains would be a nice thing to do. If you’re going
to be a country that has a lot of power and is higher status than most you do
not want to be one that ignores a majority of its population. Giving
opportunities to more people is part of being a great and powerful nation.
With such a big product and
something that no one has ever seen before there is going to be a lot of
criticism from everyone who uses it or even just hears about it. They have not
done the best job of living up to hype of the product with so many problems.
They do not want to let the huge product end up being a dud and I don’t think
that will happen. They can take some of these ideas and move forward and not
backwards. Continuing to expand their product and make it have even more
destinations across the country would help expand the popularity and use. The
more people see how good the product is and like it the more they will use it.
You want to be a dominant country so you have to do everything you can to keep
yourself at the top. The more you expand and further your products the more you
leave other people in the dust.
By: Brendan Lemp
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