We Chinese

[Ganma]

[Jack]

The Shinkansen was up and running in the 60s when the Chinese used mules for high speed transport. they can all go fuck themselves.

[Russell]

It was in the news a couple of days ago that some Japanese bussinessmen involved with the Shinkansen were very mad at the Chinese claiming new technology that clearly derived from the Shinkansen, and filing patents for it.

Now, when a patent is filed, an important element should be novelty. If that is not there, the claims will just be rejected. Anyone knows what the Chinese are trying to patent? Or is it just a stunt?

[Iraira]

Filing a patent application is easy. The examination process is the bitch, and there are a plethora of rejections, amendments, appeals, trials, etc., that drag out for years sometimes, so lock yourself in a time capsule, this isn't gonna be over for awhile.

[xenomorph42]

The Shinkansen was up and running in the 60s when the Chinese used mules for high speed transport. they can all go fuck themselves.

This is a first, for once I have to agree 100% with Jack on what he said. China is riding the coattails of Japan and claiming that they are in some way superior? Yeah, they're good a copying and making cheaper, low quality products of almost everything and now they want to take credit?

http://www.fastcompany.com/1749952/the-problem-with-chinas-high-speed-rail

This is just the rail problem and that's just scratching the surface of China's ongoing problems.

China needs to take a reality pill and a glass of Coke and shut the fuck up.

[AssKissinger]

The Koreans will always lead the world in false pride and that stupid 'we' shit.

[Tsuru]

Hahahahahaha

[Typhoon]

These Chinese claims are posturing and patent applications are positioning for the export high speed rail market.

With the the standard nationalism thrown in for local consumption.

[matsuki]

LOL, Chinese innovation? Anything after communism took hold in that place is unoriginal, cheap, shitty copies of something or another. (and copies of copies of copies til an L becomes an S and you don't know what the hell the product is anymore)

Recent show I watched had some spokesidiot in China talking about the rails as being "superior to rails built by foreigners." Probably the same guy....wonder if her got any education over here?

The Koreans will always lead the world in false pride and that stupid 'we' shit.

They make the craziest claims but you underestimate China. Then there's Japan...I meet guys here weekly that would fit well in Korea

[Mulboyne]

My first encounter with the use of 'We Chinese'.
I wonder who is more 'we', the Japanese or the Chinese?

That's a Kyodo report containing the phrase so it's likely an English translation of "ware ware Chugokujin", which would have been used by a Japanese journalist to capture for a Japanese readership what he thought was being expressed. Whether the Chinese spokesman actually said something in Chinese which would be translated directly as "we Chinese" is therefore open to question.

[Tsuru]

Recent show I watched had some spokesidiot in China talking about the rails as being "superior to rails built by foreigners." Probably the same guy....wonder if her got any education over here?

Nah.... it's not quite up to the snowmobile-level idiocy we've gotten used to. But they're getting there....

[FG Lurker]

With the way the Chinese seem to put most stuff together it's just a matter of time before the first accident happens. Hopefully the death toll won't be too high.

[Ganma]

[matsuki]

With the way the Chinese seem to put most stuff together it's just a matter of time before the first accident happens. Hopefully the death toll won't be too high.

One word...maintenance.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Me Chinese. Me play joke. Me go pee-pee in your Coke.

[Yokohammer]

This is reminiscent of Japan in the postwar era. They were ripping off ideas and patents left and right and claiming them as their own. Turning out shoddy goods, too. And much like the Chinese government of today the J-government provided a certain amount of protection by simply looking the other way in all but the most high-profile cases.

It's not quite the pot calling kettle black though, because Japan has come a helluva long way since then. I assume China will eventually mature into it's new world status as well.

[matsuki]

This is reminiscent of Japan in the postwar era. They were ripping off ideas and patents left and right and claiming them as their own. Turning out shoddy goods, too. And much like the Chinese government of today the J-government provided a certain amount of protection by simply looking the other way in all but the most high-profile cases.

It's not quite the pot calling kettle black though, because Japan has come a helluva long way since then. I assume China will eventually mature into it's new world status as well.

Indeed indeed, shit still happens today but then quite alot of the products here tend to get Japanized and improved upon as well. In China, well, most things made in China by Chinese companies speak for themselves...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Me American. Me so smart. Me no drink the pee-pee part.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I just realized...they're not talking about trains, they're talking about railing. You know, the whining and moaning complaints about something. I'd say the Chinese have hit the nail on the head and they shit all over the stoic Japanese in this regard.

[color="White"]English may not have four different types of typography, but I still reckon it shites all over Japanese when it comes to difficulty in achieving workable proficiency as a non-native language. I'm bloody glad I didn't have to try and learn it as a second language.[/color]

[Mulboyne]

It broke down through an electrical failure, possibly caused by lightning, and halted on the tracks for 90 minutes

Source (Japanese)

[FG Lurker]

One word...maintenance.

Maintenance is critical of course but it won't matter either way if the original construction and manufacturing are of typical Chinese "quality".

[james]

Maintenance is critical of course but it won't matter either way if the original construction and manufacturing are of typical Chinese "quality".

you mean like this classic?

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[FG Lurker]

you mean like this classic?

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Hey, that looked perfectly survivable! ...as long as you were in the back seat, and maybe not even then...

[xenomorph42]

This is reminiscent of Japan in the postwar era. They were ripping off ideas and patents left and right and claiming them as their own. Turning out shoddy goods, too. And much like the Chinese government of today the J-government provided a certain amount of protection by simply looking the other way in all but the most high-profile cases.

It's not quite the pot calling kettle black though, because Japan has come a helluva long way since then. I assume China will eventually mature into it's new world status as well.

Yeah and by that time, most of us on this site will be dust and long forgotten memories. The one thing about the Japanese, they work as a group, scrutinizing everything and every single detail until it reaches total perfection, even if it's a Chocolate Sundae with sprinkles! This has pretty much been for the most part of Japanese history. The Chinese on the other hand, rivalry, mistrust, cheating, greed, treachery has plagued China for thousands of years up to this day and now all of a sudden, they want to invoke the "We Chinese" with pride as if they have always created superior products and quality of the highest standards. I'll give the Chinese credit for making the best copies and rip-offs in the world and the most toxic food, I'll give them that. Until China gets their shit together, which might be never, I ain't holding my breath.

[Taro Toporific]

....The one thing about the Japanese, they work as a group, scrutinizing everything and every single detail until it reaches total perfection...

Fukushima.

[BigInJapan]

Trouble in paradise?

2011-07-11
BEIJING / SHANGHAI - Thunderstorms caused a power failure on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway on Sunday, paralyzing southbound trains for 90 minutes, railway authorities said.
It was the first major malfunction since the line was launched on June 30.
The Beijing railway bureau said in an announcement that thunderstorms and gales in Shandong province caused a glitch to the power supply network between Qufu and Zaozhuang at 6:10 pm on Sunday.
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"Almost all the facilities in the train were out of service. We were very hungry and could not even grab a cup of water. It was terrible," she said.
The accident has increased safety concerns about the landmark railway, which opened one year ahead of schedule.

[Article on China Daily]

[xenomorph42]

Fukushima.

Ok, you got me on that one!

[james]

Hey, that looked perfectly survivable!

sure, from the observation room, i've no doubt it was!

[Greji]

Hey, that looked perfectly survivable! ...as long as you were in the back seat, and maybe not even then...

Or locked in the trunk....

[matsuki]

Maintenance is critical of course but it won't matter either way if the original construction and manufacturing are of typical Chinese "quality".

I'm with you all the way on this. Scary part is even really shitty construction can appear functional and all good in the beginning...then boom!

Trouble in paradise?
[Article on China Daily]

LOL, and it begins...