China may build an undersea train to America

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Claiming officials are "already in discussions," the Beijing Timesoutlined an alleged plan for a train line that would connect China to the United States, via eastern Siberia, the Bering Strait and finally Alaska.

ccording to Wang Mengshu, a railway expert at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the only person cited in the report, China has already discussed the plan with Russia, and Russia's on board. Never mind that the proposed undersea route would be more than five times longer than the current longest underwater tunnel, the one under the English Channel.

In theory, the train line would start in the northeast part of China, then eventually run along a 125-mile-long underwater tunnel toward Alaska. And, good news: "Russia has already been thinking about this for many years," Wang Mengshu, an engineer at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told the Times.

The plan currently sounds more like a Jules Verne novel than a viable project: For one, the proposed path underwater would be four times the length of the tunnel beneath the English Channel; For another, China seems to have forgotten that the U.S. would need to get onboard to make the project a reality; Perhaps most importantly right now, "Russia has already been thinking about this for many years," is not likely to be a strong selling point in Washington, D.C. at the moment.

Source : Gizmodo

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