China's maglev test achieves breakthrough velocity!

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  Discussion keeps the world turning.

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  This is Roundtable What if trains could outrun planes?

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  Well, China just pushed the boundaries with a test vehicle hitting 650 kilometers per hour.

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  This breakthrough could revolutionize the travel industry and make our trips from A to B a whole lot shorter.

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  There are challenges, of course.

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  There are always challenges, but big changes could be coming to the way we get around.

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  Coming to you live from Beijing, this is Roundtable.

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  Thank you so much for being with us today.

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  I'm Steve, and for today's show, with Yu Xun and Yu Shan, first on the program.

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  Chinese researchers have just made history,

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  propelling a test train to an incredible 650 kilometers per hour.

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  That's over 400 miles per hour.

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  And they did it in a breathtaking seven seconds.

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  It's not just about a new speed record though.

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  It's a massive leap in transportation technology.

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  And in the time it took me to say that to you, a train could have concluded its test run.

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  That is pretty cool.

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  Could ultra fast ground travel soon rival or maybe even surpass short haul air travel?

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  Imagine that.

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  crossing vast distances in one country in just a few hours with,

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