上海 Maglev
obitoddkenobi
January 13, 2008 at 02:10 AM posted in General DiscussionDid anyone there in Shanghai see the demonstration against the maglev? What was it like? Was it reported on in the news?
goulnik
January 14, 2008 at 11:16 AMI'm planning to publish the BBC article on the subject on my 88*news*group, busy vocab-ing it. FYI, Maglev is 磁悬浮 (cíxuánfú) or 磁悬浮列车 (cíxuánfú lièchē n. levitating train in full, measure word 列 (liè)
RJ
January 13, 2008 at 07:03 PM
OK, I read the reuters article. First I heard of it. A little surprising that so many reacted this way.
urbandweller
January 13, 2008 at 06:49 PM
I'm really looking forward to riding the cixuanfu leiche when i get to Shanghai. I've heard its fun!
RJ
January 13, 2008 at 06:09 PM
obitodd,
It opens now but no I didnt see anything about this. Why were they protesting?
obitoddkenobi
January 14, 2008 at 02:43 PMThanks for letting us know. I know I haven't been commenting on your 88 group site, but I have been reading them. Your vocabulary and formatting is great. Thanks for all the effort.