Trains stand in Beijing railway station preparing to set off on the
   world's longest high-speed rail route which travels 1,425-miles to
   Guangzhou in the south of the country ( AFP/Getty Images )

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   Tunnel required would be four times longer than channel tunnel, while a
   high speed line to London and Berlin is also reportedly in the works
     * Tomas Jivanda
     * Friday 9 May 2014 09:56 {{^moreThanTen}}
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   China has outlined its plan to connect the world by high-speed rail,
   including an underwater link to the US running a total 13,000km.

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   Reporting on the plans, the state owned English language paper China
   Daily claimed that China already has the technology in place as it will
   be used to connect the country to Taiwan by underwater high-speed train
   requiring a 150km long tunnel. Details of this project are also yet to
   be finalised however.