Four Countries, One Railroad

China has announced an ambitious engineering plan to build a bullet train railway to America. The massive railway network, nicknamed "China-Russia-Canada-America," would run north from China, through Siberia and Russia, under the Pacific Ocean to Alaska, then down through Canada to the contiguous United States. The trip from China to the contiguous U.S. would take less than two days, with trains traveling about 217 mph. China will reportedly fund the construction of the 8,079 miles of railway track, including a 125-mile underwater tunnel across the Bering Strait from Russia to Alaska. But this may not be the best time for China to embark on such an epic undertaking, considering the country’s railway industry is in the red. So what? If they want to build such an ambitious railway, they should give it a go. In fact, they should try extending the railway to run a scenic route of sorts from Sydney to Buenos Aires.