'A very welcome addition to the economic literature. This groundbreaking work to demonstrate the positive impact HSR has on reducing economic disparities between regions is particularly interesting and relevant for our work at the World Bank.'
--Martha B. Lawrence, The World Bank'This timely book by Chen and Haynes provides a variety of quantitative evidences on how this new transportation innovation has reshaped China's economic geography. This inspiring analysis effectively connects many inter-related pieces together - economic growth and disparity, land use, real estate, tourism, other transportation modes, and the environment, so that readers can gain a thorough understanding of how high speed rail has changed the whole country and beyond.'
--Siqi Zheng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, US

'The rapid development of China's high speed rail network over the last 15 years is unprecedented in the history of modern transportation. This book provides by far the most comprehensive assessment of various impacts of the development, on the economy, regional economic disparity, environment, tourism, land values, housing prices, and domestic air transportation. The quantitative analyses are meticulous, and the results convincing. The book is a valuable contribution to the literature of transport economics and geography.'
--Zhi Liu, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, US