2010: Thomas Friedman Is Wrong -- Chinese Professor Slams Beijing's High-Speed Rail Boondoggle

As he reiterated this weekend, NYT Columnist Thomas Friedman just loooooves what Beijing is doing to stimulate the Chinese economy, especially the billions its spending on high-speed rail.

But just because those trains are nice and fancy and zippy, doesn't mean they're actually a great investment, right?

Train crash: Chinese bullet train crash spawns anger, safety concerns - latimes.com

The $32.5-billion line was meant to be a symbol of China's engineering prowess.