Let's not over-interpret

The deadly high-speed train crash on July 23 is definitely a reminder that things still need to be done to guarantee its advanced management and identify and plug any loopholes in the development of the country's express rail network. But over-interpretation that questions the quality of all technology made in China and even the country's development model is going too far.

The progress China has made in science and technology over the past three decades is clear for all to see.

In the late 1970s, when the majority of Chinese trains were crawling along at around 60 kilometers an hour and very few people had the chance to travel by air, most Chinese would never have imagined that high-speed trains would be able to take them from Beijing to Tianjin in just half an hour and from the capital city to Shanghai in under six hours.