The cavernous rail station build in Changsha for China's new high-speed trains was nearly deserted when it opened four years ago but not anymore. Practically every train is sold out even though they leave for cities all over the country every few minutes. The high-speed rail system now carries twice as many passengers a month as the country's domestic airlines, and by early next year is likely to handle more passengers than are carried by domestic flights in the U.S. Read about it in the New York Times.