Before this thread goes off the rails with politics I'd like to say the Chinese high speed rail system is amazing to use and it's unreal how quick they built it. I've been to the country a few times now and hated every second of air travel there, it's messy, people behave really badly regarding rules and pilots are always changing altitude/speed during (supposedly) level flight to the point that you feel like you are…
> it's messy, people behave really badly regarding rules you didn't have the same problem when riding HSR trains? next time maybe just check how many are smoking on the platform. another interesting experiment you can have is to visit both those old train stations and stations dedicated for HSR, you'd easily spot differences in terms of how people behave.
No, not really, there was some very busy queues but for the most part it was civilised, Saw a few times a guy trying to walk to front of a ticket queue and the station lady yelling at him, then the people in the line started yelling too and he walked to the back. That's about it.
On planes I have repeatedly seen groups of people unbuckle their belts and start opening the overhead luggage about 30 seconds before touchdown, multiple air hostesses would get on the intercom and scream for them to sit down but no one listens and gets their bags anyway. Honestly chaotic stuff.
My experiences over a decade anyway.