Gilles Sabrié

1 month ago | wsj.com | Jon Emont |Gilles Sabrié

By Jon Emont | Photograph by Gilles Sabrie for WSJ April 13, 2025 11:00 pm ETA decade ago, Beijing filmmaker Guligo Jia drank Starbucks mochas to power through her workday. Today she downs Americanos doused in pineapple juice and lattes blended with French butter. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Nov 28, 2024 | jp.wsj.com | Brian Spegele |Gilles Sabrié

By | Photographs and video by Gilles Sabrie for WSJ 中国の最高指導者、習近平氏は就任と同時に、中国の主要都市を結ぶ総延長距離1万マイル（約1万6000キロ）の高速鉄道を建設する野心的プロジェクトを引き継いだ。同氏はさらに計画を大幅に拡張した。 12年が経過し、中国の高速鉄道は間もなく総延長3万マイルを超えようかという史上最大級の公共事業へと姿を変えた。多くの市民はこの広大なネットワークを、高速鉄道の実現に苦労してきた米国と特に対比させ、中国の進歩を如実に示す証しだと受け止めている。誰に感謝すべきかを市民が忘れないようにするため、最速路線を走る列車は「復興号」と命名されている。習国家主席が掲げるスローガン「中華民族の偉大な復興」にちなんだ名称だ。 On his first day in office, leader Xi Jinping inherited an ambitious road map to build 10,000 miles of high-speed rail to link China’s biggest...

Nov 20, 2024 | wsj.com | Brian Spegele |Gilles Sabrié

On his first day in office, leader Xi Jinping inherited an ambitious road map to build 10,000 miles of high-speed rail to link China’s biggest cities. He took those plans and supersized them. What has emerged 12 years later is one of the biggest public works in history, soon to exceed 30,000 miles of high-speed rail. For many of its citizens, the vast network is one of the clearest signs of China’s progress, especially compared with the U.S., which has struggled to get any high-speed rail going.

Nov 20, 2024 | wsj.com | Brian Spegele |Gilles Sabrié

By | Photographs and video by Gilles Sabrie for WSJ Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 13:04This article is in your queue. On his first day in office, leader Xi Jinping inherited an ambitious road map to build 10,000 miles of high-speed rail to link China’s biggest cities. He took those plans and supersized them. What has emerged 12 years later is one of the biggest public works in history, soon to exceed 30,000 miles of high-speed rail.

Jul 31, 2024 | ft.com | Gilles Sabrié

The walls of the entrance hall of Joerg Wuttke’s modern, four-storey villa are hung with scores of traditional calligraphy brushes,...