Chinese-built trains empower locals

Connecting cities: An aerial photo showing the high-speed electrical multiple unit train of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway running in Purwakarta, Indonesia. — Xinhua

Driving a train that runs 350kph was once unimaginable for Wawan Setiawan, an Indonesian freight train driver with 10 years of experience.

But now he is on track to be among the first high-speed train drivers in his country and, more broadly, South-East Asia.