To put that into context, the UK built a high-speed rail line between London and the Channel Tunnel in the 2000s that's equivalent to 0.2% of China's current network.
Britain and France signed a new agreement that will increase the number of migration officers in northern France in the hope of reducing the flow of illegal migrants crossing the English Channel.
The proposal calls for the construction of a series of colossal dams around the perimeter of the North Sea and the English Channel in order to block the rising sea levels from getting inside and threatening northern Europe.
Still, its longest recorded trips include San Diego to Catalina Island, 460 miles along Alaska's Yukon River, and a sketchy crossing of the English Channel, facing 20-foot waves.