У нас всё комментируется осторожно, а крупнейшая китайская англоязычная газета "Чайна Дэйли" рассказывает уже как о решенном вопросе, что китайцы построят ВСМ Челябинск-Екатеринбург:
China Railway Group Ltd, an infrastructure construction company, will build a high-speed railway in Russia connecting the country's third-largest city Yekaterinburg with Chelyabinsk... The project will involve a total investment of US$2.5 billion, according to a memorandum of understanding signed between the Chinese company and Ural Highway... The high-speed rail link is expected to cut the current journey time between two cities to approximately one hour and 10 minutes from five hours... "It is a promising project with huge potential. We believe it will boost the region's economic development, and benefit local people after its completion"... The high-speed rail link has great potential, as it will be part of the high-speed transit corridor passing through Berlin, Moscow, Astana and Beijing
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/51/147/73/1497931190846.htmlГоворят и о 2,5 млрд долларов инвестиций, и об огромном потенциале этого проекта, в том числе (с цитированием Дубровского) как части транспортного корридора Берлин-Москва-Астана-Пекин.