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Several weeks ago PacTrans hosted Dr. Xueming Chen, a Professor, Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, and Head of the Build Environment Cluster, at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China, for a seminar. His talk, titled Probing into China’s and Europe’s Air-High Speed Rail Integration: A Policy Analysis discussed an inventory of different levels of high speed rail – airport integration around the world. Specifically he discusses characteristics that make better integration more plausible and more effective. As this research progresses, he hopes to develop methods for better accessing the potential demand for better integration surrounding specific airports around China and to identify best practices that make this integration a success. It was a privilege to have Dr. Chen, we are grateful that he took the time to speak with us!