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assuming from KL to malacca would only take you around 40 mins, about 55CNY(9 USD) per trip for normal seats. About 36MYR one way
Oh yes =) I'm aware of the chinese company building there(news from granny),apparently it is a chinese state own company that are the main investors for the train.

wow! you're very dry informed. I barely know what's happening in China :/ hopefully our government puts our taxpayers money into good use.

There are actually a lot of Chinese companies investing in South East Asia at the moment, another place is near the capital. China is building a private port at Malaysia and it's going to put Singapore in a difficult position. I believe the only thing sustaining them is their currency

yes I heard. there's also the South China Sea issue. China is a really powerful country in this time and age!