Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why do they build express metro?

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I've heard that the reason why most of the metro lines in China are reluctant to operate express trains is Beijing's unwillingness to let people in rural areas move to mega cities.
But, high speed metro and express metro are contradicted with this idea. I wonder why.