The shanghai one is based on German Transrapid technology, the JR-Maglev is based on their own technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JR%E2%80%93Maglev http

The shanghai one is based on German Transrapid technology, the JR-Maglev is based on their own technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JR%E2%80%93Maglev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JR%E2%80%93Maglev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Maglev_Train http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Maglev_Train