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[–] BMTea@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Wbat's saddest of all is that the US is a one-party state in all the worst ways and a democracy in many of the wrong ways.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Have the new rail lines reduced automobile traffic? Or are they adding lines in anticipation of future traffic?

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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hot take: Japan invented the bullet train, but China perfected it.

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@HiddenLayer555 @dessalines There isn't much lacking in the Japanese network.

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[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 week ago (7 children)

How big is this area compared to the US? Would be cool to see the areas superimposed

[–] Arcturus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

The True Size Of is pretty useful for this

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 14 points 1 week ago

Bloody hell, Dessalines posted

[–] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Pretty cool. What does the planning and construction process look like that enables them to build out so quickly?

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago

As far as the motivation for these large projects, its noteworthy that the most common profession in the NPC, the highest governing body in the PRC, is civil engineers.

I've seen a few shorter documentaries about how these massive projects are carried out, and it's fascinating.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

by keep building them, instead of contracting for a single project and then shelve all the engineers for years, so every project is baby's first project.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

PolyMatter put out a video on China's goal oriented social-political structure 2 years ago that I think will help understand the pace.

https://youtu.be/kBBre3bpvyk

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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That doesn't seem to be stopping them from buying cars on mass. Just saying.

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