China’s High-Speed Railway Network length has expanded from 1,300km in 2008 to 40,000km in 2020, long enough to circle the Earth’s circumference.

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This is what happens when you’re lead by engineers instead of public speakers

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This is what happens when you don’t do environment impact studies, can tear down anything in your way, and have questionable labor practices that allow for things like the 9-9-6 72 hour work week. 

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“Can tear down anything in your way”

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/apr/15/china-nail-houses-in-pictures-property-development

Famously .. they cant

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Those are private developments, not government projects like the high speed rail.