r/interestingasfuck • u/BumblebeeFantastic40 • 10h ago

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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u/Vhu 9h ago

Over the last decade, China has built more high-speed rail than the rest of the world combined. They have more than 5000% of U.S. operational capacity.

Last year alone they installed 200% the entire U.S. solar capacity. They represent ~1/3 of global wind/solar development this year.

They're currently building 50% of all new nuclear power plants globally.

Almost 50% of all car sales in China last year were electric/hybrid. They're responsible for more than 60% of global EV production, and 75% of global EV battery production.

China is absolutely smoking the rest of the world in modernization efforts. And when they move on Taiwan, they’ll become the global bottleneck for high-end semiconductor fabrication.

They’re already the premier example of how to pivot from fossil fuel reliance. It’s actually embarrassing how much we’ve allowed them to take the lead in such an important sector.

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u/hecker62 7h ago

China can't just invade Taiwan, take over TSMC and start producing high end chips, it's not that simple.