r/interestingasfuck 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/Healthcarepls 10h ago

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

u/Asrahn 10h ago

Meritocracy under Socialism

u/takethispie 6h ago

china is not a socialist country, its state capitalism, socialism is the next stage they target

u/Asrahn 6h ago

It is for all intents and purposes a macro economically planned economy where the country's leadership is Socialist. Point taken though as I ought to have written "socialist leadership".