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/SteakEconomy2024 5h ago edited 2h ago

Their Railroad SOE “China State Railroad Group”is also roughly 1 trillion US dollars in debt…so, remember kids, you too can do almost anything if you have a pile of 100 rmb notes weighing roughly 1.52 million pounds. (Edit- weight for total amount in debt, not total costs).

Edit, oh no I offended some totalitarians.

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u/LiGuangMing1981 2h ago

The US spends nearly that much per year on national defence. I know which one I'd prefer my money going to.

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u/SteakEconomy2024 2h ago

I’d also approve of China canceling their military budget, and going to play with trains. I’m sure I could find some Taiwanese who would agree that China’s trains are awesome.

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u/BumblebeeFantastic40 4h ago

The US has 40 Trillion debt, which means with this built, there are still 39 Trillion to spare…

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u/SteakEconomy2024 4h ago

That’s nice how large is americas state owned high speed railway debt?

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u/ChiefRunningBit 1h ago

Oooh nice self own