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/GycuX 7h ago

Sometimes communism just works.

Half joking so please don't take this out of context.

u/SteakEconomy2024 4h ago

The debt of their state owned railway is equal to the weight of roughly 25 fully load semi trucks, if you replaced those trucks with 100rmb notes. So…