This is a truly incredible article that criticizes China's plans to build high speed rail to under-served parts of China by taking the angle that it won't make money, and therefore is stupid. Amazing that infrastructure projects that help rural Chinese gain access to a high speed rail network is criticized from the angle of profit-making when making a profit is never the point with infrastructure projects. The NYC subway system wasn't built to "make a profit," but that doesn't mean it was a bad idea. But China bad so somehow them building a crazy amount of high speed rail is bad.

  • Will2Live [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    "Countries like the U.S. and U.K. that have shown a chronic inability to get high-speed rail built have much to learn from China’s ambition and execution — but China could learn from the more cautious approach to megaprojects seen elsewhere."

    LOL Cope harder bitch

    • lvysaur [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      but China could learn from the more cautious approach to megaprojects seen elsewhere.”

      like the megaproject of getting paper masks onto people's faces?
      yea goddamn China could really learn a thing or two from our caution