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This has become a running joke with a couple of the people in my office who have recently visited China (from the UK). The next 2 years will be interesting for
by VBprogrammer 2mo ago
This has become a running joke with a couple of the people in my office who have recently visited China (from the UK).
The next 2 years will be interesting for democracy as a whole.
- expedition32 2mo agoChina actually wants people to visit them and spend money. And although I don't agree with the CCP ideology the Shanghai subway is ridiculously impressive.
- inigyou 2mo agoRemember most of the Chinese train infrastructure was built in the time since the Hyperloop.
- Ferret7446 2mo agoChinese train infrastructure also had a lot more casualties than any modern Western nation, even with a conservative estimate of the covered up ones. Building fast is a lot easier if you can break some eggs.
- don_esteban 2mo agoYou mean casualties among workers building it? Or casualties among the passengers traveling on it?
- Markoff 2mo agoI was not impressed when I was sent there on business trip, from what I remember their subways were not as big as in Beijing or other CN places and I hit there my head, obviously anything is better than HK/London. Normally I'm not claustrofobic, but in HK subway...