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2018-10-30 China-Japan-Koreas

Botched Chinese railway project in Africa is a warning to belt and road investors

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Posted by 3dc 2018-10-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 Is there something wrong with building actual roads & highways?

Posted by Raj 2018-10-30 00:38|| 2018-10-30 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Is there something wrong with building actual roads & highways?

Assuming or provisioning road use for everyone to have a vehicle is egalitarian. When the government (et. al.) own the trains they can control who does and doesn't travel and when they own the rails, where.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-30 07:09|| 2018-10-30 07:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Part of the problem may be the limitations of centralized planning, and part may be overestimating the infrastructure--believing the press releases.
"because of underuse caused by power shortages"

Posted by james 2018-10-30 16:20|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2018-10-30 16:20|| Front Page Top

#4 they make amazing stuff, like the new "longest bridge in the world", pretty cool.... only problem.....made in China

Posted by 746 2018-10-30 23:20|| 2018-10-30 23:20|| Front Page Top

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