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Why China Is so Good at Building Railways
Wendover Productions
A Wendover Productions explainer on how China built the world's largest high-speed rail network so quickly and why its rail strategy differs from America's. It covers politics, social benefits and the economics of unprofitable lines.
HN uses it as the go-to short video when threads compare Chinese and US rail and infrastructure.
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