You seem to have conveniently removed from the quote you cited the following sentence in the very same paragraph, which says, "They have heavy governmental inve

You seem to have conveniently removed from the quote you cited the following sentence in the very same paragraph, which says, "They have heavy governmental investment in infrastructure (eg internet, cell networks) and they heavily regulate industries so as not to stymie utilities such as the internet." Doesn't that address the points you made about the benefit of government intervention and infrastructure build up? > B) Their populations are closer. This is a big one for transport, in particular You realize that S.Korea is ~3-4x as dense as China, that China is only about as dense as the UK, and the distance between major cities in China is comparable to distances between major cities in the US, right? I could agree with some of the latter part of your post. Could have done without the glib rudeness at the beginning. I don't mean anything "bigoted" whatsoever and I'm curious what exactly came across that way.