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I can't imagine how expensive it must be to keep this type of omnipresent security running 24/7. I'm guessing if the Chinese economy ever starts to take a downw
by vondur 8y ago
I can't imagine how expensive it must be to keep this type of omnipresent security running 24/7. I'm guessing if the Chinese economy ever starts to take a downward hit, it'll be something like this that gets the axe.
- RileyJames 8y agoYou don’t need to imagine. $9b per year (USD). https://www.ft.com/content/aa4465aa-2349-11e8-ae48-60d3531b7d11 https://www.ft.com/content/aa4465aa-2349-11e8-ae48-60d3531b7... This chart helps too: https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/http%3A%2F%2Fcom.ft.imagepublish.upp-prod-us.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf3b497c-25f4-11e8-b27e-cc62a39d57a0?source=next&fit=scale-down&quality=highest&width=490 https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/htt...
- vondur 8y agoWow. That’s far less than I imagined.