To a surprising extent, yes. I know the popular Western image of infrastructure development in China is jackbooted thugs forcing farmers off their land, and th

To a surprising extent, yes. I know the popular Western image of infrastructure development in China is jackbooted thugs forcing farmers off their land, and there's some of that as well, but most people are reasonably happy with the compensation they get. The Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev project (below) is also an instructive case study of an ambitious rail project that was cancelled largely thanks to (sadly unwarranted) public concern. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai%E2%80%93Hangzhou_maglev_line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai%E2%80%93Hangzhou_magl...