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They built the largest high speed rail network in the world in less than 20 years.
by xtian 4y ago
They built the largest high speed rail network in the world in less than 20 years.
- b112 4y agoAnd probably sourced the steel out-of-country, as they have for other things.
- xtian 4y agoYou're wrong. Anshan Iron and Steel: https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/ansteel-completes-heavy-rail-supplies-for-harbin-dalian-high-speed-railway-716057.htm https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/ansteel-co... Panzhihua Iron and Steel: https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101439663/The-exclusive-supply-of-rails-at-Panzhihua-Iron-and-Steel-Company-sets-a-new-record-for-the-worlds-fastest-subway-speed/ https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101439663/The-exclusive-s... Baotou Iron and Steel: http://innermongolia.chinadaily.com.cn/baotou/2020-01/03/c_445844.htm http://innermongolia.chinadaily.com.cn/baotou/2020-01/03/c_4... Wuhan Iron and Steel: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/WUHAN-IRON-AND-STEEL-CO--6495792/news/Wuhan-Iron-and-Steel-The-first-export-of-high-strength-heavy-rail-from-WISCO-to-Indonesia-19499982/ https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/WUHAN-IRON-AND-ST... Handan Iron and Steel: https://www.gneesteel.com/news/industry-news/hbis-successfully-rolled-out-a-100-meter-high-speed-rail.html https://www.gneesteel.com/news/industry-news/hbis-successful...
- b112 4y agoYou're wrong. Sounds like a dangerous railway, then.
- xtian 4y agoIt’s not, statistically. But don’t let me stop you from clinging to ignorance.
- b112 4y agoThanks for all the stats. That said, clearly they've just been lucky. Sadly, it won't last, and people will pay the price. Because Chinese steel is junk.
- xtian 4y agoIt's junk based on what? Racial inferiority? Why feed stats to someone who isn't interested in reality?
- b112 4y agoI knew it would come. "Racism". The last refuge of the rascal, throwing dispersion. Stating reality in China, is not racism. It's junk because it's of poor quality, and even worse, poor quality control. Personal experience has shown me so, steel product from China is junk. And no, I won't disbelieve my eyes, and experiences, nor will the many other people I know who have experienced what Chinese "steel" is like. Car parts, every manner of tool, I've seen steel snap like twigs, screwdriver ends break off, plyers deform when used, brake calipers snap, while North America made parts do not, including tools 50 years old, rusted, stronger than Chinese steel junk. Chinese steel is junk. Everyone knows this. It's junk. And calling me a racist is utterly pathetic.
- xtian 4y agoWell China has produced half of the steel in the world and half of the finished steel products for many years. I can't think of a rational reason to believe that all that steel is constantly snapping "like twigs." https://worldsteel.org/steel-topics/statistics/world-steel-in-figures-2022 https://worldsteel.org/steel-topics/statistics/world-steel-i...
- b112 4y agoProducing half the steel(which seems highish, but not impossible), doesn't mean it is good steel. And tools I buy with Chinese steel, do snap like twigs. Other steel does not. Because it's not junk. Like Chinese steel does. Because it's junk.