There are some lines that were built for ideological/vanity project reasons, I dunno who tf thought it would be a good idea to build HSR to xinjiang, but the co

There are some lines that were built for ideological/vanity project reasons, I dunno who tf thought it would be a good idea to build HSR to xinjiang, but the coastal lines are actually profitable [1] (take the government numbers with a huge grain of salt though) [1] https://defencepk.com/forums/threads/china-state-railway-ends-losses-in-2023-net-profit-exceeds-3-3-billion-but-only-6-high-speed-rail-lines-are-profitable.7754/ https://defencepk.com/forums/threads/china-state-railway-end...