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In the exact same amount of time, China has gone from 0 to 25,000 miles in high speed rail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-speed_railway_lines_in_C

by 1970-01-01 2y ago

In the exact same amount of time, China has gone from 0 to 25,000 miles in high speed rail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-speed_railway_lines_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-speed_railway_lin...

vondur 2y ago
It probably helps when you can simply take the land you need. One major issue with the California project has been the difficulty in securing land rights. Additionally, California’s strict environmental laws have made construction even more challenging. In contrast, China can largely ignore these obstacles.
- makotech221 2y ago
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  - gotoeleven 2y ago
    Aren't most companies at least partially government owned in China? What is the chinese definition of personal property?
    - suraci 2y ago
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  - zahlman 2y ago
    Even if untrue (there is plenty of reason to believe it's true), making claims about the government of a country is not "racist". To "lie" also requires intent (there is every reason to believe GP is writing in good faith). Your source is a few pictures taken 11 years ago and doesn't even really demonstrate "respect for personal property" anyway.
  - suraci 2y ago
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- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > helps when you can simply take the land you need When America built, this is exactly what we did. CAHSR should have been exempted from CEQA. Its commission should have been delegated eminent-domain powers vetoable only by the Governor or a majority of the legislature. But the goal wasn't to build a train. It was to dole out the dough. And the dough be doleth. Just to litigators, union bosses and Central Valley landowners.
- renewiltord 2y ago
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- deadfoxygrandpa 2y ago
  do you have any data to back any of this up?
tekno45 2y ago
they don't have billionaires bullying their way to cancelling projects for their personal fantasy tubes
- emtel 2y ago
  Billionaires are not the reason CA HSR failing

vondur 2y ago

It probably helps when you can simply take the land you need. One major issue with the California project has been the difficulty in securing land rights. Additionally, California’s strict environmental laws have made construction even more challenging. In contrast, China can largely ignore these obstacles.

makotech221 2y ago
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- gotoeleven 2y ago
  Aren't most companies at least partially government owned in China? What is the chinese definition of personal property?
  - suraci 2y ago
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- zahlman 2y ago
  Even if untrue (there is plenty of reason to believe it's true), making claims about the government of a country is not "racist". To "lie" also requires intent (there is every reason to believe GP is writing in good faith). Your source is a few pictures taken 11 years ago and doesn't even really demonstrate "respect for personal property" anyway.
- suraci 2y ago
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JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> helps when you can simply take the land you need When America built, this is exactly what we did. CAHSR should have been exempted from CEQA. Its commission should have been delegated eminent-domain powers vetoable only by the Governor or a majority of the legislature. But the goal wasn't to build a train. It was to dole out the dough. And the dough be doleth. Just to litigators, union bosses and Central Valley landowners.
renewiltord 2y ago
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deadfoxygrandpa 2y ago
do you have any data to back any of this up?

tekno45 2y ago

they don't have billionaires bullying their way to cancelling projects for their personal fantasy tubes

emtel 2y ago
Billionaires are not the reason CA HSR failing