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We'll see if this works as well as previous infrastructure projects in China. "Liu Zhijun, China's ex-railway minister, sentenced to death for corruption" htt
by tokenadult 13y ago
We'll see if this works as well as previous infrastructure projects in China.
"Liu Zhijun, China's ex-railway minister, sentenced to death for corruption"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/08/liu-zhijun-sentenced-death-corruption http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/08/liu-zhijun-sente...
"China’s Bridge Collapse: Infrastructure Boom Raises Safety Questions"
http://world.time.com/2012/08/27/bridge-collapse-in-china-raises-questions-about-safety-of-countrys-road-construction-boom/ http://world.time.com/2012/08/27/bridge-collapse-in-china-ra...
"China failed to heed rail safety warnings"
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bbd56722-b78c-11e0-b95d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Ys75lSrX http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bbd56722-b78c-11e0-b95d-00144feabd...
"Grieving Chinese Parents Protest School Collapse"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/world/asia/17china.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/world/asia/17china.html
About the specific proposed project mentioned in the link kindly submitted here, other news reports
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/11/us-china-tunnel-idUSBRE96A0EK20130711 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/11/us-china-tunnel-id...
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"China announced plans in 1994 to build the tunnel, at a cost of $10 billion, and set to be completed before 2010. But more than 20 years on, the project remains stuck in the planning stage, the website said, without elaborating."
- nawitus 13y agoLuckily the United States have no infrastructure problems.
- b6 13y agotokenadult isn't saying the US is perfect. He knows China better than most. In China, these kinds of projects are riddled with corruption. They're practically for theft primarily, and only secondarily for whatever their stated purpose is.
- snogglethorpe 13y agoAfter the railway minister thing, I imagine people will be a little more cagey for a while... ><