Highest bridge unveiled at more than 2,000ft above ground

Post by brnt » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 9:05 AM UTC

screye wrote: post #15

Very impressive. The economic angle is a bit confusing. Wonder why China thought this was a worthy investment. Guizhou is a poor part of China, without much international tourism or trade. Wikipedia indicates it is meant to increase tourism, but even China's most attractive regions (Beijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Chengdu, Chongqing) are under-visited. I can't imagine that Guizhou will be on foreign tourist's agenda f…

Post by imtringued » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 9:36 AM UTC

stickfigure wrote: post #86

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> The economic angle is a bit confusing. We don't need an economic angle to build great things that help people. It's a bridge, it's meant to be a shortcut from point A to B. We aren't just cogwheels in an economic system, there's more to life and progress as humans.

Bridges are expensive to build and to maintain. Maybe people could be helped better other ways; economics is about making choices with limited resources.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 9:43 AM UTC

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China is superlative in every way possible and many people don't really seem to get it. It has several of the tallest mountains in the world—dozens over 7 km, and many of the eight-thousanders, given it borders the Himalayas and contains part of the Hindu Kush and most of the Tibetan Plateau. Given such immense mountains it also makes sense that there's a huge rain shadow behind them, and therefore China also contain…

Post by davedx » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 10:07 AM UTC

maxglute wrote: post #50

screye wrote: post #15

Very impressive. The economic angle is a bit confusing. Wonder why China thought this was a worthy investment. Guizhou is a poor part of China, without much international tourism or trade. Wikipedia indicates it is meant to increase tourism, but even China's most attractive regions (Beijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Chengdu, Chongqing) are under-visited. I can't imagine that Guizhou will be on foreign tourist's agenda f…

> reduces travel time between the two sides of the canyon from two hours to two minutes. Think of it this way. Every 2 hours round trip to 2 minutes saves imported fossil. For trucking/freight that's like ~$80 of diesel both ways. PRC construction workers, though less abundant is cheaper than it ever will be. So best time to build infra is always now, especially one that reduces long tail imports. Every piece of infr…

Post by WinstonSmith84 » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 10:11 AM UTC

igleria wrote: post #105

delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #94

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China is superlative in every way possible and many people don't really seem to get it. It has several of the tallest mountains in the world—dozens over 7 km, and many of the eight-thousanders, given it borders the Himalayas and contains part of the Hindu Kush and most of the Tibetan Plateau. Given such immense mountains it also makes sense that there's a huge rain shadow behind them, and therefore China also contain…

> China is superlative in every way possible and Americans don't really seem to get it. A a latino it's amusing to watch. After the soviet union failed, Americans thought they had won the civilization game forever. I would never move to China due to political concerns, but at the game of empire they are kicking butt, and that unnerves some Americans. Must be odd being born and raised in a first world country (?)