[rasz]

>many countries in the West should hire the Chinese to construct and build HSR in their countries with foreign labour under local direction

We tried that with highways in Poland. Chinese company Covec came in, underbid for 30 and 20 km pieces of A2, got paid advances, hired local labour, didnt pay contractors for finished work, decided they didnt like the project any more and wanted more money, packed up and left with half the contracted work done.

One of the reasons cited for the failure was arrest of Liu Zhijuna, Chinese minister of rail, for alleged corruption. Covec was a China Railway Group subsidiary.

[innagadadavida]

Regulations are to blame here, not lack of skills or capabilities. The Chinese companies won’t fare any better with this type of regulatory environment.

[rasz]

What are the regulations that let you not pay contractors and just fuck off from the country once you dont like the deal you yourself proposed signed off?