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by melling 4165 days ago
Yes that's why I gave you China's motivation. It would connect their two largest cities and China is a big believer in high-speed mass transit.
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Good point. China has money to spend in comparison to the U.S. - most of the money the U.S. has spent has been on war, while China's been collecting money from the world. It will be interesting to watch how the landscape shifts in the next few decades.