Comment by lijok
> The economic angle is a bit confusing. Wonder why China thought this was a worthy investment.
American mindset
> The economic angle is a bit confusing. Wonder why China thought this was a worthy investment.
American mindset
Not the least of which is the fact that infrastructure needs to be maintained. The US has a lot of infrastructure and we are in a phase now where we are having to make hard decisions about what to keep. In my neck of the woods, which is mountainous, many bridges have closed and it looks like they may not come back. Presumably China understands the long-term costs of infrastructure so I wonder what their analysis is. It would be kind of crazy to build something like this on spec…
Prior generations made these same decisions too. I’ve discovered that the area I live in used to have a fair number of electric trams. They all went away with the advent of the automobile.
having crossed one of these superlative Guizhou bridges i can attest to their ability to inspire a sense of wonder like other large-scale human accomplishments.