[Libloather]

"Because of its high elevation, the ecosystem here is extremely fragile," said Dawa Tsering.

My guess - because of its high elevation, the extremely fragile ecosystem is pretty much frozen...

[lilylangtree]

This is one way for China to "peacefully and silently" rid itself of dissidents and a proceed with a full takeover of Tibet.

[Paladin2]

$6.6 million per mile!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I read in our paper that the coaches are pressurized like aircraft cabins. Incredible.

[sasportas]

Nearly half of the track is located 4,000 meters above the sea level and the highest point of the line measures 5,072 meters (16,640 feet) above sea level.

Good grief, this is hard to imagine. The Wrangell Mountains here in Alaska are no pikers, their peaks are up there around the high point of this railway. The PEAKS mind you.

[G. Stolyarov II]

"Chinese scientists have suggested that within 10 years global warming may start to melt the permafrost on which the railway rests, endangering the $4.1 billion line."

This is yet more environmentalist propaganda designed to obstruct technological and economic progress wherever and in whatever form it might occur. "Global warming" has not yet had a single discernible real-world consequence that could be directly and certainly traced to it. Is this the demon to which the Chinese government is expected to sacrifice the well-being of its citizens?

I do not support government control of economic enterprises, but the presence of a railway is superior to the absence of one. This railway is a great accomplishment of engineering and -- despite the inefficiencies of government management -- will bring greater economic benefits to Tibet.

We should respect and praise man's ability to improve his circumstances and control his environment, wherever and in whatever forms this ability is manifested.

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[hinckley buzzard]

Some Tibetans and their supporters see the rail line as yet another means for China to dominate the ethnic Tibetan population. Since it marched troops into the region in 1950, Beijing has been moving millions of Han Chinese into Tibet.

It is all well and good for the dandies to worry about the wild yaks, but the real endangered species is the ethnic Tibetan. No tears for when he becomes extinct, I suppose. Liberals are like that.