[precisionshootist]

Number one or number two, I'm not sure, but one thing I am sure about is that we are in far more serious trouble with China than we are being led to believe.

I watched a show a couple days ago that was just talking about the biggest, tallest, whatever. When it came to roads and bridges I was shocked to see the number of super high, super long bridges built by China in the last few years. They now have like five of the highest bridges in the world, all built recently. Structures like this can't be built by weak nations.

All while we are shutting down our power plants and renting rides into space from Russia.

The rise of China and the decline of America is being suppressed. It's far worse than we think.

[Alberta's Child]

When it came to roads and bridges I was shocked to see the number of super high, super long bridges built by China in the last few years. They now have like five of the highest bridges in the world, all built recently. Structures like this can't be built by weak nations.

Structures like this can't be built very easily in free nations, either.

The biggest obstacle to this kind of infrastructure in the U.S. isn't money or ingenuity. It's an elected government that is: (1) supposed to reflect the priorities of its citizens (most of whom would rather pay $600 for an iPhone than pay $300 towards the cost of a new bridge), and (2) does not have the legal authority to displace thousands of people from private property on a whim in order to build these things.

[rey]

“I watched a show a couple days ago that was just talking about the biggest, tallest, whatever. When it came to roads and bridges I was shocked to see the number of super high, super long bridges built by China in the last few years. They now have like five of the highest bridges in the world, all built recently. Structures like this can’t be built by weak nations.”

Yeah, but it is all made in China. Have you ever owned anything made in China? Chances are you no longer own it and had to throw it out.

[JoeFromSidney]

Years ago I did some research on the capacity of dams. It turned out that the most recent dams, the biggest in the world, were all in the Soviet Union. Reason: their rivers are bigger than ours. I suspect that Chinese bridges are setting world records because they have huge rivers. However, the fact that they can build them does imply considerable competence on their part.