r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/rapatakaz • 1d ago

Video China is completing the construction of the tallest bridge in the world, which runs through the Grand Huajiang Canyon. The 2,890-meter-long steel suspension bridge rises 625 meters above sea level

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u/Harpeski 1d ago

China is like the USA in the roaring 60's: massive infrastructure investment for the future welfare/citizens and industry.

Meanwhile in every western society the infrastructure starts to crumble, because its 80y old. And no investment are made, because of 'no money'

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u/SaltyWailord 1d ago

Nail on head.

You have to hand it to them, they seem to invest money in building a more efficient future. The development of high speed trains and high rises is nothing but astounding

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u/aronenark 1d ago edited 1d ago

China poured more concrete in 3 years from 2011 to 2013 than the United States did in the entire 20th century, and did it again in only 2 years from 2020 to 2021. The number of high rise buildings in Shanghai is estimated to have passed 10,000.

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u/jml2422 1d ago

Half of them are empty. Communism never works.

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u/Ok_Poetry_1650 1d ago

Sounds like affordable rent for once.

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u/philomathie 1d ago

Seems to be working a damn sight better than America right now, just saying.

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u/VoidRad 1d ago

It really isn't. Lots of empty houses mean lots of houses that aren't being sold. That's an insane amount of debt that is bound to affect the economy.