The Unstoppable Growth of China's High-Speed Rail Network
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- How China out-built the world on high-speed rail.
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it really is like that, incredible
I feel this really has to be said, as without this being mentioned, the video is very incomplete: one of the top reasons building in China is cheap and fast is its political system (of a police state). It's very easy to plan and build if you don't have to worry about environmental NGOs, unions, oversight agencies, bad press or complaining public. I applaud China they invest into the right sector, but the cost at which that's happening wouldn't be imaginable anywhere else in the world, where there is a rule of law, protecting the country's citizens from governmental abuse such as taking away their land to build on.
Note:我是中国人，我希望大家知道。中国政府在建设这些大型工程的时候，充斥着血腥、暴力和镇压。 中国的所有土地、山川、河流都归国家所有，普通人民是无法真正拥有私人财产。（例如你建造一栋房子，你只有房子的使用权而且只有70年，土地和房子真正所有者是政府）。正因如此，新建这些大型工程的时候，往往中国政府会使用威胁、暴力、恐吓的手段迫使公民放弃自己的房子，如果你不愿意，他们会派黑社会彻夜骚扰你的家人，并且会直接挖掘机碾压你的房子。 最后还在舆论上造谣说人民是暴徒，是贪财的家伙。 光鲜亮丽的中国高铁背后就是一段段血与泪的故事。I'm Chinese, and I hope everyone knows. When the Chinese government built these large-scale projects, it was full of blood, violence and repression. All land, mountains and rivers in China are owned by the state, and ordinary people cannot really own private property. (For example, if you build a house, you only have the right to use it for 70 years, and the real owner of the land and house is the government). For this reason, when these large-scale projects are newly built, the Chinese government will often use threats, violence and intimidation to force citizens to give up their houses. If you don't want to, they will send triads to harass your family all night, and they will directly excavate and crush your house. Finally, rumors were made in public opinion that the people were thugs and greedy people. Behind the glamorous high-speed rail in China are stories of blood and tears. (Google translation, there may be some inaccuracies)
@@MikeGill87 It is true that China is not a democracy like those that exist in the West (which are not perfect democracies either) but you are wrong if you think that the Chinese people feel that they live under oppression. The vast majority are satisfied with the gigantic advances they have made in recent decades. Poverty has decreased a lot and the middle class is getting bigger and with better education and income. Ask any Chinese in your country or city and they will confirm what I am saying.
I'm from the UK now living in China. The high speed rail here makes the GWR high speed trains back in the UK feel Victorian. The trains here are modern, clean, safe, fast, punctual, have hot water facilities, clean toilets, smart ticketing and seating... They are all electrified and it's even more modern than the Eurostar and the original Japanese bullet train. You can even order takeaways to be delivered to your seat on your journey. And most importantly, it is crazy cheap compared to the UK where it's expensive, no one gets a seat and always late.
No! I can not believe that!
@@DR.Don1899 other western：yes，we do not believe that . its all fake news, china still poor right now.
we only believe in the US.
😂😂😅
yaya, i watched a documentary that mentioned china high speed train can order takeaway and they also showed us how it works, gonna try it when i have chance to visit china again.
@John Buffalo I am 98 crazy guy
@John Buffalo I am 98 I don't understand why you are satirizing the UK, I think the whole world should hate China
The best part of China's high speed train is you can order food from any of the restaurants in the station on your phone and designate at what time during which stop to have it delivered to you. During the 2-3 minutes stop, your food is already there waiting to be distributed to you on the train. I miss it so much.
That is not unique to China.
Had it in Japan. Was nice. Although that was some 10 years ago.
But it was rather expensive.
Wow, that's pretty cool!
Wow! I am Chinese but leaving China about 10 years. I missed a lot!
if you see the China Express network is more 10 times than Japan , and the intensity. it is kind of insult to make the comparison between 2 size countries
As a Chinese living in North America , it's really rare to see an English speaking youtuber/channel talking about China in such an unbiased lines and tone due to political correctness. Thank you for introduce China to the world with fairness and truthful.
@Char By who?, by another usa expert delusional?
@@spy_balloon yes. Not discrediting China bc they’re leading by example but the guy in the video is spreading misinformation ab some of the logistics of the process
the truth is, us chinese will not be used to it, if the world stops trying to step on us whereever we go. ironic thing is, we love it. so keep trying to push our faces in the mud, and we’ll come back 1000x stronger… keep bullying us (:
Because it’s all lies and these networks are falling like chinas housing bubble market
Stop stealing comments
China is changing many of our paradigms with hard facts over the table, no matter how much we (some of we) demonize them. They work hard, they deserve success.
thanks you for the kind words.
USA : nope WE deserve success and if u ever think you can grow larger than us, we nuke u into the stone age. Thats all the US propaganda summerized up. Feared of loosing status quo.
If China takes over Hong Kong their life will change somewhat. Similar to the White Republicans taking the vote away from non-white people. You have some rights but they are not equal to the Whites. White Republicans fear the year 2037 when White Americans become a minority in America.
Part of China's success has come from on trampling over human rights. Virtually slave labour. Forced removal of people from their homes with minimal compensation if any.
@@andrewdouglas1963 Maybe in some cases but first of all they have a different approach to civil rights. They're civil oriented people. Ask them f.e. if they felt oppressed with pandemic's public policys, and also look at its practical results and ours, we did it better? Really? We ARE better, seriously? Huge majority of chinese population look as happy as we, confident in their system and humble people, humbler than us, they not try to teach to any other nation "how must live"... man, they're just common people with their own way, with massive achievements and counting. Also with their own problems and things to improve like anybody. Throwing them only sermons is the best measure of our legendary western arrogancy : sadly we feel being the measure of all the things and people.
By the way : I'm liberal philosophically. But not a holy priest of the civil organization in a religious fashion... Empaty my friend, a bit of empaty and the world will be a better place.
I lived in the city of Weihai for 7 years, from 2013 to 2019 and, I was lucky to see how in about 5 years they built not only one, but two high-speed train stations to connect the city to the national network . It was really mind blowing!
holy shiat that s my hometown lmao hello from Canada tho
@@jnusslein6301 CIA bot
Why do you live seven years in China? God Why ??
@@steveoh5735 emmm, maybe coz it is a nice place and the ppl there don’t hate on others that often
@@steveoh5735 Great place to live in.
Fun fact: China's investment in the railway system surpassed its military budget in 2009 and 2010.
jesus imagine what the us couldve done
But Still Is Third World
@@KhanLikeNo0ther is it? I wouldn’t be so sure about it.
@@KhanLikeNo0ther so that makes more country want to be “Third World country”
@@KhanLikeNo0ther President Trump disagrees.
For those who know history well, it is not a surprise to see China coming back! China has always been one of the most advanced civilisations in the world
in almost every historical period.
Ben shiling. China numba 1, Taiwan is China.
And then they collapse on themselves due to corruption lmao
@@spiritstones6057 lmfao You think corruption is unique to China? Let China live in your mind rent-free.
@@bichengan I think the reason they were thinking/talking about China might have something to do with the comment about China on a video about China rather than them being obsessed with China
Ever heard of ancient Indian civilization?
china: spends most of the budget on infrastructure
u.s: spends most of the budget on wars
also u.s: china is the global threat to peace
And result: USA is more devolope then china 🤣
usa is greatest threat. seems like russia and china gonna kick em
@@shivakandi5817 just wait for few decades. see whats the situation and see of chinas. 800m above poverty... and all they did was.in span of.30 yrs. Idk why india wanna fight china lmfao
Last century belonged to America. This century will belong to China. China is more nimble and intellectually progressive which allows technology and science discoveries to happen faster. American companies ran to China in the 1990's in order to produce goods at a lower cost which benefited their shareholders who are the number 1 priority. Country is not number 1 to American companies. These companies were hoping to get access to the 1.4 billion Chinese market. In order to have a company in China, a Chinese company has to own 51%. Wonder how the technology transfer happened? Yes, China has stole technology just as America steals technology from other countries. Please do not be so blind. Oh, by the way China has been sending students to America and other G7 countries for decades. A great profit center for universities - foreign students. America educates them and gives them internships in American companies and since American immigration rules are tough, they go back to China and apply what they learned. I wonder what they would copy when interring in a technology company?
@@jamestimlin856 The US seems to be dying to me. I can't wait to see what amazing advances will come out of China in the coming century! The anti-chinese propaganda despite the overwhelming shittiness of the US is hypocritical and indicative of it's insecurity... and the desire of it's military-industrial complex to oppose the PRC's rapid growth into the status of world superpower. America serves capital for capital's sake, China sees capital as what it really is and should be: resources to make people's lives better. That's what true political legitimacy is. I wish the states would follow it's example but that would be evil socialism. That and the status quo is immensely profitable: shareholders care not for the long term future of the nation. State capitalism seems like a vastly superior alternative, if lifting 800 million people out of poverty is anything to go by.
Watching this in Germany while waiting on the train that should arrived 45 minutes ago...
@LafeiAr it's crazy how fast Poland caught up with Western Europe, I remember like 10 years ago I used to go to Poland as a kid and there were a lot of bad roads and rundown buildings, now everything looks nice and clean
Lol, at least you have the network
LoL
Watching this is the USA where high speed rail is considered “too socialist” and so I will have to continue risking my life on the traffic jammed interstates when I want to travel around the country
DB, I never saw them on time
I’m one of the engineers from China. Thanks for introducing the development of China’s high speed rail. Welcome all the friends come to China and experience HSR.
设计建造中国高铁的工程师们都是苦逼一族，一年四季大部分时间奔波于荒郊野外之间，这里我用中文向你致敬。哈哈哈哈哈哈
Great job!
Interesting. What do you do?
If you want to build something similar in Europe, we're not going to stop you
@@yikxdf991 Your politicians will😂😂
Can't help but to be in awe of the growth of a single country in such a short time
the government has alot to do with it. And its laughable the u.s wants to regime change china and install an western style liberal democracy
Overpopulation and huge labor helps 🚇🚅
@@tiestokygoericprydz3963 是的。印度没有人😂😂😂
@@tiestokygoericprydz3963 nonsense. There could be 100 billion people on earth easily. The fun hasn’t even begun. Funny how people who are all about science, never trust science to solve problems. Not so long ago, a billion people were too much according to some. Yet today with 8 billion people, the populations are better fed and enjoy higher living standards as ever. Where is the excitment about being able to explore new ways of living? Even on other planets? Our planet is not even a corn of dust in comparrison to the universe.
@@indigobaloon8091 good luck feeding them
No matter how discredited the western media, China has always moved forward
China spent 1 Trillion USD over 10-15 years building this network, that is 1/4th the cost of the Iraq War the US paid
Or half the stimulus they just sneezed out
@@dr94279 which they had to sneeze out because they couldnt afford 200 billion to shut down the country until corona was defeated lol, the US is a terribly inefficient country. It has so much potential, it's a shame to see it squandered.
@@Pizza_Rat Let us not see the present as the end and hope for the US to meet it's full potential.
@@WanderTheNomad i hope so
The cost of the Iraq War is just mind-blowing. It shocks me every time.
Very rare to see an English channel that does not use negative tone on Chinese content. Bravo.
Yes I agree. Some people act like it is breaking the law to make one positive comment about China.
If China takes over Hong Kong their life will change somewhat. Similar to the White Republicans taking the vote away from non-white people. You have some rights but they are not equal to the Whites. White Republicans fear the year 2037 when White Americans become a minority in America. The average Chinese person is way better off then the average American.
@@wandering2320 chinese people have done nothing wrong, but the government is a different story.
@@anselminos5238 I think it is difficult to objectively evaluate the good and evil of a government. In my opinion, they are all in different positions.
China is systematically abusing human rights, it is forcefully assimilating ethnicities and it promotes a corrupt regime that caused the greatest genocide in human history.
Do you like my tone now? You absolute tool!
Excellent video. I was in China in 1997, 2007 and 2017 and the difference is incredible. Every time I go back I'm amazed at the progress.
中国五年小变化，10年大变化
希望你还能再来一次，现在的中国跟2017年有很大的变化
A piece of news I just saw today. China's high-speed rail is losing money every year. This is a project that benefits the people. I am proud of it.
Until it goes under and is no longer funded (like most large scale modern Chinese projects)
Transportation always provides a lot of indirect incomes like tourism. Those who can't afford to live in cities can now find homes far away. But in the future, other countries can't afford to build high-speed rail because of the increased cost of commodities.
高铁要是盈利其实很快的，只是因为他不停投入建设新的高铁，所以支出会很大。
@@simonjaz1279 Before that, it provided convenience for people's travel, and that was enough.
@@hamusutaw no one said it wasn't good. But overdoing infrastructure is destroying them right now
The actual size of that network is insane,Id love to travel it one day.
Avicii
@ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀᴍᴜᴛᴇ _ what's so bad about that?
@ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀᴍᴜᴛᴇ _ whats wrong with going to China?
@@markolivajaae chinese - covid supplier
@@konnichiyawa1360 China has long had covid under control. instead, the US is the biggest covid supplier of the world as of now. look it up.
I am foreigner living in China, last time I checked, from Shanghai to Nanjing (300km away) there are 400 trains a day including more than 300 high-speed trains a day... counting only shanghai to nanjing, not including the nanjing to shanghai one... at some period0 of the day as many train depart as for a busy metro... every few minutes a train leave... they can handle it because they have many many tracks for people to board.
4 trains for every 15 minutes on average.
How much time will it take to reach your destination for 300kms?
@@goutam5052 most around 1-2 hours. depends on how many stations the train stops.
@@goutam5052 fastest train is 1h, many trains are 1:20-30 as they stop at a few stations on the way, some are 2h as they stop at more stations... some train take more time but they are not high speed trains.
A foreigner with a Chinese name? 🤔 Destiny lol
It's not just the high speed rail, but the sprawling subway system that they built in every city that you connect to once you get there.
several cities' metro systems are connected now.
One thing I learned about their high-speed trains brings is the ease of online purchase, for everything. They could buy some unique fruits from a local farm down in southern China, Guangdong, or western China, Xinjiang, and have them by their door in Beijing within 3 days. In Canada, the best Ubereat can bring to my door are whatever fruits available in Walmart down the street.
Canada post can bring my fruits in under a year! Super efficient!
中国的物流企业京东，已经在向b2b模式发展了，到时候全是人工智能机器人送货😏
This is the thing I miss the most about living in China. You can get almost any specialty fruit/food from any where in China.
All the Chinese high speed train I have seen are for passengers - not freight
Beijing to Shanghai
🚗 by car: 2 days (stop in Nanjing in between)
🚄 by train: 4 hours
You leave in the early morning, then u can meet ur client at lunch, visit his firm in the afternoon, take the train around 5pm, back to Beijing around 10pm, drink some whiskey and have a good rest🍷
Vivid! 有画面了，LOL
@DuncanW good idea, but I’m not good at horseback riding, so i can’t figure out how long that’d take
What's so mind boggling about this is that the equivalent distance in the US would be Chicago to NYC in four hours. Absolutely stunning and really admirable the progress China has made with their rail line in such a short time.
@@bowmitt15 That’s a smart comparison, thanks, good to know👍
@@realaubreyliu cheers~🍷😊
My family is in Nanjing and I'm working in Shanghai, 300KM in between. I go back and forth every week by high speed train. If I want, I can go back and forth everyday! There are lots of people like me who live in one city and work in another city. Thanks to the high speed trains that make it possible!
@gedeyom gıyamete hamıneya an hour
@@leorvan782 Wow... That's how long after school busses take for some kids in the US...
@@angeliquewu8318one hour is the time from shanghai railway station to nanjing station. BUT often needs more than one hour to station from home. so ...
南京哪里的？我在栖霞，哈哈哈哈
@@hsl6495 得了， 300km 一小时，隔这还得直升机送你到家门口是不？
I m really impressed how this country started a new life since 1949 and in such a short period of time since then they become From a poor and humiliated country To a Great superpower.
Amazing.
Thanks, but looking back its 5000 years history, it is always a great nation with a lot of smart people. Falling behind is not normal for China, the last 200 years is the lowest point it can go in history. That is why it is called "The Middle Kingdom".
just do it
Because the Chinese government is wholeheartedly committed to improving people's lives, not making trouble everywhere！
Just mean regression, that’s all. China had always been a superpower up until the late Ming / early Qing dynasty.
@@sambou2596 superpower in a pre-industrial society is bullshit.
I was fortunate enough to experience Shanghai-Suzhuo-Hangzhou HSR before the pandemic and I am glad to say, its one of the best and memorable experience I ever had in my travels..
not SuZhuo, but SuZhou.
苏州
@@chaofengchen5862 拼半天没拼出来www
It's Suzhou,mate.
Oh isn’t it great a country where you lack basic freedoms.
I laughed out loud when he said the line in California was going to be done in 2029.
How can the US lead the high-speed rail, spending how many billions ahead of China? How could it be. I laughed seeing the US minister, Pete, who wanted to get ahead of China, the talk of politicians in the US is just nonsense.
First, fix the bureaucracy of corruption in infrastructure projects. Paying high taxes still has potholes.
Meanwhile in the US, we are still debating politics like a child. Like an endless fool.
US never finishes projects on time because of politics, In China you don't have that backlash it just happens and the end result is incredible, + increased economy and increased tourism, USA would never beat Chinese infrastructure or even European infrastructure and most of Europe's buildings are over 300 years old how depressing for USA
Really man. Indonesia gotta finish in 2549. 700km train rides done in 11h here
Frankly, the demand for US passenger rail just isn't there. Most people would rather just fly over the large distances, and drive/take bus for shorter ones. These grandiose projects in China wouldn't really scale or make sense in a lot of other countries - even there it's largely a loss-taking enterprise, as the video states.
@@Pheer777 you can’t only offer slow rail at high prices and then when people choose to fly say “demand isn’t there.” That’s not true at all, especially in the northeast corridor where rail is demonstrably better than flying for most journeys, even with the current rail speeds. There are plenty of corridors where high speed rail makes a great deal of sense in the “too long to drive, too short to fly” city pairs.
The video the railfans have been waiting for
Oh god, please separate "rail" and "fans". I was thinking of Onlyfans when I read that
@@WanderTheNomad 🤣🤣🤣
@@WanderTheNomad - If you were a real train fan? you'd definitely sign up to the flying scotsman's Onlyfans ;)
@@JohnnyWednesday hear hear
Try Railway Explained.
Almost all high-speed railways operate at a loss, and no government is willing to pay for it. Only the Chinese government has done it, and the high-speed railway has greatly improved the economy and travel of the Chinese people.
@HAN HAN that's why a mixed economy will always outperform a fully capitalist and a fully socialist one
People wants to make money and have better lives, their incentive to work is improve their lives.
Countries for long-term prosperity need more than just people making money.
Socialism will always hurt people incentives, capitalism will always hurt long term gains in exchange of today's ones.
然而高铁这个行业可以获得非常丰厚的利润
中国政府之所以能够把高铁运营得那么好是因为有足够的资金，并且中国也是世界第二大经济体(*'▽'*)
Some segments such as the one between Beijing and Shanghai make good profits, although overall HSR system is running on red for years..
Shhh. You are not supposed to say it. The ministry of truth is watching. Just remember that the emperor is wearing awesome clothes!
In almost every city even county(the second smallest administrative area unit), you can take the high-speed rail to every large city in China, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. You can even take the high-speed rail to Hong Kong from mainland. The most amazing thing is that the departure and arrival time is precise to every minute on the ticket which you can access from your phone, you can know what time you will arrive a week before you go.
inscrutable
说的没错，我老家的县城就有高铁站，我们国家的高铁很少有晚点延误的情况，除非遇到自然天气灾害，我不太理解国外的交通水平为什么跟我们中国相差这么大，我感觉国家政府的存在就是为了人民服务，所以我们人民现在都特别爱国，我很庆幸生在中国！
One of the few things faster than a Chinese high speed train is me clicking on this video
真会拍楼主的马屁
哈哈！笑死个人
@@user-nu3gj9zg9s you're welcome :)
🤣
Love it !!!
As a Westerner who has lived in China for 9 years I am impressed how right you got the story of China's High Speed Rail Network in spite of being based so far away in the UK. You did great research and structured this well.
Is it good to live there
Wages house prices etc
Do you feel welcomed
I feel the west is vastly lagging
@@-M0LE we like friends from the world with their friendship. Welcome to china if you like it. But the visa is not easy to get...
@@-M0LE I don't think China's wages are anywhere close to reaching parity with western countries. But, you can live very well if you have a job that is high in demand and that locals are not competing for. And once you're settled, I think you would have a good time in China regardless. It's not for everybody, but there is so much potential and adventure to be had.
@@canto_v12 hi thanks for detailed reply. Yes but in the west in the uk for driving a bus full of peoples lives I still get paid less than some shop workers
370 uk Sterling a week is low
I would love to try China or somewhere it’s boring spending your whole life in one area of the world what’s waste of life
外国人买高铁票不是比较不方便吗？需要在火车站买票，不能在app购买？
Every time when I went China for a vacation, I always like to take high-speed trains just for fun and experience even I don't have a plan to go to another city.
Lol that's good 😍
Still remember when I was working in Shanghai for a few days and we took the train system to hangzhou and other places, it was super convenient is compared to flying. Really remarkable.
欢迎你来中国再来杭州
@@svj333 还不赖，下次肯定会回去。
As a Chinese living oversea, it's really rear to see an English speaking youtuber talking about China in such an unbiased lines and tone. Thanks for being truthful! I've subscribed and very looking forward to explore your videos more!
China is good at infrastructure, it is true, but so are a lot of the more negative sentiments that you would rather not believe
@@timjones2329 Like mobs in Capitol Hill, or Floyd killed by police, or 580,000 dead in covid, or children seized by immigration officers, or women lost their wombs in forced Sterilizations or Asians attacked all around U.S.? And ALL these happened within ONE year. Yep, I would rather not believe.
@@timjones2329 lmao can americans go one day without regurgitating western propaganda, it's almost a religion at this point
@@timjones2329 No countries are perfect. Yes, China still faces many challenges. But its government is working on improving the lives of its own people, not like the government of the USA. It is working hard to subvert other governments. Do you know that in the 2020, the us congress passed over 50 bills concerning China? It worries more about China's problems than its own problems.
@@timjones2329 As soon as I came to Canada, lots of anti-China news jump to me, so I became anti-China too, and believed CCP is evil. Now 8 years passed. I compare news from different resources to just realize how ridiculously wrong those news was. I don’t blame you for trusting what they said in news, but go see China yourself when you really interested in this country, I believe you will have different answer.
Here in Indonesia is waiting for the first HSR in Southeast Asia, will be operational 2022, built by China. Thanks 🇨🇳❤️🇮🇩
hi
Be careful who you accept gifts from.
indonesia belong to india💪🇮🇳🚩#INDIAN PRIDE
whole world belong to indian empire
@@onlinemathquiz3621 Haan! Jai Hindustan zindabad!
The high speed trains in china are fantastic and easy to use -even for foreigners. I travelled between Chengdhu and Chongqing. Effortless. Clean and fast. The business class section is the best I have ever seen and I live in Japan. Prices are also very reasonable. Good report
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You guys need to know a Chinese university Southwest Jiaotong University when it comes to talking about the Chinese high-speed railway. It is known as “the Cradle for the Chinese Railway Engineers” and “Oriental Cornell”. And it has many famous engineers who built amazing infrastructures such as bridges, high-speed railways, modern subways, and highways.
I grew up during the high speed rail boom. The travel experience improvement is like going from 10 hours of torture to 2 hours of relaxation
Great for you man.
Wt happens to low speed network, it still operates?
@@RK-bj8ho Depends, majority of the slow trains still operate. Usually the high speed networks is built on different lines (isolated) to the slow trains. They do go to the same stations though.
@@Jason-wp2nq Probably those slow trains has numerous stops that are close to each other, more of to serve passengers within cities and close towns. Those high speed rails are more to connect distant cities and will have far fewer stops.
@@rap3208 That sounds reasonable. Thanks!
The Chinese network is simply unbeatable, travelling around China by rail is so easy, even for a foreigner like myself. Can be quicker and cheaper than flights, and in good comfort.
Bet you would have loved the Nazi built autobahns as well.
@@xr6lad Wtf are you talking about?
@@xr6lad congratulations on winning the stupidest comment of the day award. Enjoy your victory. 👍
its def not faster than flying lol
@@klerb342 it does if you factor in the travel time to/from the airports and the waiting time at the airport.
Actually been on the Beijing Guangzhou line and economy class feels like a first-class ticket compared to the bs Amtrack offers lmao. It was fast, reliable, affordable, and really quiet. ALSO the food was pretty freaking good compared to the dog food amtrack serves.
If your talking about amtraks old acela then yes your right, however the long distance lines have really nice interiors something the acela needs.
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You probably were eating a dog.
@@AsukaLangleyS02 woah dude I'm American I just appreciate the transport system my guy
@@AsukaLangleyS02 every country has done some shitty stuff we shouldn't forget but like yo I'm just talking about a train system u don't need to bring politics and shit into everything
I've had a chance to travel with Chinese high speed railroad. It is comfortable, fast and cheap way of travel. Funny thing is that going 300km/h in a Chinese train feels more comfortable and safer than going 140km/h by train in my country. xD
you can lift up a coin in the Chinese HSR while it running at the speed of 300KMPH
You should create infrastructure ranking of countries and also what are they doing to improve? if they're doing
Nice idea!
that would be an amazing video for sure
@@TheB1M *Google Coin stand Test: Balance Swedish Coin on a 350Kmh Chinese Bullet Train*
US: 195
You should do a video on how the great "Chinese engineers" steal intellectual property from the rest of the world.
Yes, this is indeed extremely convenient for us. Whenever I travel in China now I take the high-speed railway. There are a couple of other important things to mention.
1. The train almost always arrives exactly on time. If your train departures at 1:58, they usually start opening the gate and check tickets at 1:53 - 1:55. Hundreds to thousands of people would quickly pass the gate, go downstairs, and get on the train within 3 - 5 minutes. Then the train leaves exactly at 1:58. So compare to the airport, it is so much faster. You can arrive at the train station 20 minutes before it departs.
2. Purchasing tickets is now much more convenient. You simply download an app, connect your citizen ID to it, and can purchase or adjust tickets at any time. When you go to the train station, you only swipe your ID card, no additional tickets.
3. There has been only one major accident on the high-speed railway, which was in 2011. 40 people died and speed was limited to something like below 300km/h. In recent years they started to lift the speed regulations and trains are faster now.
4. It is also important to point out that only about half of the trains on the high-speed railway are actually high speed. For example, Beijing to Shanghai, 32 trains a day. 5 of them take 12 hours while others take 4-5 hours. Between smaller cities, the ratio is much higher. If the train number starts with Z or K, it is a slow train (120-160km / h on average). Train number starts with D or G means a fast train (200-300km/h on average)
5. The environment is very clean since it is not been built for very long. The ride is also very stable. I think there are a lot of experiment videos online of people putting an egg or a cup full of water on the train's window and nothing happens after hours.
@Yong Zhou Well, it's half true. I did mention that they are slow. I am pretty sure that they share the same routes and stations tho. I take them like every week.
@Yong Zhou D will share some routes of slow trains, after the rails get upgraded.
K,Z,T and numbers only lines are actually just regular trains. While the D and G trains are high speed lines, with Ds being capped at 200/250 kph and Gs capped at 300/350 kph
how about a foreigner ? can they use passport for the app? or they need to buy tickets manually?
@@maruf2050 I think they would have to go to the window to purchase manually. The APP only reads Chinese citizenship ID. Since nobody really purchase tickets at windows anyways, they won't have to wait for long.
A Chinese slang: To be rich, first build roads
不是少生娃多种树吗？
I've been on China's high speed rail a few times, and I am very jealous of the infrastructure that exists there. It's amazing what China's accomplished with their infrastructure.
"The chance of the US overtaking China by building 70001km of track in the next two decades feels remote." 😂 That's being generous.
Agreed. In Houston a rail line was ripped and replaced with a 26 lane road. Still sit in traffic for hours. Some folks need to get a clue.
Impossible in this country with all the hurdles. We're done unless we become a dictatorship and make it a primary objective to build this stuff out.
@@mambamentality5875 US needs a strong government but strong government doesn't necessary means dictatorship, look at Israel.
Overly generous, the USA need some reform in its bureaucracy before they can even compete with Asia(excluding China and Japan) themselves.
lol most american cities can barely pave their potholes lmao
China is doing great . Astonishing growth in such a short time .
Love from India 🇮🇳❤️
Love from china too 🇨🇳♥️
Well they sure have great things going on if only we could have better cooperation if they had democracy 🤔
谢谢夸奖中国
Hope India will follow the same path of economic growth !
@@vatsaakhil We always want what we don't have. You know the saying "the grass is always greener on the other side"?
The production quality of this channels videos is simply amazing. I have been a fan for several years now and as far as I can recall, I've never watched a video that felt in any way "cheap" - like you'd sometimes expect from a TH-cam video
Am a young engineer and I just came across this channel! Definitely subscribing and gonna binge watch your videos!
*Somehow the B1M manages to be both ageless and continues to get better..*
Thanks for the good high-quality research and objective work there.
Thankful that this is a peaceful video for overall harmony.
I hope they can continue with helping other countries develop too,
while improving overall too. God Bless 🔔 😇✨
God can be your good friend China.
With God, the country can be made better overall, and peoples’ lives improve further.
We only have to look at the positive contributions Christianity has had on
human civilization, peoples & their families in our history.
Please allow for more church autonomy, and we will see miracles together,
as we see that what we are after (salvation of souls through love and righteousness-goodness) does not challenge your claim to leadership, but also supports the same end-goal of peoples’ & overall well-being.
Let us have more discretion, and God will allow your country to be more stable, peaceful-harmonious, and unified into the long-run, for everyone’s contentment.
Take Care 👼🌻❤🌿💫
@@-HolySpiritDove- You have a good faith
@@ddss7726 Thanks. Many have seen miracles through faith before! 🙏✨💫
@@ddss7726 Compare 1930s Nazi Germany vs 2020s Communist China in your next video!! Such as 30s Autobahn vs 20s High-Speed Rail!!!
It's very hard to understand how convenient and efficient Chinese high speed railway network is without actually experiencing it. Currently I live in a tier-4 city in central China and work in a university there. Every Thursday I take high speed train to a tier-5 city which is about 140 km away from my city. It takes 31 minutes to get there. And there are five shifts of trains going my way from 7:10 am to 9:00 am, so it's quite easy to make a plan which may fit my timetable well. I can't imagine that I'll be able to teach in a different university in a different city from 10 am to 3 pm (with lunch break) Without high speed rail when I get up as usual in my city every Thursday morning. And I'll be home on time for supper as if I've just finished a day's work in my city. Of course, one can always drive such a distance to work, which I'm afraid, would have already worn me out before I get to the students. I definitely will not accept this kind of extra work without efficient high speed rail. I really enjoy it when I can go out of the city temporarily to ride with the beautiful scenery along the rail and take in the fresh spring which is in full bloom everywhere on the road.
It’s a breathtaking development. How sweet the government is . How hard worker the ppl are ..
Loved and respect ✊ always there ..
Lots of love from neighborhood kathmandu Nepal 🇳🇵
Thank for upload this one!
High speed rail is honestly one of my favorite elements of modern China. It is so efficient to travel between cities, and the ride to a nearby city is most likely shorter than my sad subway commute to work.
I still remember taking the dirty old train with overnight bunk beds when I was younger. It was such a surprise when the high speed train was first introduced.
从普通绿皮车一跃升级到高铁，简直就是鸟枪换炮！
What about the Chinese expressway network? It’s now double the American interstate mileage, and super smooth, not even cracks, let alone potholes...
@@junizhao tbh i think the American highway system is better, at least currently. There are literally well paved roads that go to all corners of the country and America is heavily car focused. Chinese roads start to suck when you get further away from the large cities, that's been my experience traveling. (Most recently I was in Guangxi 2yrs ago and I just can't praise the road condition.) US roads do need repair in the busiest sectors but they've also been around much longer.
@@yukie_tn things are different now. American roads are crumbling. Some areas are like war zone, cracks and potholes are all over the place. Chinese local roads are not as extensive as that of the US, but the super highways are way better, and double the mileage of the interstate system. I double you were in China 2 years ago, it would be true 7-8 years ago though....
@@junizhao unless my very basic math is wrong, 2019 is 2 years ago. It's stupid if you think I'm lying and why would I make that up anyway. I'm the one who should be doubtful of how much things have improved in 2 years. I'm not denying the major highways are there, but if we're assessing the whole network you need to consider everything. And to me, having to deal with some potholes and uneven roads > dealing with unpaved roads.
I’ve lived in China since 2015, and I’m always impressed by how efficient the entire railway system works. Travelling between cities or within cities is really easy, safe and affordable in China and it’s one of my favourite aspects about this country.
It’s hard to appreciate the true scale and might of China unless you visit and spend time travelling within the country.
isnt youtube blocked in china?
@@Justin-xs6im SOMETHING called VPN xP
That's what dictatorships are often known for - making the trains run on time.
@@ylette
That is why Japan, Germany, are also advanced in Train technique.
@@chaopang2920 so true. nowadays in germany, trains always NOT on time.
B1M what an epic unbiased content,you deserve all the subscriber you can get
Good one, thoroughly enjoyable. Big thumbs up!
China itself is unstoppable when it comes to growth and development, I always admire their quick development . I am living in China since 2013 and every day I find something new to love China more and more. It’s a beautiful country . I hope my country Bangladesh can learn something from China.
@Daud Khan Bangladesh itself is based on extremism and idea of two nation theory else it should not exist
@Daud Khan actually in the positive side Bangladesh is growing not bad, people are willing to have few children now , main problem is lack of talent and education. Bangladesh have to learn how to keep talent in Bangladesh and how to use them properly with good facilities. Extremism will reduce when education rate increase .
@@bhanupratap1063 India is the most extremist country in whole south Asia where hindu extremists party ruling the country. If British didn’t come India maybe didn’t exist.
@@Takealookat123 You are right. Only by learning scientific knowledge and working skills can the people and the country, including the nation, be prosperous and strong. I'd like to say sorry to my brothers in Bangladesh first. I'm Chinese. There is no God and God in our Chinese education. We educate our people to rely on our own hands and learn scientific knowledge to improve their life. Because we used to believe in some gods and Buddhists, but we didn't have any power to help when our country and nation were attacked and injured by others, It's up to our own people to sacrifice their lives
@@paddyotterness Technology for market do you understand? You have the technology to trade for my market. This is the condition that China opens up to you. You can not come. No one forces you to do business in China.
I've ridden the trains, they are clean, affordable and fast. It's like going to a metro station, except your next stop is another city.
WOW WHUT??
@@rylangston lol why r ya suprised?
That's just how Chinese trains are
@@duck4259 i've been on a green chinese train. people shit all over da place
obviously, you are a liar.
@Ryan C
here in Indonesia we are laying HSR track , join coorporation with China HSR.
soon this will be the first HSR line in SE Asia.
I've been travel with HSR in Japan, Spain, Germany , China .... I can say the Chinese are doing a very good job with HSR ..
Indonesia is smart work with China look at Japanese in India for high speed rail. It was a disaster
08年奥运会时，我记得当时很羡慕北京和天津，因为他们之间有高铁。几年前我家门口也有了
"this means foregoing making any profits on the lines constructed. Instead, china sees the social and economic impact as more valuable" I think this is the proper mindset for infrastructure: that it isn't made to repay itself, but rather to improve the country
This is the attitude we (US) had when building the interstate highway system. Odd that no one seems to mind when freeways don't turn a profit.
Yep, improve the country, improve economic prospects, reduce individual expenses. (unlocking higher quality of life per dollar earned) Pre-COVID I talked to someone that wanted to go to a school reunion... but didn't because of the $2600 in flights/hotels to get across the country. Some of these cross-country train tickets in China cost $100. Even with China's income being an average of 1/4th, that's an income comparable $400 trip across the country. Those $2200 saved would be spent in some other manner, boosting GDP and unlocking higher quality of life for both the person that saved it, and whoever they choose to spend it with in the future.
The proper way to do infrastructure is definitely to keep dropping prices until it goes a smidge negative on profit, as then the most people will be utilising it, so you get maximum efficiency and maximum GDP/lifestyle impact.
@@hanfresco Makes you wonder why it changed. Seems a bit chicken and egg thing between the financialization of capital and the trend away from investment in infrastructure. Did stonks come first or did hatred for your fellow countrymen come first in the US? I can't tell.
@@hanfresco
It's difficult in usa with political infighting, people who live in cities wanted it, but rural folks don't. In the end, politician have to make decision based on vote.
As for freeway, it was agreed by all for many reasons, one of it was timing.
Cost-benefit analysis should not be conducted on the infrastructure alone (then the infrastructure itself might incur a financial loss), but on a wider scale of the society and projected into the future -- the improved economy and resulting tax income, etc. However, private companies are never willing to do the investment as they always do the cost-benefit analysis purely on the project alone.
My experience with HSR back in the days when working in China was amazing. It enabled me to meet my client 300km away and back home on the same day. As The B1M pointed out correctly, 'the social and wider economical impact' of HSR is more valuable than making profit. The rest of the world shall learn from it.
china is a model to the world , democracy is a system of corruption . comparing India and china , china is developing very fast and no corruption, no waste of money in elections ,no drug problem etc... mean while India is treating covid 19 with cows urine.............
@@sajiktm China is actually usually ranked much worse than most democracies in terms of corruption, the thing is that China just can do more with less due to the overall lower cost of labour and stuff i general, not to mention the power of the Chinese government itself and corruption happens more out of sight/internally.
Of the top 20 least corrupt countries in the world, only 5 are non-European, China isn't even in the top 100.
As for drugs and alcohol use, China indeed doesn't do bad, though the difference isn't that large compared to for example western Europe. Most Western European countries are between 2-3% of their population, China just shy of 2%. Though there are several developed countries above 3,5% (Canada, Australia, ...) or even above 5% (US, Russia, ...)
@@MDP1702 I suppose your data is not accurate. Can you tell me the source?
most nations would be uncapable of doing this because the operating cost must be covered and china can move money from one place to other. I'm peruvian and this would help a lot but because we have a small population the losses per year would be in the end much higher than the initial cost of the project
The issue from what I see in Australia is that infrastructure seem to be running by accountants and not true visionaries. Benefits are more than just black and white profits and losses. I think the Chinese planners understands this very well.
Thank you for this educational video. Keep posing more.
Great video and information. Thank you!
they did all this in about 13 years....... meanwhile it's been 3 years, and the pothole outside my house in CA is still there...
I don't understand why most people are satirizing the US, I think the whole world should hate China, why
@@user-st6tk1cb8o as someone who is stationed in Korea, why should we hate China?
And it's true, the pothole is not a lie. I have nothing to gain over that as a lie. But it stems that the US clearly has more pressing matters, EVEN THOUGH it is a car country. The US does not take care of its roads.
@@DudetaketheBus I thought people around the world would hate China because of media guidance and covid-19😂
@@user-st6tk1cb8o everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I will listen to my leaders if it ever came down to it... but no, I can't hate China.
If anything, hate the politicians who run it (that would be more understandable). I've met some awesome Chinese people out here, and when I was in Japan. Asians in general (out of experience, Korean, Japanese, and filipinos) are people who have much more ambition than Americans, so yes hate them that they can do more with less (minus China of course).
And I steer clear of the media, and when I do listen to anything, its off TH-cam. And before I formulate my own opinions, I do a little research and decide for myself which side I would take. I can not stand people who take everything at face value.
And COVID? WTF? LOL. Blame them if you want, absolutely hate them. But if that's the case, blame yourself (not you in particular, but to anyone who hates them for that reason), and anyone else who didn't heed the warnings and respected one another enough to social distance and all that other crap. China has been out of Quarantine for quite some time now, but the US is still in it?
Says a lot don't it?
@@DudetaketheBus You are a person who is good at independent thinking. I thought there were not many people like this before. People tend to follow the guidance of the media instead of exploring the correct opinions on their own. In fact, there are a large number of people who are biased against China for this reason, right?
I still remember one scene from old documentaries: Comm Leaders visited Japan and was astonished by their high speed trains. It is said the chief technician saw this scene in his youth and set up his goal to make HSR happen
It was Dengxiaoping visited Japan. The host asked his thought on Sinkansen while the rail trip, he replied: this thing is marvelous, it urge we the Chinese to catch up faster.
@W Lin But in many places China needs progress, and China is still a developing country. We will return to the top of the world.
@@user-ig8ox2ih5r keep that humility and there will be no one stopping China and the Chinese people from reaching the top.
@@user-ig8ox2ih5r Love from India brother . hope so my people learn something from China. It will take atleast 60 years for us to catch up the development of China.❤
@@Yalla_Habibi_Cat1 India has huge potential to grow so much faster than it is now, would love to see a strong india and strong china working together rather than fighting each other
Very informative and I congratulate you on your research to make this video possible.
"There are high speed rail networks around the world - but then, there is THE high speed rail network in China".💕
I LOVE THAT.
From my hometown to my college, it used to take 7 hours driving, or 13 hours train. Now it is 3 hours train. Just onboard, watch a movie or take a nap or enjoy a meal, and you arrive!
Still insane long! 3 hours just to go to college damn.
@@derkhaslol that's pretty normal if you don't go to college in your own state lol
@@derkhaslol Even dringing from DC to NYC takes 5 hours and $30 toll.
People living in smaller cities around the mega cities would normally spend 2+ hours to drive into the mega cities in China. It makes it almost impossible to commute. Now, with affordable ticket of High speed rail, those people can do that trip with 20-30 minutes train ride into the centre of those mega cities. Economic impact is impressive for the greater area.
In some smaller cities of China we are still working on developing more efficient subway systems...But things are hard at first, and all will be better lol
20-30 min to mega city
then 120-130 min to its center😂
@@HAITAIIO take the subway which usually is in the same station for mega cities.
in brazil a lot of people spend 2 hours to go to work and to come back from work everyday because since 50s we've been prioritizing the earning of big companies over the needs of the people
@@HAITAIIO you are wrong, I used to work at Zhongguancun Software Park and took High speed train to travel between Beijing and Shanghai every week between 2012 and 2013. It took me about 1 hour 15 min from Zhongguancun Software Park to South station (30 km). And in Shanghai I lived in Pudong， about 30 km from Hongqiao Station, it took me about 1hour 15 min to get home.
China's investment in high-speed railway is about two trillion US dollars, which is about the same as that of the United States in the war in Afghanistan.
And now China (Cooperation with Indonesia) is building High speed train In Indonesia. It will be opened in 2022. China is an amazing country right now.
China never ceases to amaze the World, B1M never ceases to produce good quality videos! Much love from Nigeria.
It’s easy to do crazy things like that when you have no respect for human rights or democracy. If the us wanted to go full authoritarian, then it could build double what China has
@@ilikelebronjames6426 How is building railway network has anything to do with abusing human right? Were they using slaves like us?
@@ilikelebronjames6426 If the US govt. went full authoritarian you'd get a civil war. It takes more than just authoritarianism to make this much progress within a generation.
@@ilikelebronjames6426 if you’re jealous just say that
@@ilikelebronjames6426 lmao if you think anyone from america has any fucking standing to talk about "human rights". we have done more to prop up dictators and murderous regimes in this world than any other nation since WW2
China :- More than 35000 km of High Speed Railway lines built in 20 years.
India in 2029 :- The Mumbai Ahemdabad bullet train project and Nashik Pune Semi High Speed Railway project are delayed by another 5 years.
The maha govt is intentionally delaying the project due to political issues with the centre
All thanks to b@sterd congress and shiv sena
I think Delhi Varanasi High speed rail project will be finished first. As I can see land acquisition in Maharashtra is quite difficult
Lmaoo
@@ishaanchaudhry7275
Aditya kishor has mentioned the reason.
Just be rational mahn...
You should understand that our country has limited resources along with corruption.
要致富，先修路(基础建设)真的是太正确了。举两个例子。作为一个国内和加拿大都有生意的small business owner，我从温哥华发多伦多小件物流最快的物流时间是3 business days，需要花费78加元；而中国的除偏远地区的全国物流基本上都是2天送达，每单物流费用只需要3块5毛钱人民币。另外，加拿大一个10G流量的4g手机费和1000兆网宽的月费用在170加币。而在国内15g流量的5g手机费和千兆网宽的月费只要50多人民币。做生意成本真的低好多，经济活动也明显更有活力。
查了下，B1M用的关于国内城市人口的数据还是十多年前的（和六普的数据差不太多），看了眼最新央视统计（基于七普），不查不知道，一查吓一跳。。。卧槽，国内有总共91个城市如今已经跨过了五百万人口大关= =这确实光靠公路和飞机这种主流西方交通模式根本撑不起这个人口规模的市场和流动（也许等我们二三十年后步入发达国家的门槛，可能会重新定义什么是发达国家吧？），发展高铁也是必然，甚至现在高铁发展只能算勉强跟上了城市化的步伐，因为疫情留学滞留国外快两年了，看抖音老家变得我都快认不得了= =
Your channel is one of the most unbiased and fairest in reporting achievements in china. Keep up with your good work.
Thank you for not using BBC filter on China😂😂
No thanking, because of lacking Taipei line in 2035's plan.👀
BBC also use yellow filter in India.
@@_Meng_Lan bbc did a documentary on Wuhan post epidemic. While the city itself is very much back on its feet, (thats where i live, so i kinda know for sure) BBC team decided its a good idea to manipulate the color and effect that sorta stuff, to make it feel like you are visting silent hill.
BBC fake news channel
@@ShahanshahShahin they never kind to Asians
Im obsessed with The B1m
Thank you so much!!
@@TheB1M *Google Coin stand Test: Balance Swedish Coin on a 350Kmh Chinese Bullet Train*
Me too!
Hey I know you from power train 🔥🔥🔥
@@shaikshafi1284 you're gonna see me here too😉
the traffic circle is simply AMAZING!!!! 6:08
Beautiful channel, keep this up
I visited China in August 2017, and so I was watching this video occasionally saying: "Been there!", "Recognise that!", "I remember!".
hope that trip fun for ya
China changed a lot since then. You need to get yourself updated constantly.
always travel back!
I’m from CNN , it’s not true ,China still very poor
Welcome to visit after the pandemic
This makes me homesick for China- I lived there for 10 years- I remember the HSR opening in Baoji 2006 to huge fanfare in the city, and I cannot believe they've got one all the way out to Xigatse in Tibet now! and my monthly trips on the HSR from Guangzhou Sth to Hong Kong.....ahhhhh, the memories
sounds a lot of travels
Come back visit lol things change a lot every couple of years
@@paperflexing3751 no money :(
@John Buffalo I am 98 bro don’t use anything from China, I dare u
Maybe you can make new memories in an Uyghur camp. A million Uyghurs are homesick too. Such a nice country!
Very interesting. Thank you
Chinese built the 20,000 KM great wall few thousand years ago , with hands . It's not surprised to me they could build the High speed rail in modern days in few years
With german licensed train technology. All china high speed train are joint venture between german company and china state owned company
@@fadli_1577 Then why don't we see Germany build more high speed train than China?
@@user-gh9hg2pn4s "democracy" and "environmentalists" in Germany make every project cancelled. Even an airport in berlin need more than 20 years just to make everyone agree on the project
@@fadli_1577 Yes, yes, yes, you always have excuse and jealous of others achievements.
its also very big debt for China. Its 3x worse then evergrande
This must be the best videos about Chines rail networks. Comprehensive, detailed, clear, unbiased, and open minded analysis. Keep up the good work!!
of course its the best, there is no critique whatsoever. china always loves good press that behaves.
I still remember in 2009-2012 when their HSR boom was beginning, our media were acting like clowns saying all types of dumb things about this endeavour, using the same language we use now, saying it is some evil play to control its population and what not.
No one is laughing now I suppose.
@@RCP-1136 tbh what exactly can you criticise though.
@@VaioletteWestover hello there, may I ask you something regarding the speed of the HSR development?
@@webdev8284 I don't actually know that much about future plans at all but I'd be happy to answer if I am able to!
Not an engineer myself, I feel like one in watching the show explaining technical details.
Compare 1930s Nazi Germany vs 2020s Communist China in your next video!! Such as 30s Autobahn vs 20s High-Speed Rail!!!
@@matpk so jelly😂😂😂
BM1 is about infrastructure, not politic
@@matpk I like your thought process:
"Hitler is Nazi
Hitler built infrastructure
China built infrastructure
Therefore China is Nazi"
Lol 🤣 /s
@@matpk the autobahn was conceived under the weimar republic
Honestly, you’ve gotta admit no matter where your political views on China lie, this is absolutely remarkable. I have countless issues with China, but facts are facts and this is truly incredible.
Countless issues with a country you've probably never been to
You don't have to visit a place to know a lot about what it's government does. You visit a place to meet the people and learn about the culture and customs to give you a broader perspective about another society.
Also this wasn't the point of what I said at all, the point was how impressive their infrastructure is despite other areas I disagree with lol. As a Civil Engineer I think it's absolutely astounding and commendable.
@@Dan-pd9ys
Given the amount of propaganda and false images that circulate in western media, I'd say, yes, it is absolutely necessary to visit the place in order to confirm whether the foreign western media reports are true. I can say this with certainty because numerous times I've visited such places that are villainized or put down in western media but turn out to be quite the opposite in real life experience.
It's better not to trust any media's view on foreign countries because, more often than not, it is false, especially if the other country is at odds with the media's country.
You can take the content of this very video as an example. You'll find this type of content on the internet from independent or foreign sources but one place you'll never find it is in mainstream western media (because it contradicts their narrative of 'bad China').
@@KatariaGujjar i can only aggree with you. Visited China aswell 3 times already (4th time needs to be scrapped due to covid sight..) Our medias are making so much stuff up and even more believe that stuff even when the MSM says "allegdedly" but NEVER shows any evidence. Since trumpet was in charge the propaganda skyrocketed. everywhere i look its there. in 2 years ill move to china for work and i can stay there if i want, kinda glad that i got this offer because im SICK of the western world.
@@KatariaGujjar To be fair while I know well about China and actually loved China, but I would still have some issues with it because of difference in principles. Well, mainly regarding to the censorship anyway. It gets really annoying when using their site.
Thank you for sharing.
I've been living in China since 2013(Nanjing and Shanghai). Travelling around China is so easy and convenient. The high-speed train system is absolutely amazing and makes travelling so affordable. The Maglev in Shanghai gets you to Pudong airport in 8 minutes. A journey that can take about an hour plus by by car/subway depending where you're travelling from in Shanghai. THere are plans for another Maglev too. Besides the HSR, Shanghai for example, has expanded its local subway system extensively in the 8 years I've been here. It is crazy! but very welcome. Just yesterday my friends and I took subway line 16 to the outskirts of Shanghai. Took about an hour, but cost next to nothing. The government's plan is to connect large economic zones with smaller ones, thus boosting the countries overall economy. And so far, it is working very well!
USA has old, neglected, outdated, decaying and crumbling infrastructure. USA is a joke. USA looks like one big RUST BUCKET.
I always thought the Japanese train systems were the best in the world, until I visited China. It's insane how quickly they have grown and built infrastructure
The western world have been very generous to praise Japan, but the reality, China is much better than Japan . Most of Chinese have bigger house , much happier than a average Japanese. A lot of Japanese moved to China recent years
@@weizhang2834 Until the late 80s, Japan was phenomenal. Keynesian economics ruined its potential. China might repeat the same mistake in the future.
@@JK-gu3tl Don't you know that China has always been Keynesian
@@puppet1-170 Statist, maybe but Elizabeth I was statist.
@@puppet1-170 It's window dressing. The Party is scared to death of too much change that would destabilize a country. Sort of like how the US gov't drones on about freedom when there's less of it every day.
Thanks for your share❤️
Great Video :D. But I wonder, do you make your videos and do the voice lines as well or just one of these?
Chinese terrain is far, far more challenging compared to Europe or America. If one travels across the eastern provinces in China, it's 90% mountain tunnels, viaducts across valleys or bridges. European high-speed tracks are most laid across relatively flat terrain. The low $17mn per km construction cost in China is testament to their construction efficiency, low labour costs and no-nonsense design and procurement.
China is just amazing 🔥🔥
Love from India
@taladuga picpwaspwat Bhai agar dushman bhi accha kaam kare to usse Sikh leni chahiye
Hamare yaha Fake Environmental NGO'S aur Maharashtra ke Political Instability ke Karan Mumbai-Ahemdabad ka kaam atka hua hai
Ab jake shuru hua hai
Aur pata nahi Chennai Bangalore aur Chennai Hyderabad aur Delhi -Kashi kab chalu hoga
Atleast someone from India can understand the reality! Chinese are not clown like Indian Subcontinent & they believe in their hand not in useless god like us! This why, they are doing amazing job. Huge respect for Chinese from Bangladesh
@@nasiruddinshanto8746 You are right brother. Indian subcontinent's leaders just want votes
@@Tirth727 Even if they try to Built Ecofascists ,Fake NGO'S aur Opposition Political parties barbaad karr deti hai
For Example- Mumbai-Ahemdabad HSR
It took 3.5 years to just start the work from Gujarat side as in Maharashtra side even the Land has not Accuired
@@punitarathi4127 Maharashtra's CM is not interested in this project. I don't know why? But this kind of politicians can not develop a country
i work in Bethesda MD, for a contractor who is building 7272 wisconsin ave Purple line station.
the purple line is REUSING an old freight train rail, involves no imminent domain, with the track already existing. yet this project was proposed back in 1990s, took over 15 years of environmental study and another 10 years due to negihborhoods opposing light rail train running in their neighborhood on exisiting raillines. an 17 mile LIGHT RAIL took almost 30 years in the US while china builds over 800 miles of high speed rail from scratch every year....
On June 28th, my hometown, Zigong City, Sichuan Province also ushered in the high-speed rail, which is only a fifth-tier city.
I am hugely impressed by the Chinese goverment in this aspect (even though it's questionable in others), to think they aren't even building this network for own profit, just having people meet and in the long run, profit out of sheer infrastructure communication, is really inspiring.
This used to be the mindset in the US too but all the way back in the 50s and we still profit from that work.
@@ihateithere._. The red scare did too much damage to the US. Everything that doesn't create profit for the ultra rich is labeled "communism".
@@Pizza_Rat I'm confident we'll be able to change our mindset and balance back out in the future. I just hope we don't over-correct as some people are prone to doing.
@@Pizza_Rat you are having a third red scare now, hopefully it ends soon.
These things pay for themselves by the growth they provide. Even if it was free to ride they would still be profitable for the country.
I laughed so hard when they said they wanted to be world leaders in high speed rail when they don’t even have one line.
everybody has a America dream
@@MRT-co1sd in November 2019 3 wuhan gain -of-function researchers were admitted to the hospital for “flu-like” symptoms.
Is this a coincidence? Heads up our ass when your government won’t tell the truth about the virus
@@youtuby014 Thanks for being a great example of what I meant.
@@youtuby014 cough cough tru cough cough mp cough cough
@@youtuby014 Well,that has been officially confirmed to be fake
Finally an unbiased video about China
I am not saying you’re wrong, but determining whether or not a video biased is ultimately a biased process
@@pieter-bashoogsteen2283 The "China can't possibly do anything right" channels criticizing every single thing China does, you know it's biased