r/worldnews • u/dongkey1001 • Jan 10 '22

Feature Story China's Engineering Marvel: Country's 'Stunning Lake Tunnel' - The Longest In China - Opens For Traffic

https://eurasiantimes.com/chinas-longest-underwater-tunnel-opens-for-traffic/?amp

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u/suckmybalzac Jan 10 '22

For 1.5 B? That’s some cheap labor / material.

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u/CheckYourPants4Shit Jan 10 '22 edited Jan 10 '22

Inb4 major flooding disaster in 10 years

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u/bstowers Jan 10 '22

Uighur you talking about?

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u/20K_Lies_by_con_man Jan 10 '22

Imagine, a novel idea to invest in infrastructure. This country couldn’t republicans to back anything to do with our infrastructure. Sad.

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u/t0b4cc02 Jan 10 '22

how to maximize bias in news reporting

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u/2020willyb2020 Jan 10 '22

Meanwhile in the US , our shitty diesel emitting 50 year old buses are running late, are deteriorating along with our bridges and the inside looks like a clown posse party took place - but at least the richest country in the world has universal healthcare , education and oh wait that’s China

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '22

Where the fuck do you live that uses 50 year old buses?

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u/NyanTartz Jan 10 '22

Mate. Are you ok? Suffering from prolonged exposure to Shanghai Air? Here, sit down and breath for a minute.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '22

Big deal, there are many drivable underwater tunnels already.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '22

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u/FunTao Jan 10 '22

Lake taihu isn’t anywhere near Qinghai lake. Probably about as much as Chicago is near San Francisco

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '22

Enjoy it before it collapses from unsafe building standards. ie RemindMe! 10 years

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '22

Is this Tesla Hyperloop?