China-Laos rail connection will cut down on logistics cost, time for Thailand

[Grumpy John]

On 9/2/2020 at 7:57 AM, yellowboat said:

Fear China for what they do right.  This is a blinding example of doing the right thing, and how the global elite sit on their hands.  A railway, who could have thought that up?  Rail in China is amazing, Newt Gingrich says as much.  It goes everywhere.  It is on time.  It is affordable.  It will make China unstoppable. 

Well maybe unstoppable...until the Tibetan or Mongolian rebels blow up some sections....or the UYghur dissidents park a semi-trailer on a high speed line minutes before the express is due.  Look at the amount of action taken against rail facilities in WW2 as an example.  China may have a big army with lots of people with guns but they also have lots of railway track. Pretty hard to cover it all. 

[yellowboat]

On 9/4/2020 at 12:54 AM, mistral53 said:

You do realize Tesla and quality are mutually exclusive?

 

https://electrek.co/2020/06/24/tesla-ranks-lowest-on-j-d-power-2020-quality-study/

 

But don't let that stop you in your quest to bash everything made in China.

They BYD taxis are quite lovely actually.  The are very modern and comfortable.   BYD supplies busses for almost all of Shenzhen too, which is a city of 13 million.  Musk isn't there yet.  Taken the busses too.  Again, they are modern and comfortable.   Fell asleep on the hour long ride back to town.  

[simon43]

On 9/2/2020 at 1:56 PM, Burma Bill said:

Certainly looks spectacular - new bridge over the Mekong in Luang Prabang region:-

 

Since Covid-19 raised it's head, work seems to have slowed on completing the railway into Luang Prabang.  Not many Chinese workers in town nowadays.  I'm sure things will pick up when the borders are fully opened again.

[herfiehandbag]

On 9/2/2020 at 9:45 AM, Isaan sailor said:

China wants to colonize SE Asia, make no mistake.

 

On 9/5/2020 at 12:59 PM, Mavideol said:

agree, but, history says, they should expect hard fight back from Vietnam

Well, I suppose that if they have Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, control the Mekong (literally as well as politically) and get their rail links and Khra isthmus canal, then Vietnam becomes an irrelevant strip of mountains bordering the coast. Let the Americans have it as their ally in the region. Oh the irony, still, I bet their (the US) map storemen have plenty of maps and charts of Cam Rahn Bay!

Edited September 6, 2020 by herfiehandbag