How China Built the World's Largest High-Speed Rail Network

Wendover Productions · Explainer · 12 min · 2018 · YouTube title: Why China Is so Good at Building Railways

Why it's here

HN uses it as the go-to short video when threads compare Chinese and US rail and infrastructure.

What it covers

A Wendover Productions explainer on how China built the world's largest high-speed rail network so quickly and why its rail strategy differs from America's. It covers politics, social benefits and the economics of unprofitable lines.