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		yadongwen on March 10, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cost of California bullet train system rises to $7... Just did some quick calculations, for the bullet train connecting beijing and shanghai which is about twice the length of the cal bullet train system, the chinese spent about $30B

lttlrck on March 10, 2018 [–]

Oddly that makes it sound not so bad; given the property and environmental issues and the high cost of labor I’d have expected a larger multiplier.

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