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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
China is going to own the world in 100 years, maybe sooner.
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The Chinese are as capable of unlocking the secrets of science and technology as any country. But they are going to have to take over their own country before they can own the rest of the world. They have repeatedly shown they can excel when the government dedicates time and attention to a single project or issue. In some ways big infrastructure projects like this are similar to the Soviet Union's big science and technology infrastructure displays, including their space program. As a matter of fact, projects like this are probably a legacy of the Stalin/Mao days of huge state sponsored projects. Marvelous technology and achievements meant to add prestige to the entire country, but a thin veneer covering massive internal problems. None of this takes away from what they accomplished with that bridge, though.