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potato_headI did manage to get some pictures up, with much effort. They're here. I've also discovered that the slow internet is not the hotel's fault; it's like this throughout Shanghai, because it has the most stringent internet blocks of anywhere in China.
We interviewed a professor today who's actually from America. Texas, in fact, which I picked out immediately from his accent. He discussed a lot of interesting things that we haven't heard from many other people - like how the high-speed rails are a part of a general plan to increase transportation for economic growth, which makes a lot of sense to me; and he agreed with me as well that a lot of critics are focusing way too much on the fact that it's not a profitable project, because a government shouldn't always be concerned that a project brings in literal profit.
He was also the first one to answer our question 'why did they build it so fast?!', I realize now because he's the first person who understood why we were actually asking...apparently, that's just how the government operates here :P we're used to the US government. If the Chinese government says they're going to do something, they do it - very quickly.
There was going to be more to this post but now there's not. Sorry!
We interviewed a professor today who's actually from America. Texas, in fact, which I picked out immediately from his accent. He discussed a lot of interesting things that we haven't heard from many other people - like how the high-speed rails are a part of a general plan to increase transportation for economic growth, which makes a lot of sense to me; and he agreed with me as well that a lot of critics are focusing way too much on the fact that it's not a profitable project, because a government shouldn't always be concerned that a project brings in literal profit.
He was also the first one to answer our question 'why did they build it so fast?!', I realize now because he's the first person who understood why we were actually asking...apparently, that's just how the government operates here :P we're used to the US government. If the Chinese government says they're going to do something, they do it - very quickly.
There was going to be more to this post but now there's not. Sorry!
