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Major one missing: China built 5,000 miles of high speed rail in 6 years. In California, it&#x27;s been 15 years and we have 0 miles complete. Also built numerous hospitals during pandemic in a couple weeks. Demolished and replaced a bridge in 43 hours: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.popularmechanics.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;infrastructure&#x2F;a18277&#x2F;beijing-overpass-replaced-in-less-than-two-days&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.popularmechanics.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;infrastructure&#x2F;a...</a>. General pattern of completing infrastructure projects at a blistering pace - and they work.<p>Also landed a rover on Mars in 2021 <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Zhurong_(rover)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Zhurong_(rover)</a>, but I&quot;m not sure how it compares development speed to NASA. Designed for 90 days, lasted 4x that.<p>As much as the US denigrates China for allegedly trampling on &quot;freedoms,&quot; I bet our way of doing speedy big projects in the past has a lot in common with China&#x27;s current progress. You just have to quash special interests sometime. Autocracy gets shit done.