Why China Is so Good at Building Railways
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[1] https://www.economist.com/china/2017/01/13/china-has-built-the-worlds-largest-bullet-train-network
[2] https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups
[3] http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/451551468241176543/pdf/932270BRI0Box30ffic020140final000EN.pdf
[4] https://www.oag.com/on-time-performance-star-ratings-2018
[5] https://www.export.gov/article?id=China-Aviation
[6] https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitics.people.com.cn%2FGB%2F14562%2F10317457.html&edit-text=&act=url
[7] https://www.ft.com/content/ca28f58a-955d-11e8-b747-fb1e803ee64e
[8] http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/about/business_plans/Draft_2018_Business_Plan.pdf
[9] https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/25483/892000BRI0Box3000china0transport09.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
[10] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ralf_Wilhelms/publication/280924889_Social_Benefits_As_Part_In_The_Economic_Evaluation_Of_High_Speed_Rail/links/55cb933508aebc967dfe1a03/Social-Benefits-As-Part-In-The-Economic-Evaluation-Of-High-Speed-Rail.pdf
[11] http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/05/c_137158303.htm
[12] https://www.economist.com/china/2017/01/13/china-has-built-the-worlds-largest-bullet-train-networkAnimation by Josh Sherrington
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