China leapfrogs normal phases
As a European, I love having been raised with fast trains but also recognized how long it took the continent to get to where it is. In China's case, it seems like a lot pole vaulting jumping to catch up to eventual infrastructures it hasn't fully developed. Although I'm happy to see the country jump start its infrastructure, I'm wondering how they are going about it. They're not following the tried and true steps of roads first, then highways, the rails and flight lines. It almost seems like a Hodge-podge of everything at the same time. It looks as if they don't have any comprehensive infrastructure development and are hitting left and right, with no unifying vision... or at least on the surface.
