China is building the world's biggest high-speed railway system that cannot be transplanted anywhere else in the world. China is building the biggest EV manufacturing ecosystem on the planet that does not rely on fossil fuel. China is building the biggest electrification system in the country that will save China from being held hostage by being blockaded by countries having unlimited access to fossil fuel. China is building portable nuclear power stations for export to the rest of the world. China intention is to enable itself and the world to rely as little as possible on fossil fuel, investing more and more in renewables. China is building and expanding its biggest space station and still adding to it. China is a workhorse intending to win on every count, while some are just show horses pretending to impress.
In spite of all this, China is also building the world's biggest oil refineries to process oil for other countries. This may be a big surprise to many, but China has a plan, a long-term plan and a patient plan. China does its calculation based on long term benefits, not short-term advantage.
Anonymous
China built the Great Wall over many centuries. Imagine building the Great Wall of China from 680 BC till 1681 AD, more than 2,300 years in all, one dynasty after another. What does this show about China's patience and perseverance? What does this show about the kind of scale that the Chinese are good at building?
ReplyDeleteChina is now building the biggest high-speed railway system and the biggest electrification transport system in the world. China is seriously working to rely less on fossil fuel, to immunize itself from being taken hostage by oil producing countries, with the USA intending to weaponize oil production to cripple China. You do not have to speculate why the USA is seizing oil from Iraq and Venezuela, controlling the Middle East oil producing countries and having eyes on Iranian oil as well.
The War against Iran and the Strait of Hormuz crisis is giving China a dry run in the event of oil blockade by the USA. The motto of China is - be prepared. and China is preparing on all counts. China is building up its renewable energy infrastructure in wind and solar, on top of dam construction, nuclear power station construction and constructing massive underground oil storage system that are safe from sabotage. While most countries have storage facilities mostly above ground, China is aware that such storage above ground poses several disadvantages and easily bombed to smithereens by enemies. This is the same thinking as what Singapore is doing by building huge underground caverns for oil storage, knowing that it is vulnerable to oil shocks by depending on other countries for such an important commodity.
In terms of scale, no country can compete against China, whether it is in scale of manufacturing facilities, refining facilities, sourcing of raw materials and competing against the best of the best in vehicle production, shipbuilding, infrastructure building and now in high tech industries.
China calculated with long term foresight regarding what is essential, what it needs to take control over and corner, what to build and what expertise to nurture to make all this happen.