How China Constructed 36,000 km of High-Speed Railways (in less than 12 Years)

► Railways Explained aims to establish a WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY of all RAIL LOVERS, WORKERS AND EXPERTS, by creating regular, entertaining and educational railway content of high quality. ► If you find yourself in at least one of these three groups, support this idea by SUBSCRIBING TO RAILWAYS EXPLAINED. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - In this video Railways Explained team discusses how China managed to construct 36,000 km ( mi) of brand-new high-speed railway lines - in less than 12 years (!), and, more importantly, tries to provide a comprehensive insight into the whole Chinese high-speed rail network - its historical background, development, geography, main characteristics and mechanisms that made it possible. Just to remind you, in 2008, China had only one such line, between Beijing and Tianjin which is only 117 km long (73 mi). As a basic source for this video we used comprehensive report prepared by the World Bank, which alone financed constructi