China starts building world's longest sea bridge

[Kshasty]

Source: RIA Novosti

The construction of the world's longest cross-sea bridge began in China on Tuesday, the Xinhua news agency said.

The bridge, linking China's southern economic hub of Guangdong Province to Hong Kong and Macao, will have a total length of almost 50 km, of which about 35 km will be built over the sea.

"It is designed with a service life of 120 years. It can withstand the impact of a strong wind with a speed of 51 meters per second," said Zhu Yongling, an official in charge of the project.

The entire project was estimated at 73 billion yuan ($10.7 billion). The cost is to be shared between authorities on the mainland, and in Hong Kong and Macao.

Read more: http://en.rian.ru/world/20091215/157244126.html

[comtec]

1. easier to get the tanks across for when the HKers get too uppity

not even the sea is a barrier to the great red menace.

Oh well HK had a nice run, now it's quite over.

Sorry, because of the all out economic warfare against us, i'm a little biased against china (tm) is all.

I hope it's safe and lasts the predicted 120 years and beyond...but I have my doubts.

The chinese (made stuff), today, would not know quality if it bit their asses off.

[existentialist]

4. Yes but,

that's the stuff they export to us.

[comtec]

7. The cars they sell to their own people were tested for export

never in the HISTORY of safety testing has a car scored ZERO, EVER!

And that's a domestic brand.

Their "suv" crumpled like it was made of wet paper in the crash tests.

[onehandle]

8. Don't apologize. It is all out economic warfare against us and they have won.

They will be the world's top, if not only, superpower within a few decades.

And we let it happen.

[enid602]

2. fall down

Wonder how many times it will fall down during construction.

[pampango]

3. About as often as their spacecraft do.

Chinese make cheap stuff and quality stuff. We don't buy their quality stuff. We make plenty of that or the Japanese do or the Germans do. We do buy plenty of their cheap stuff. Their workers probably wonder why.

Remember "Made in Japan" in the 1950's and 1960's meant cheap and easily broken. That changed after a decade or two and we started buying their quality stuff - cars, electronics, etc. I suspect the same will happen with our trade with China.

[enid602]

6. Beijing

There were three cave-ins in the new subway routes built in Beijing to accomodate the Olympic Games. One of the venues fell down prior to the games.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. I'd hope they'd design for a stronger wind than 51 meter per second

since the Chinese had a typhoon with speeds of 45 meters a second just a couple of years ago: http://english.sina.com/p/1/2007/0919/125667.html

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. OK ! Who's got the betting pool on this one?

[ensho]

10. isn't Rt. 1 over the Keys longer?

nt