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'Infrastructure monster': how China built the world’s longest high-speed railway | South China Morning Post

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China has the world's longest high-speed railway. It only took about 20 years for the country to develop the 45,000km (28,000-mile) network. Known as an “infrastructure monster”, it is an example of the sort of development that has benefited China’s political system. The country also exports railway technology as a …

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