China’s Silicon Valley Dream Bumps Against Reality

Re:China’s Silicon Valley Dream Bumps Against Reality by toinetoine1 on Sunday September 16, 2018 @04:26PM (#18000911)

Before the bridge the only way to get from HK to Macau/Zhuhai by land was 4+ hours. Now it's 20 mins. There other bridges being built further up the delta (like the Shenzhen-ZhongShan bridge which will cut a 2 hour drive to 10 mins).

You mentioned the cost-benefit. Making is easier for a region of 60 million people to get around obviously has a very high benefit.

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Re:China’s Silicon Valley Dream Bumps Against Reality by bitxbit on Sunday September 16, 2018 @07:02PM (#18001761)

Well, think most people were taking the ferry between the two cities (~1 hour ride). In addition, it appears there's a low daily cap in terms of the number of cars from HK that can enter Macau? Also has Macau developed into something other than a gambling destination? I wasn't initially doubting the cost-benefit (though at first blush I am starting to wonder), but the engineering challenges of this incredible project.

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Re:China’s Silicon Valley Dream Bumps Against Reality by sonnyblarney on Sunday September 16, 2018 @06:26PM (#18001584)

Gosh, you'd think they'd build a fast train that goes around the Silicon Valley then :)

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