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• Dear Angela ...(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 02 2019, @12:38AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 02 2019, @12:38AM (#862224)

  China, "Dear Angela [soylentnews.org], call me. I know what you're going through ... not really" ;-)

• Makin' Berlin look like punks...Makin' Berlin look like punks... (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday July 02 2019, @12:48AM (3 children)

  by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday July 02 2019, @12:48AM (#862229)

  In Beijing, it will get done on-time (partly because the budget is a secret...)

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  • Re:Makin' Berlin look like punks...Re:Makin' Berlin look like punks... (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 02 2019, @01:34AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 02 2019, @01:34AM (#862245)

    Nor is fire safety that essential.

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    • Re:Makin' Berlin look like punks...(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 02 2019, @02:57AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 02 2019, @02:57AM (#862259)

      Well you know, you pay your "dues" and behave within "contract" - you get a degree of freedom and you get to enjoy some technological advancement

      On the other hand, in some countries, you get an "illusion" of freedom until you become an unfortunate victim in the unlucky draw, you pay your dues to get crappy infrastructure because it has been outsourced 3-4 times in a hand me down.

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    • Re:Makin' Berlin look like punks...(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Tuesday July 02 2019, @03:07AM

      by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday July 02 2019, @03:07AM (#862260) Journal

      Not just fire safety
      yay for accountability [scmp.com]

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• Brought to you by...(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday July 02 2019, @01:02AM

  by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday July 02 2019, @01:02AM (#862235) Journal

  Tracking 'R Us

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• HmmmmmHmmmmm (Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Tuesday July 02 2019, @02:23AM (1 child)

  by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Tuesday July 02 2019, @02:23AM (#862253)

  By 2040 the hub ... will be able to welcome 100 million passengers per year ...world's largest single terminal in terms of traveller capacity ..."

  Unless someone else builds an even bigger place in the next 20 years. :)

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  • Re:Hmmmmm(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 02 2019, @10:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 02 2019, @10:10PM (#862550)

    IOW, in 20 years it will be able to handle the current capacity of the airport its replacing.

    The current Beijing Daxing International Airport [..] is already overflowing, with just over 100 million passengers annually.

    Or do they intend to have two "Beijing Daxing International Airport"s ?

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• If you build it, they will come(Score: 4, Interesting) by FatPhil on Tuesday July 02 2019, @05:19AM

  by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Tuesday July 02 2019, @05:19AM (#862286) Homepage

  Or not...
  2010: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1339536/Ghost-towns-China-Satellite-images-cities-lying-completely-deserted.html
  2013: https://io9.gizmodo.com/chinas-brand-new-abandoned-cities-could-be-dystopian-m-1238731420
  2016: https://www.dw.com/en/what-has-become-of-chinas-ghost-cities/a-36525007
  2019: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/02/china-vacant-apartments-housing-market-bubble-ghost-cities/583528/

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• 1.6 billion plane journeys(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Tuesday July 02 2019, @08:57AM

  by shortscreen (2252) on Tuesday July 02 2019, @08:57AM (#862324) Journal

  how many barrels of oil is that?