Beipanjiang Bridge, spanning the Nizhu River in #China at a height of 565 meters

World's Highest Bridge and one of the greatest engineering achievements

Completed in 5 years

It is over 200m taller than India's (still) under construction Chenab rail bridge in Kashmir

No other region on earth has as many high bridges as China’s remote Western Province of #Guizhou

The province is now home to more high bridges than every other country on earth combined

By 2020, Guizhou will have more then 250 bridges over 100 meters high

Of the world’s 20 super-high spans that exceed 300 meters from deck to water, all are in #China except for 3

And #China didn't just invest in bridges

It constructed some of the most gorgeous highways in the world

This is Hepu-Napo Expressway in neighbouring #Guilin province

That's not it

Here is a highway Interchange, Chongqing of #China

It echoes Miami's golden glades interchange

Constructed in 8 years and opened in 2017

It was a great fun driving on it and felt superior to European interchanges

And its looks funny on google maps

#China's road construction are not only focussed on vehicles but also recognise the needs of its pedestrians

This roundabout in #Lujiazui has a pedestrian bridge in the form of another raised roundabout

Lujiazui is an area of #Shanghai

China made hundreds of metro projects

But it also supplemented metro ran with dedicated BRT to reduce congestion

Here is an elevated BTS with an elevated single direction bikeway in #Xiamen

Just excellent

As a kid in 90s, I was shown a picture of Beijing train station. It looked worse than CST in Mumbai.

Since then, all changed in #China

This is how #Guangzhou South Station looks from outside

It was opened in 2010 using 78,900t of steel and built at a cost of $1.8bn

Train stations in China are run by the state with an army of cleaners on the task

Most are digitalised and many of them beautifully balance the old with the new

Xi'an (one of China's oldest cities) North Railway Station from inside and outside. It operates high speed trains.

The might of #Beijing's new Daxing International Airport (PKX) is well known

Opened last year, it is the world's largest airport terminal

#China constructed it in just 5 years for around US$12 billion

Alongside, #ThreeGorgesDam #DaxingAirport, Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge is a crown jewel of Chinese engineering

55 km long sea link built for US$19 billion using steel enough to build 60 Eiffel Towers was opened in 2018

#China reduced many aspects of its design to save money

In future, we will see some of the best Chinese engineering outside China as #CPEC #OBOR kicks in

Feasibility report said port wouldn’t work

India refused loan

But here is China built Hambantota port in #SriLanka

Allowing it to keep a close watch on the entire Indian ocean

#China has two armies

One with weapons, another with tools

This is how Chinese workers live in their dormitory in Colombo

Not much different from their living conditions in Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Algeria, Congo, Zambia etc.

India has a habit of blaming China for our laziness

Be it vis-à-vis Pakistan, Nepal, Iran, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka

#China delivers

India claims and postpones

China has helped finance at least 35 ports around the world in the past decade

#China's huge investment in infrastructure was to ensure sustainability of its economic growth

It coped the US model and timely implemented it using the powers of an authoritarian state

This is #Pingyuan reservoir in North-East China with a capacity of 30,000,000 cubic meters

Meanwhile in India

Work on strategically important 14.2 km long #ZojilaTunnel project is yet to start

Despite its foundation stone laid in 2018, #India invited fresh bids for the project last month

This is the state of Zoji-La highway connecting #Ladakh to #Srinagar