zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoIndonesia debuts southeast Asia's first China-funded bullet train named 'Whoosh'www.wionews.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down13
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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoHuh. That’s impressive, but I guess poor countries are also often unequal countries. Does that go for civil and mechanical engineers as well?
minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoNo idea, that’s not my industry. There’s a reason Chinese people value education so much. It’s a key driver in upwards socioeconomic mobility.
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWith large construction projects, skilled labor is not as expensive as the land needed.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI’m going to guess land is cheaper in Indonesia too, but I’m not sure. Why is that? You’d expect that labour requirement would scale with track length just as land requirement does. Or do you just mean the engineers?
Huh. That’s impressive, but I guess poor countries are also often unequal countries. Does that go for civil and mechanical engineers as well?
No idea, that’s not my industry. There’s a reason Chinese people value education so much. It’s a key driver in upwards socioeconomic mobility.
With large construction projects, skilled labor is not as expensive as the land needed.
I’m going to guess land is cheaper in Indonesia too, but I’m not sure.
Why is that? You’d expect that labour requirement would scale with track length just as land requirement does. Or do you just mean the engineers?