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China construction project videos are very demoralizing. Especially when the timeframe is specified. We should be doing these things.

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I'm hearing the term Sinofuturism a lot lately and these videos fit that label

I feel that. The speed and scale are wild. We have the ability—just need the will to execute.

Red tape, bureaucracy, and kickbacks. But most importantly, the construction mafia which keeps things at a slow and steady pace.

I would love nothing more than for my country to take on big ambitious projects.

That's probably also a part of the propaganda's scripted purpose