SCMP: Construction is set to begin next month on a monumental railway linking Hotan in Xinjiang with Lhasa in Tibet – one of China’s most ambitious infrastructure projects to date. The 1,980km (1,230 miles) will cost for US$56.2 billion (compared to the 26 miles Honolulu Mass Transit cost US$11 billions with no completion date in sight after 11 years) Now you see infrastructure in US is a joke. We can’t do anything right! 《南華早報》：連接新疆和田和西藏拉薩的宏偉鐵路將於下個月開工——這是中國迄今為止最雄心勃勃的基礎設施項目之一。這條1,980公里（1,230英里）的鐵路將耗資562億美元（相較之下，26英里長的檀香山公共交通系統耗資110億美元，而且在11年後仍未看到完工日期）。現在你看，美國的基礎建設簡直就是個笑話.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3328547/what-makes-xinjiang-tibet-mega-railway-chinas-project-century?