The 34-mile bridge

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From CNN

 

 

(CNN)As we drive down the eerily deserted Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, the murky waters of the Pearl River Delta stretch as far as the eye can see. There is no land in sight.

 

Spanning 34 miles (55 kilometers), this is the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built. Guo Xinglin, assistant director and senior engineer at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Authority, meets us half way along. As we are buffeted by a strong wind, the tough conditions his construction crew experienced, as they perched on precarious platforms, working miles from land and high over the water, are evident.

 

Xinglin is visibly proud of his country's monumental achievement.

 

Due to open to the public this summer, this long snake of bitumen will connect a relatively small city on the Chinese mainland with the two Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

 

But since the bridge was first suggested in 2003, it has stirred controversy. This massive span of concrete and steel is not just proof of China's ability to build record-setting megastructures -- it's also a potent symbol of the country's growing geopolitical ambitions.

 

As tensions simmer between the mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan, and China continues to claim territory in the South China Sea, the bridge can be seen as a physical manifestation of the Chinese leadership's determination to exert its regional influence. Critics have also questioned the environmental and human toll and the immense financial cost of the project.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/04/asia/hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridge/index.html

 

[Guest abang1961]

Yes new infrastructures had been built - each rivaling the previous building.

Projects such as the mammoth bridge and the high-speed rail will no doubt enhance the connectivity between the many provinces/land across China.  

 

The Hongkongers are still lamenting how good it was during the British rule.  There was lesser BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING mentality then.  Now, China is holding the iron fist in almost every policy and life in HK has moved a few notches below the glorious yesteryears.  Housing remains the main problem as the gap between the different social class widens.

 

With this bridge, it is possible to do a one-day tour to Guangzhou (Canton) within 6 hours.  However at what course to the damages to marine lives and the ecology system?  Also knowing China's relentless procession of HK, life in Hong Kong will be worse off than expected..

 

A documentary to watch and understand the housing issues.

 

[Mick44]

Hong Kong is already becoming Far-Worse than predicted...

[Guest abang1961]

Not only Hong Kong is faring worse than it was 25 years ago, almost all major Asian cities are not doing well..