James Kynge

But I think it also plays to a much bigger topic in China, and that is the big trend for gigantism, for huge things, for statement projects.

And I've been doing a little bit of looking around at some of the biggest, fastest, tallest, longest, quickest, you know, the superlatives.

And there really are a lot in China.

A lot of them revolve around the built infrastructure.

So there is the longest sea bridge in China.

And again, that comes to Hong Kong here, and then it goes to Zhuhai, and then from there it goes to Macau.

That's 55 kilometers or 34 miles long.

That is a long bridge.

There's also the highest bridge in China, the Huajiang Canyon Bridge.

That is 625 meters above the ground.

And that's not the only big bridge in China.

In fact, eight of the 10 highest bridges in the world are all in China.

Of course, China has the longest high-speed rail network in the world with

45,000 kilometers of track.

So, you know, China's got lots of huge things.

And I think it's quite interesting to think about why.

One thing we can say for certain is that this goes right back into Chinese history.

Of course, there's the Great Wall of China that was built more than 2,000 years ago or more.

And Tiananmen Square,

In the heart of Beijing, that's 100 acres in size.