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China May Build an Undersea Train To America

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-drill-through-the-planet's-crust dept.

New submitter howtokilltime sends this news from the Washington Post: "China is planning to build a train line that would, in theory, connect Beijing to the United States. According to a report in the Beijing Times, citing an expert at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chinese officials are considering a route that would start in the country's northeast, thread through eastern Siberia and cross the Bering Strait via a 125-mile long underwater tunnel into Alaska."

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  1. Oh, to ALASKA! by RevWaldo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not America proper. You had us worried for a minute there, guys.

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  2. Re:What an idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The days of terrorists? Are you kidding me? Terrorism has always existed. The only way to combat it is to not let it scare or deter us from going about our lives.

    The United States already lost a war against terrorism by instituting ridiculous laws, spying and harassment because the government was scared. That is exactly the goal of terrorism.

  3. Why? by man-element · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are they building this tunnel to move cargo less efficiently than a cargo ship or to move people less efficiently than an airliner?