stackyFACTSBefore high-speed rail made China a blur, early tourists flocked to watch trains awkwardly navigate the Danyang-Kunshan precursor canal crossings. It was the mid-century equivalent of watching a massive infrastructure project just to say you saw concrete drying, proving humanity has always loved industrial voyeurism.
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