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One of the widely recognized aspects of China’s modernization process in recent years has been the fast development of the highway system.Twenty years ago,there was virtually no highway in China.Now China has 65,000 kilometers of highway and will exceed (超越)that of the US in two or three years.
But I have a lovehate relationship with China’s highway system after taking to the road many times.To drivers,China’s highway system is probably the world’s most expensive with“here toll,there toll,everywhere toll”.
For example,transporting a large container from Guangdong Province to the BeijingTianjin area involves paying toll fees of somewhere between 4,000 to 6,000 yuan($600~900),depending on its weight.This actually makes transporting the same container from Chicago to BeijngTianjin area via sea shipment even cheaper.When moving things around the country is more expensive than moving things halfway around the globe,you know there got to be something wrong.
One doesn’t have to drive on highways for long to notice that the system is obviously inefficient.Many highways in China don’t see much traffic during the day.
While Chinese can feel proud that our country is the king of the highways,it is quite another feeling to consider that the steel,concrete and labor that go into highway construction will have to be eventually paid by the vehicles that go through,and there just aren’t enough of them.That means a high toll rate is inevitable.
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