According to Xinhua News Agency, on September 28th, Huajiang Canyon Bridge in Guizhou, China, which took just over three years, was officially opened to traffic. The bridge deck was 625 meters above the water surface, surpassing Beipanjiang No.1 Bridge to become the highest bridge in the world.
Just after the news came out, it caused a huge controversy in the United States, which is being affected by the government shutdown. A heated debate broke out within the United States from the political circles to the people, reflecting on the gap with China.
On October 6, U.S. liberal critic Glenn commented on China's Guangzhou Canyon Bridge, criticizing the U.S. government's ability to build infrastructure to serve its citizens like China could if it did not consume national resources in the case of foreign war, bombing and foreign funding.
Immediately, Glenn's comments were supported by U.S. Republican Conservative Congressman Marjorie. Marjorie said that the United States cannot build a bridge like China because most politicians are obsessed with the war economy and fund foreign and pro-American regime changes. Although they always vote against it, the situation will never change unless the American people see the reality clearly.
In the current context of extreme political scattering in the United States, it is not uncommon for liberals and conservatives to rarely agree, which shows that within the United States, the government's long-standing foreign interference, disappointment with domestic affairs, has been using the case of China, to criticize its own policy, and take the opportunity to gain a certain political influence.
From a practical perspective, the United States, as a country that has also carried out large-scale infrastructure construction, now faces a lack of maintenance of 39% of roads, hidden dangers, internal political divisions, and repeated external interference. On the other hand, China, which is known as a competitor, has always built large-scale infrastructure that serves society. Obviously, this comparison also makes the American people very vulnerable.
However, despite the beginning of reflection within the United States, the huge benefits brought by global hegemony still make it difficult for politicians to extricate themselves. As more and more new infrastructure projects are implemented in China, the future stimulation to the United States will also It will become bigger and bigger and further aggravate the internal political divisions.