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End of the tunnel in Taiwan | 14 comments (14 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: End of the tunnel in Taiwan (4.00 / 2)

Taiwan's eastern coast is a densely populated strip, comparable Japan's west coast.

Haven't you got those the wrong way round?

by Gag Halfrunt on Sun Aug 22nd, 2010 at 11:45:25 AM EST

Direction dyslexia (none / 0)

As you say... now corrected :-)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Aug 22nd, 2010 at 12:50:19 PM EST
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another nitpick (none / 0)

the 1998 economic crisis didn't really dent taiwan's economy (and certainly not the HSR, which wasn't built then). i think you meant the 2008 economic crisis.

by wu ming on Sun Aug 22nd, 2010 at 02:10:04 PM EST
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Re: another nitpick (4.00 / 2)

I did not say anything about 1998 denting Taiwan's economy. Its relevance was in preventing THSRC from getting together the financing, and that already before any earth was moved (or indeed before the messy selection of the main contractor).

I realise now that jumping a decade in the next paragraph might be confusing, so added "A decade later".

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Aug 22nd, 2010 at 03:39:08 PM EST
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Re: another nitpick (none / 1)

I see I forgot a sentence about the unrealistic initial ridership forecasts, now added.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Aug 22nd, 2010 at 03:52:08 PM EST
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Re: another nitpick (4.00 / 2)

superb diary, this trainblogging is growing on me bigtime...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Mon Aug 23rd, 2010 at 05:02:43 PM EST
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Re: another nitpick (none / 1)

Perhaps a dedicated section should be added to the daily news entry.

by asdf on Mon Aug 23rd, 2010 at 09:42:07 PM EST
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