[HN Gopher] To China's chagrin, Japan-Taiwan talks could pave th...
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       To China's chagrin, Japan-Taiwan talks could pave the way for
       closer ties
        
       Author : mikhael
       Score  : 63 points
       Date   : 2021-08-29 18:16 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | Ericson2314 wrote:
       | I wonder if it would someday be possible to build and epic rail
       | tunnel between them, by way of Okinawa or something.
       | 
       | If this block is the thessalacracy or whatever, increasingly long
       | rail tunnels--be they Switzerland-Italy, Ireland-Britain, Chile-
       | Argentina, or whatever else--would be my preferred foundation for
       | international relations.
        
         | kaladin-jasnah wrote:
         | How feasible would that be? I would want to look at the Bering
         | Strait not having a train between it (yet) as a sign that it's
         | hard (and probably too expensive[0]) but a really long overseas
         | train system would be really cool (actually, a highway would be
         | cooler).
         | 
         | [0] https://www.iflscience.com/technology/china-wants-to-
         | build-a...
        
           | kenneth wrote:
           | There's not much on either side of the Bering strait, so even
           | if feasible there's probably little demand for it.
        
           | Ericson2314 wrote:
           | I should add Spain-Morocco to my list.
           | 
           | Japan-Korea and Taiwan-Luzon also seem to make far more
           | sense. Japan Twain Ryukyu island hopping is quite a flex, now
           | that I check the map again.
        
             | Ericson2314 wrote:
             | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Korea_Undersea_
             | T...
        
           | shkkmo wrote:
           | The actual tunnel under the Bering Strait is only small part
           | of the challenge as the end points of that tunnel are quite a
           | long ways from any existing railways. There would be
           | thousands of miles of rails to lay through difficult terrain.
        
             | lumost wrote:
             | And the two endpoints have had a strong dislike for each
             | other more often than not for the last 100 years.
        
               | Ericson2314 wrote:
               | Shouldn'ta sold it!
        
               | thghtihadanacct wrote:
               | Oh, hindsight! Got me again. seriously tho, that tunnel
               | would be useless currently.
        
         | kibwen wrote:
         | You'd first want to connect the Ryukyu islands to Kyushu via a
         | series of several equally epic rail tunnels. Doesn't make much
         | sense to fly/sail to Okinawa just to disembark and continue by
         | train to Taiwan.
        
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