{"id":134014,"date":"2025-08-05T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134014"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:00:03","slug":"chinas-high-speed-rail-nears-50000km-milestone-but-is-it-sustainable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134014","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s high-speed rail nears 50,000km milestone \u2013 but is it sustainable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAfter a construction boom spanning nearly two decades, China\u2019s high-speed rail (HSR) network has made record-breaking strides. But to ensure long-term sustainability, analysts said the government needs to address challenges around commercial profitability and mounting debt.<br \/>\nThe warnings came ahead of the next five-year plan, covering the years 2026-2030, in which policymakers will decide whether to take on more debt to expand the 48,000-kilometre network \u2013 already the world\u2019s largest, surpassing&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3320817\/chinas-high-speed-rail-nears-50000km-milestone-debt-and-profit-concerns-mount?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAfter a construction boom spanning nearly two decades, China\u2019s high-speed rail (HSR) network has made record-breaking strides. But to ensure long-term sustainability, analysts said&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134014"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}