Many foreign netizens expressed their astonishment¹ of "China Speed" after Xinhua published a video showing a bridge being demolished² and cleared up in only two and a half hours.

 

新华社发布了一个视频，内容是两个半小时拆除并清理一座大桥，许多外国网友对此“中国速度”表示震惊。
 

 

The video, posted on an overseas social media platform, shows a 50-meter long bridge on the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway being demolished overnight.

 

The Jiangyin section of the expressway was closed at 10 pm on May 25. Later, 50 pieces of large equipment gathered at the construction site. Only two and a half hours later, the whole bridge was demolished and all residues³ were cleared up before 6 am. In the early morning of the next day, the road was open to traffic again.

 

Many local residents cried: "It seems nothing has happened overnight. Just a bridge has disappeared."

 

Overseas netizens also showed their astonishment. A netizen commented: "Wow, extremely fast! Just watching one movie, everything is done."

 

Another netizen replied: "There is a speed standard for infrastructure⁴ called China Speed. No matter you like China or not, the fact is most people agree that China is No.1 in infrastructure around the world and is a so-called 'Infrastructure Monster'."

 

Other netizens made comments on their own country's construction speed. One netizen from India said: "In the case of India, no need for demolishing⁵ like this, we will use the bridge until it collapses⁶ by default with many casualties." One netizen from the United States wrote: "The same thing will take 2.5 weeks in America. After it's done there will be donut bags and coffee cups littered everywhere."

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