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Thomas
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Riding the Whoosh bullet train from Jakarta to Bandung (88 mi / 142 km apart) at a top speed of 217 mph / 350 kph, making the journey a mere 36 mins. The project was partly funded and fully built by China under the Belt and Road initiative — a prime display of soft power projection across the region. China outbid Japan for the project, which came with a ticket price of $7.3B, and loaned $0.5B to Indonesia in a yuan-denominated arrangement. China is also building rail in Lao, Hungary, Ethiopia, etc.
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Ramsey 🎩🤝
@ramsey
whoever suggested that name should get a medal. And a raise
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
Funny enough, it’s a backronym of “Waktu Hemat, Operasi Optimal, Sistem Hebat”, which in Bahasa means “Timesaving, Optimal Operation, Outstanding System” 😅
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frdysk.framedl.eth
@frdysk
Everytime Bahasa is mentioned instead of Indonesian language I know i know Bahasa is the accepted one 💀 https://media.tenor.com/DTyhzspA3fQAAAAC/i%27m-so-sick-of-this-tim-robinson
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Thomas
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Yeah in Singapore I would make the distinction in case somebody thinks I’m referring to Bahasa Melayu, but in ID I don’t bother 😅
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