thomas

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.

PhD in aviation ∩ climate science | Aviator, diver, Etherean, nexialist | Host of /diving /ethfinance /eth-staker /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

whoever suggested that name should get a medal. And a raise

Crypto enthusiast, ethics, movies and photography.

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No it's not, and you know it :)

They decided on WHOOSH and made up a string of words to fit it. Again, I LOVE it.

Funny enough, it’s a backronym of “Waktu Hemat, Operasi Optimal, Sistem Hebat”, which in Bahasa means “Timesaving, Optimal Operation, Outstanding System” 😅