5 Chinese Engineering Proposals That Are Raising Eyebrows

Solar panels on the International Space Station. China wants to build space solar collectors many times larger that would send energy back to the ground by laser or microwave (NASA).

The Chinese regime takes pleasure in dedicating funds and resources to ambitious and widely publicized engineering projects. The intent: to glorify the Chinese nation with record-breaking achievements. But often enough, the projects are simply extravagant. Many Chinese think officials would be better off focusing on actual problems, like the gap between the rich and poor, and the pollution which chokes China’s cities.

Here are some of the most impractical—and often, ill-conceived, even when apparently well-intentioned—engineering projects that China has conjured up in recent years. It remains to be seen whether any of them will actually reach fruition.

1. A Supersonic Submarine

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