“China To Build 66 New Airports Over The Next Five Years” describes the Chinese commitment to expanding commercial aviation infrastructure. “China Embraces General Aviation” talks about an additional 300 airports being built for business jets and piston-powered airplanes (this complements Chinese purchases of manufacturers of personal aircraft and components for those aircraft, e.g., Cirrus and Continental). Meanwhile, Californians are working to shut down the Santa Monica airport despite Federal government orders to keep it open (based on the fact that Federal tax dollars were used to pave the current runways and taxiways). The Airnav page for KSMO says that the to-be-closed airport handles 452 operations per day or 165,000 per year.
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- High-speed Rail in California versus China
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Just one minor correction because I happen to be based at KSMO. California is not working hard to shut down the airport. It is just a handful of corrupt politicians that are trying to close the airport. The vast majority of people who live in the city of Santa Monica could care less about the airport and or enjoy it! The most important thing to remember when entering soviet monica is “You are now leaving the American sector”
re China: looks like it IS their century.
Oh no, those poor Chinese. One day they will wake up and realize the error of their ways, just like the West did some time ago. What is NIMBY in Mandarin?