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Marsymars
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> China seems perfectly able to build out large infrastructure projects with a land area smaller than that of the continentenal USA
China has a land area greater than the USA. (Continental or otherwise.)
usui
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Not true. China 9.6 million square kilometers, USA 9.8 million square kilometers, contiguous 8.1 million.
Marsymars
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You're presumably looking at a source that's including water area. When talking about
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area, China > USA > Canada. (As opposed to when including water area, Canada > USA > China)
usui
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Yeah you're right. Good distinction.
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sure, we can neglect the water, but the USA has much more usable flat land than China, and that is a pretty inarguable point.
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China has a land area greater than the USA. (Continental or otherwise.)