94% of China lives on one side of this line

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94% of China lives on one side of this line, so what's over here? I looked it up in the dark side of China is not empty and it's actually quite important. Over here in Inner Mongolia, you have a quarter of China's coal and 84% of China's rare earth supply, which it turns out is a third of the global supply of rare earth. And over here you have some of the largest solar farms on earth, which as you see are expanding. Here in Xinjiang, you have 92% of China's cotton, which was 6 million tons last year. But the craziest thing in this region has to be the Tibetan Plateau. Sitting at over 4,500 meters above sea level and check out how many major rivers start here. And there's a river that drops 2 kilometers in a single bin. And when you have great movements of water, you can generate serious power. And China plans to take advantage of that. They just started building the biggest hydropower project on earth right on it, which in the end will generate power equivalent to three three gorgeous dams, which is already the world's largest power station. So wait, how does all this power had east to the bright populated area of China? Through ultra high-voltage power lines in the biggest spans 3,300 kilometers. This electric highway transmits up to 12 gigawatts of electricity, which means it can power Switzerland. So the dark side of China is not empty. It's literally China's battery, and it also has 90 million people. Comment modern if you want to see my video breaking down modern China.

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