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| Zharen |
| quote: | | Another user posted: "The moral fibre of the Chinese people is trash". |
That's how you become the next superpower in the world. |
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| AnotherWay83 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zharen
That's how you become the next superpower in the world. |
:haha:
but true! |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zharen
That's how you become the next superpower in the world. |
They aren't a super power. Trust me. They are just very good at propaganda. |
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| kadomony |
| i thought this was a repost from that incident earlier this year and was like wtf when it wasnt |
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| Tranzmit |
my sis lived there and only recently came back so she can she speak chinese fluantly etc and she said it is still pretty scary. I think shes happy with being out. On a totally different note her site which is selling pearls she found in china. what do you all think anyways?
http://redhibiscus.com.au/ |
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| Vector A |
| quote: | Modern day mainland Chinese society is focused on one object: money and the acquisition thereof. The politically correct term in China is “economic benefit.” The country and its people, on average, are far wealthier than they were 25 years ago. Traditional family culture, thanks to 60 years of self-serving socialism followed by another 30 of the “one child policy,” has become a “me” culture. Except where there is economic benefit to be had, communities do not act together, and when they do it is only to ensure equal financial compensation for the pollution, or the government-sponsored illegal land grab, or the poisoned children. Social status, so important in Chinese culture and more so thanks to those 60 years of communism, is defined by the display of wealth. Cars, apartments, personal jewellery, clothing, pets: all must be new and shiny, and carry a famous foreign brand name. In the small rural village where we live I am not asked about my health or that of my family, I am asked how much money our small business is making, how much our car cost, our dog.
The trouble with money of course, and showing off how much you have, is that you upset the people who have very little. Hence the Party’s campaign to promote a “harmonious society,” its vast spending on urban and rural beautification projects, and reliance on the sale of “land rights” more than personal taxes.
Once you’ve purchased the necessary baubles, you’ll want to invest the rest somewhere safe, preferably with a decent return—all the more important because one day you will have to pay your own medical bills and pension, besides overseas school and college fees. But there is nowhere to put it except into property or under the mattress. The stock markets are rigged, the banks operate in a way that is non-commercial, and the yuan is still strictly non-convertible. While the privileged, powerful and well-connected transfer their wealth overseas via legally questionable channels, the remainder can only buy yet more apartments or thicker mattresses. The result is the biggest property bubble in history, which when it pops will sound like a thousand firework accidents |
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/mark-kitto-youll-never-be-chinese-leaving-china/ |
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| Tranzmit |
| For better or worse theres only one way to say this china is the new Merica. They know know it we know it everyone does. But what is REALLY grinding my gears is that we are running out of resources and for everyone on this planet. or maybe seriously start thinking of mars etc etc. scary stuff! |
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| saluyamo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tranzmit
For better or worse theres only one way to say this china is the new Merica. They know know it we know it everyone does. But what is REALLY grinding my gears is that we are running out of resources and for everyone on this planet. or maybe seriously start thinking of mars etc etc. scary stuff! |
I found a chart sourced from Yale which states the World has less than 50 years supply of metals such as Zinc, Lead and Indium.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_k...b0ukuo1_400.jpg |
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| Vector A |
China is hardly "printing out people." Its birth rate is pretty low, especially for a developing country. For example, the U.S., France, and Iceland all have higher birth rates than China, and India's isn't even in the same ballpark.
Sorry to hear you have Huntington's disease. |
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