Thread: The View, from China

Originally Posted by cyrille

What on earth are you babbling about?

He is a total loon, like most of these utter imbeciles.

^^^ No idea where that photo was taken, or when.

Remains the fact- China's poverty rate sits at 0.7%, and Home ownership at 90%. 850 million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty since 1981.

How much better has the average American persons life got in the last 40 years? You were once the envy of the world.

A 2013 UNICEF report ranked the U.S. as having the second-highest relative child poverty rates in the developed world.^[18] As of June 2016, the IMF warned the United States that its high poverty rate needs to be tackled urgently by raising the minimum wage and offering paid maternity leave to women to encourage them to enter the labor force.^[19] In December 2017, the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, undertook a two-week investigation on the effects of systemic poverty in the United States, and sharply condemned "private wealth and public squalor," declaring the state of Alabama to have the "worst poverty in the developed world."^[20] Alston's report was issued in May 2018 and highlights that 40 million people live in poverty and over five million live "in 'Third World' conditions."^[21]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Povert...s#21st_century



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Lowndes County, Alabama.

Are you asking posters on this site to do your bidding or employing governments to do something? It sounds very much an accusation leveled at individuals on here, rather than those responsible.

The Chinese governance is bloody awful.

You, by your own words, don’t care much for Australian politics, but you do have a vote. Use it and stop blaming others for the failings of governments.

When you wake up, let us know how it goes. You are targetting the wrong people, but you are not prepared to listen, only to judge others. Stick your fingers in your ears and hum something, again.

About homes in China. Look at typical size and how many people are in them!

HOMES IN CHINA | Facts and Details

The Chinese governance is bloody awful.

You obviously haven't asked the Chinese people that, have you? But of course you know better, than the +90% of the Chinese people that approve of their government, as shown in multiple polls. How many brits approve of the brit government again?

Maybe not as dire as the states, but how much would you say the average brits life has improved in the last 40 years? (Heck- I moved back there about then, to brum. Those were the Thatcher years!).

Originally Posted by sabang

You obviously haven't asked the Chinese people that, have you? But of course you know better, than the +90% of the Chinese people that approve of their government, as shown in multiple polls.

sabang sort of hopes no-one knows about the chinkies use of "subversion of state power" or "protection of state secrets" to make sure no-one dares criticise their government.

sabang is not very bright.

Maybe not as dire as the states, but how much would you say the average brits life has improved in the last 40 years? (Heck- I moved back there about then, to brum. Those were the Thatcher years!).

sabang introduces meaningless off-topic waffle to try and cover up his ignorance.

It is entirely on topic- the Chinese people approve of their government far more than brits or amerkins. Maybe you might approve of your government more too, if your average persons standard of living had improved more over previous decades. But mostly, you've just seen the rich grow richer. Can you blame the Chinese for their approval? It certainly isn't up to you anyway- take care of your own country, and stop acting like you know more than others about what they actually think.

Originally Posted by sabang

It is entirely on topic- the Chinese people approve of their government

.... because they're scared not to you snivelling chinky sycophant.

Ah yes, 'arry Einstein again, knows the Chinese better than they know themselves- and the Venezuelans, Crimeans, Syrians, Russians etc etc.....
Must be amazing being in possession of this omnipotence. How come you ain't richer than Elon?

Originally Posted by sabang

Ah yes, 'arry Einstein again, knows the Chinese better than they know themselves- and the Venezuelans, Crimeans, Syrians, Russians etc etc.....
Must be amazing being in possession of this omnipotence. How come you ain't richer than Elon?

It's amazing how just when you think the stupid have plumbed their predictable depths that someone they find a way to dig even further.

This is sabang:

And this is China-

That's enough for them to buy a carpet tile each, which probably fills their personal space.

China sweep Australia to begin defense of Uber Cup

Xinhua | Updated: 2022-05-09 10:24

"BANGKOK - China's women's badminton team swept Australia 5-0 on Sunday to begin their quest to defend their Uber Cup title.

In the opening singles, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Chen Yufei had a close first set with world No. 72 Chen Hsuan-yu by only winning 21-19. But Chen then took control of the match with a 21-10 win in the second set.

Returning to the Uber Cup as defending champions only after seven months, Chen said she would not consider the past results too closely. "What's important is focusing on right now and giving everything I have."

In the following doubles, China didn't start their world No. 1 duo Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, but Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu easily overcame Joyce Chong and Angela Yu 21-12, 21-12.
In the second singles, He Bingjiao crushed Louisa Ma 21-6, 21-6 in only 20 minutes to secure victory for China.

In the two remaining matches, Du Yue and Li Wenmei beat Kaitlyn Ea and Gronya Somerville 21-11, 21-5, while Zhang Yiman defeated Tiffany Ho 21-6, 21-9."

China sweep Australia to begin defense of Uber Cup - Chinadaily.com.cn

Originally Posted by OhOh

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"BEIJING -- China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the country's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, reported a 40.9-percent surge in net profit in the first quarter of the year. Net profit attributable to the parent company exceeded 39 billion yuan (about $5.89 billion) from January to March, the company said in a statement filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Is that all?

What, have they got high manpower costs or something?

^Wonder how that works out per capita?

Chinese (and Indian) population is around 4.3 times the US norts. Still makes for a big disparity. I think we should be producing more STEM graduates!
A counter point however is that some of Chinas 'best and brightest' do their advanced studies in the West, particularly the US, at good schools like Stanford, Ivy & Oxbridge. A fair few end up working for us! (d'ya think they might be spies 'arry?).

Originally Posted by sabang

Still makes for a big disparity. I think we should be producing more STEM graduates

Agree. More STEM, far less Business degrees.

Less lawyers and bankers! (that's me stuffed then).

By Jerry GreyPublished: May 08, 2022





May 4 marks the Youth Day in China. Year 2022 also marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China. This generation of Chinese youth not only have more opportunities than their predecessors, but have interacted more with their peers elsewhere across the world. For this reason, their confidence and faith will have a profound influence around the world. The Global Times has invited several international observers to comment on their impression of this generation of Chinese youth. This is the fourth in the series.

China's young people face many challenges, they need to finish school in a highly competitive environment, but it's designed to place the best of them into an increasing number of university places, those that don't enter university have options of vocational college or going to work. Despite these challenges, there's an increasing and palpable confidence in China's youth.

The current life expectancy in China is 77.3 years, but there are two highly impressive points to make about this. One is that China's life expectancy increased through two years of a COVID pandemic while others decreased. For the first time in history, China has overtaken the US at 77 years. The other is that a person born 77 years ago, would have had a life expectancy of only 43 years. Given this, and some other factors, it's hardly surprising China's youngsters have confidence in the future.

A person who was born in 1945 is 77 years old and has seen incredible changes. China was one of the poorest countries, it had been humiliated through colonization by, and concessions to Western powers, the removal of a dynasty, an invasion, occupation and international war, it was wracked by internal divisions and a civil war, beset by corruption and massive taxes with huge numbers in poverty, there was a complete lack of modern infrastructure, barely any education and healthcare was, at best minimal. Until the mass urbanization of the 1980's, most of the rapidly growing population lived on farms that barely sustained their lives. China's suicide rate is now among the world's lowest, lower even than in Australia and the US.

Fast forward to today, China's improvement has stunned global observers. Neither a child born in the year 2000 or their parents, have experienced war. This child is much more likely to receive higher education than his or her parents with tertiary education now hitting 54 percent. Whilst the US has a similar rate at 57 percent, their numbers have declined over the last 10 years as people realize they can't afford further education. US universities include a range of fees amounting to around $64,000 per year of study compared to as low as $2,000 a year in China.

On leaving college or university, China's unemployment rate is currently a COVID-driven high of 5.8 percent but more importantly, 2.85 million new jobs were created in the first quarter and an additional 11 million will be created by the end of the year. Compared to Western countries employment is much more stable with real jobs as opposed to part time or zero contracts and minimum wages.

As the youth of China enter adulthood, they're entering a society with a great deal of stability and positivity. Western media will always decry China's nationalism as being driven by the Communist Party of China's propaganda(CPC) or "brainwashing" but it's hard to imagine any government anywhere which could invoke a passion in young students to have over 400,000 of them leave their city homes and travel to the countryside to assist in Rural revitalization and poverty alleviation schemes, yet this is what happened in 2019. What's more, their values and loyalty are hard to underestimate when as many as 73 million of them (40 percent aged 21-30) choose to visit the former CPC headquarters in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province. They do this out of respect and an innate sense of pride in the past which has led them to their more stable, comfortable and confident future.

Many in the West declare how they love China and Chinese people but just as rapidly denounce the CPC as being authoritarian or dictatorial and accuse them of being the cause of misery for 1.4 billion Chinese people they've never met. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The CPC currently has 95 million members and, within a year, will top 100 million. About 1 in 14 are members, almost as many as the population of France and Spain combined, with 4 million new applicants a year; there are 103 countries in the world that don't have populations this large.

The youths of 50 years ago yearned for opportunities the West had to offer, they dreamed of being like America but this has changed for the Chinese youth of today. What were once seen as admirable qualities are more confusing now. Despite allegations that the "Great Firewall" prevents Chinese people knowing what's going on, Chinese people are very well aware of the world outside. Annually, 155 million Chinese tourists and 700,000 students depart China, they all return with stories of what they've seen. They know 120 Americans die from drug overdoses or alcohol every day, they know that every single day 106 people die and another 210 people survive gunshots. They know that, like everywhere, there are drug problems in China but they are minor and decreasing yearly. Also, China has no gun deaths.

In fact, by measurement metric imaginable, China has improved but there's a great deal more to look forward to in a very confident future.

The author is a British Australian freelance writer who has studied cross cultural change management in China and has lived in the country, traveling extensively for 17 years. opinion@globaltimes.com.cn

Chinese youths more confident in China’s future, don’t admire the West - Global Times

Originally Posted by sabang

The author is a snivelling chinky stooge who writes arse-kissing drivel for Mr. Shithole

FTBFY.

Begrudgers gonna grudge.