Comments by "Alan Friesen" (@alanfriesen9837) on "Bill Maher Is Wrong on China | Quick Take | GZERO Media" video.
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I have the same feelings. But Bill had a lot of good points the other night. Most Americans, including Mr. Bremmer here, are far too dismissive of China. This idea that China's quality level is substandard and will remain so going forward is categorically wrong. His assertion that Chinese scientists and engineers want to get out of China and work in the United States is true for some, but it's hardly universal. And while American universities have generations of prestige fluffing up their reputation, Xinhua and Beijing are every bit as elite as anything in the United States. The reason Chinese will spend money to get their kids into American universities is because if you have money, it's easier to get your kid into Yale than it is to get them into Xinhua.
I hope he's right about renewed investment in American infrastructure. America needs to invest in all kinds of stuff. And while I agree that the new administration is going to move us in that direction, I worry, like Bill Maher, that the political pendulum will swing back before long redirecting collective investment back into tax relief the next time the Republicans regain control.
One last point. China is not a poor country. It's not so much about how much money you've got; it's about what you can do with it. China has been very creative at leveraging its resources and it continues to look for ways around the chokehold the United States has on global financing. At the micro level, the Chinese people may only have $10,000 incomes on average, but they can live comfortably on their income with most of the stuff Americans have gone deep into debt to acquire.
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@captives6479 You could argue that Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Gansu, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning, were all breakaway provinces and that Tibet, Mongolia, Ningxia Hui Guangxi and Xinjiang were all breakaway regions until 1971 when the world recognized the PRC as the legitimate government of China.
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