Comments by "Peter Jacobsen" (@pjacobsen1000) on "Wave Media" channel.

Since 1990, China's forest coverage has increased 28%, from 1.6 million sqkm to 2.2 million sqkm. China's total forested area is now 24% of the total land area, up from 17% in 1990. Much of this increase has been in China's North, North-West, and North-East. Especially the Loess Plateau has seen a lot of effort at reforesting since the 1990s. It hasn't all been successful, but some of it has been, and that's better than nothing.
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This is sweet music to the ears of The South, and to anyone who feels resentment towards the West in general, and USA in particular.
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Yanis Varoufakis is one of those political celebrities who, at least since the Greek economic crisis started in 2007, has always been wrong about absolutely everything. Nothing he has predicted has come true.
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@remix-yy1hs "he would never have the opportunity he had in china else where". Both Jack Ma and Jeff Bezos started their businesses in 1994. Both were internet-based businesses. Both got very successful. Today, Amazon has a market cap of $2 Trillion; Alibaba has a market cap of $200 Billion. Facebook, started in 2004, has a market cap of $1.3 Trillion. Google, started in 1998, has a market cap of $2 Trillion. Netflix, started in 1997, has a market cap of $300 Billion. Jack Ma is a great business leader, but he is not unique.
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@moatasemkassab4517 Well, for one, his claim that 'capitalism will destroy democracy'. He's been saying this for over 8 years. Capitalism and democracy has worked hand in hand very successfully for over 100 years.
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