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@readyandwaitingwithasupris3693 China is currently at peace and not at war with any country, since our last major conflict in 1979. Instead of making war, China is building infrastructure like roads, railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, powerstations, dams, ports, airports, etc and investing in developing countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and also African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Chad, Sudan, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, etc.
Whereas the United States is warmonger being involved in Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghan War, Libyan War, Syrian War, Yemen War, etc, even in the 21st century. USA is bombing in those Middle Eastern countries and enacting regime change by cutting off their "heads" (Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, etc) and then installing their own US puppet governments in place.
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@readyandwaitingwithasupris3693 About receiving funding, the Chinese government is pouring funds into R&D, and China already has world's highest R&D spending according to the following source:
Countries by Research and Development spending
1. China ($553.4 billion)
2. United States ($511.1 billion)
3. European Union ($379.0 billion)
4. Japan ($165.7 billion)
5. Germany ($118.8 billion)
6. South Korea ($91.6 billion)
7. India ($66.5 billion)
8. France ($60.0 billion)
9. United Kingdom ($44.8 billion)
10. Russia ($42.6 billion)
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Source: List of countries by research and development spending wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_research_and_development_spending#List
In the West, researchers often have to worry about funding, so they write papers and cite other peoples work to improve their credibility, so that they can expand their academic circles, get approval of grants so that they can publish more papers. It has degenerated into an academic system and many researcher's ideas remain on paper, instead of being turned into actual products.
Whereas in China, research funds are available at all tiers of society, from corporate to government sector, and a struggling research can easily get a $40,000 funding approval, thus freeing the researcher to concentrate on his/her research instead of having to worry about funding. The idea-to-product transition time in China is short too, so many researchers can feel a sense of satisfaction, witnessing their ideas being turned to actual products.
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Arguably Tibetans in China today enjoy better life than their counterparts outside of China. Located in Himalayas, Tibet mostly isolated from rest of the world throughout history, but thanks to Qinghai railway built by Chinese through difficult mountainous terrain, Tibet is accessible to rest of world and growing tourism industry has sprung up in Tibet. Growing food in Tibet very difficult since the mountain soil is poor and low rainfall, so the government introduced greenhouses to Tibet to increase agricultural yield.
Of course Tibet suffered during Cultural Revolution but so did the rest of China and afterwards, the government has helped rebuild many Tibetan temples that were destroyed during the revolution. Many modern amenities like roads, streetlamps, schools and universities were built to modernize Tibet and Tibetans today can enjoy access to water, electricity, gas, plumbing and electronics like smartphones, computers and Internet access. Thanks to convenience of Internet, Tibetans today can browse websites, shop online and have purchases delivered to Tibet, because it is part of China after all.
So for above reasons my opinion is that Tibetans today enjoy better standard of life than they did before.
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+Ryan Lajara Since exactly when does USA follow UN and the international law? For example, the USA suspected Iraq of harboring Weapons of Mass Destruction, but UN did not agree to let Iraq be invaded. So US President Bush formed a coalition to invade Iraq in 2003, resulting in mass civilian causalities. The Iraq Body Count project estimated over 100,000 Iraqi civilians causalities as result of Iraq war. In the end, no WMD was ever found in Iraq. The then UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, called the US invasion of Iraq as not in conformity with the UN charter and was illegal.
If China wanted Asia for itself, then why is China building infrastructure to help developing economies to grow, like Pakistan Economic Corridor project, and even in Africa as well? China has pledged billions of dollars to aid African development, building roads, railways, schools, hospitals, hotels, shopping centers, football stadiums, and telecommunication projects.
You claim China want ASIAN hegemony, but China does not have any overseas military bases (except for the one in Djibouti). In contrast, USA wants WORLD hegemony, which is why it has over 500+ military bases even in Okinawa Japan, South Korea and of course, the Philippines.
Source: Wikipedia: List of countries with overseas military bases en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_overseas_military_bases
So, its because of the above reasons, why I believe USA is the greater evil, since it wants to maintain its global hegemony at all costs.
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+Ryan Lajara Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, during the start of the Gulf War. But I am talking about the 2nd Iraq war (the one in 2003) when President Bush ordered invasion of Iraq on suspicion of harboring WMD. Chemical weapons were found in Gulf War (1990) but as far as I know, USA did not find any new evidence of WMD during Iraqi war (2003), which was the basis for the US invasion. Even today, USA is still at war with Middle East countries, whereas China is not at war with any country currently, so why do you still China as the greater evil here?
Why you believe because a coalition of states support a country, tells that it is not a very evil move? During WW2, Germany, Japan and Italy formed the Axis powers, means that it is not a evil move? What about further back in history, during Boxing Rebellion in China, where 8 nations (USA, UK, France, Russia, Italy, ... ... even Japan) invaded China to steal our territories, plunder our wealth, kill our men and even rape our women? After the Rebellion, China's territory was carved up like a pie and given to the victorious countries. Just because more Allies group together, means that it is not evil? What logic is this?
I have never said what China does is for free. China runs a business, not a charity and in such business arrangements, both sides agree on the terms of the transaction, so both sides benefit. China is not forcing those countries to do business if they don't want to. But what about European colonialism in Africa, in which they colonize Africa and plunder it of its resources, while importing African slaves to work in their countries? What about genocide of Native Americans and Australian Aboriginals, so that Europeans can occupy their lands and live in those countries? Isn't that the much greater evil here?
What makes you think having US bases in their territory, means that the US treated them well? In South Korea, there is prostitution for US servicemen stationed there and in Okinawa Japan, the US servicemen can rape the local Okinawans with impunity, and the Japanese government can't do anything about it.
Source: Thousands protest at US bases on Okinawa after Japanese woman's murder theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/19/thousands-protest-at-us-bases-on-okinawa-after-japanese-womans
Also, Philippines was once Spanish colony, but Americans promised to grant Philippines independence. After Spanish defeated, Americans refuse to grant Philippines Independence and fought to conquer the country instead. This resulted in Philippine American war of 1899. The Americans massacred men, women, children, prisoners and captives, active insurgents etc. After the whole thing, 4,000 American soldiers died, 20,000 Filipino Soldiers died, and a whopping quarter million Filipino civilians died as a result of this war.
The Philippine American War youtube.com/watch?v=bN2wrZGcs8s
Thus, its because of the above reasons, why I claim USA is the greater evil. You may think that these wars are in the past, but look at America today, and isn't it still at war with Middle East countries? What makes you think USA won't start another war again? China today is at peace, and instead of waging war, we are helping poorer countries in Africa and Asia to develop their countries, so how is China considered the greater evil here? There are some sovereignty disputes, but it is bloodless and there hasn't been any outright war, unlike USA and the Middle East.
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+nguyen khanh Qing dynasty did government them and included those islands as part of China's territory. Also, if those "territory" belonged to Vietnam, then why did France have to invaded them and annex them into Vietnam? Because it was controlled by China, that's why.
Qing dynasty dealt with France as it was colonial power. Vietnam was not independent back then, so how do you expect Qing emperor to deal with the Vietnamese king when it was considered a colony of France?
I have shown you proof of Phan Van Dong's letter, then if you call him a traitor, then why is he your leader in first place? Of course its old document over almost 60 years ago, but it is still from your Vietnamese leader, so why isn't it official? It was published in Vietnamese newspaper, so how is it not official at all here?
Nobody in the world wants to see a rising China, so they all take sides with anyone opposing China. For example, USA and Vietnam weren't really allies, but because they have China as common enemy. But does this mean your countries are correct? China has these proof and even today, Paracel Islands is being developed as tourist destination, and tourists can go diving and windsurfing there, even get married on one of the churches there. So in the end, who really has control of Paracel Islands?
China Promoting Tourism for Paracel Islands
nytimes.com/2016/05/29/world/asia/south-china-sea-tourism.html
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Mickey G If you really live in Africa, then you should know that Africa is rich in resources and probably one of worlds richest reserves of natural resources. But all that natural wealth still remains unaccessible to majority of Africans if they are unable to tap into those resources themselves. African countries could one day be extremely powerful if they could harness their own resources effectively instead of relying on foreign nations to extract them. China is still growing and is hungry for resources that African nations have, but it should be noted that Chinese conduct business transactions with African nations to acquire those resources, which is fundamentally different from Western colonialism. China also help build much infrastructure in Africa, such as roads, railways, schools, hospitals, hotels, shopping centres, football stadiums and telecommunications facilities. These are fundamental to the development of any nation and China has done much to develop Africa in decades, compared to what Westerners did in Africa for centuries.
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After WW2, there should be no more wars, but then Cold War erupted between Soviet Union and USA, with proxy wars fought in Vietnam and Korea. After USSR dissolution, there should be no more wars, but USA still have Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghan War, etc, even into 21st century. In my opinion, the American soldiers should be fighting to defend their country and dying on their own soil, instead of in Vietnam or Korea or Afghanistan or Iraq, so why do they travel across the Pacific ocean to fight wars in other countries lands?
The US wars in Middle East cost estimated $4 trillion dollars of US taxpayers money. For comparison, China owns about $1 trillion dollars of US debt, so it is clear that US pumps a lot of money into waging wars halfway across the globe.The closest that the US mainland comes to being threatened was during the Cuban missile crisis, but America today has not been in danger since. Even North Korean knows that it will be annihilated if its missiles ever strike American property and personnel, so why is there need to resort to provocative actions in Korean peninsula?
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@Randolph1233 How is China bullying USA? China today is currently at peace and not at war with any country, since our last major conflict in 1979. Instead of making war, China is building infrastructure like roads, railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, powerstations, dams, ports, airports, etc and investing in developing countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and also African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Chad, Sudan, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, etc.
Whereas the United States is warmonger being involved in Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghan War, Libyan War, Syrian War, Yemen War, etc, even in the 21st century. USA is bombing in those Middle Eastern countries and enacting regime change by cutting off their "heads" (Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, etc) and then installing their own US puppet governments in place.
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@readyandwaitingwithasupris3693 As the world's most populous country, China has (statistically speaking) the most brainpower to come up with plans and ideas, as well as the most manpower to implement said plans and turn ideas into reality. Larger populations have more geniuses, and since China's population is 4x that of USA, there should be at least 4 Chinese geniuses to every 1 American genius.
Source: China's Statistical Advantage: Large populations have more geniuses http://iiipublishing.com/blog/2018/06/blog_06_07_2018.html
Consider two standard bell curves, say one with 1.4 billion people and one with 326 million. The number of average people in China is very close to 4.3 times the number of average people in the U.S. That is also true for those in the top 2% say, which produces scientists, the best business and government people, and the most competent computer programmers. Even there, China would have a 4.3 to 1 advantage, which would be quite an advantage, everything else being equal.
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@readyandwaitingwithasupris3693 China is home to two of world's fastest supercomputers, the Sunway Taihulight (神威·太湖之光) and Tianhe-2 (天河-2) and in 2017 Top500 supercomputer survey, China beat USA with 202 out of 500 of the world's fastest supercomputers, compared to USA's 144 out of 500.
Video: Sunway TaihuLight named world's fastest supercomputer youtu.be/KEdsrT1mFAU
Source: China surpasses US in supercomputers usage on Top500 list cnet.com/news/china-surpasses-us-in-supercomputer-usage-on-top-500-list/
Supercomputers play an important role in the field of computational science, and are used for a wide range of computationally intensive tasks in various fields, including quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, climate research, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling (computing the structures and properties of chemical compounds, biological macromolecules, polymers, and crystals), and physical simulations (such as simulations of the early moments of the universe, airplane and spacecraft aerodynamics, the detonation of nuclear weapons, and nuclear fusion).
This implies that researchers in China have access to some of the most advanced facilities in which you conduct their research.
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@readyandwaitingwithasupris3693 Besides fast supercomputers, China is also home to world's largest highspeed railway network, surpassing even Japan's Shinkansen hi-speed rail in terms of track length. Our high-speed trains are world class, the journeys very smooth and enjoyable. Passengers have even experimented by balanced small objects like coins, stationery and smartphones on their edges in a train traveling at 350 kph, and the objects remain undisturbed (even stagnant water remains still) for long period of time.
Video: Watch how long coin can balance on high-speed train traveling at 350 kph youtu.be/fumYdO9XknE
Prior to the advent of high speed rail, during the Spring Festival, people in China would make the trip back to our home province to spend the new years with family and friends and the journey would often take several days. But thanks to China's high-speed rail, the commuting times have been cut short, from days to mere hours.
Countries by high-speed rail lines in operation
1. China (38,207 km)
2. Spain (5,525 km)
3. Germany (4,692 km)
4. France (3,802 km)
5. Japan (3,421 km)
6. Sweden (2,055 km)
7. United Kingdom (1,757 km)
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Source: List of high-speed railway lines wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-speed_railway_lines#Overview
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