Comments by "神州 Shenzhou" (@Shenzhou.) on "CGTN"
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@redfieldchris1217 In the past, Hong Kong was once a prosperous port city under British colonial rule, while the mainland was still dirt-poor at that time. Today however, fortunes have reversed and Hong Kong has since fallen behind rising mainland port cities like Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Ningbo-Zhoushan, and is facing increasingly higher levels of competition from other upcoming mainland cities, like Qingdao, Tianjin, Xiamen, Dalian, etc. No wonder why some Hong Kong people feel like they're being left behind.
Source: List of busiest container ports wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_container_ports
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@ForrestSCS If you want to look at history, China has 5,000 years of history and is among the world's oldest "continuous" civilization still alive today, whereas other ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia, Rome and Egypt have since succumbed to history. China has witnessed the birth and death of various other nations, the rise and fall of numerous other empires, yet China has survived the violent passage of time to modern times relatively intact, whereas even Rome eventually crumbled.
China has always been under the authoritarian rule (and we still are today) of emperors and the imperial court, because that's how China has been successfully governed for millennia. Not all countries have to adopt Western democracy to be successful and China is living proof of this.
Because this is what China's 5,000 years of history is telling us, that China functions best under a strong central government, like the Emperor and the Imperial Court of old. China's current authoritarian political closely emulates the ancient imperial system under President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party of China.
And go and read Taiwan's own constitution, it says that Taiwan is part of China. Taiwan claims all of mainland China (including Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, etc) as part of their territory, including territory currently under the control of Mongolia, Burma (Myanmar), Bhutan, India, Japan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and Tajikistan. Here's a Map of all the territory Taiwan claims (source:wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ROC_Administrative_and_Claims.svg )
Since there hasn't been any amendments to Taiwan's constitution, then by default, Taiwan is part of China under their own constitution.
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@wuppas Chinese food is delicious and people all over the world have proclaimed their love of Chinese food.
Want something flavorful? Try our Sweet & Sour Pork.
If you want something meaty, we have Peking Duck.
If you want something light, we have Dim Sum Dumplings.
If you're in a hurry, just grab convenient Baozi (Pork Bun) and eat it on the go.
If you like mild spicy, care to try our Kung Pao Chicken?
If you like very spicy, dare to try our Mapo Tofu?
If you are vegetarian, we have vegetarian Springrolls. And we are tofu heaven.
If you like rice, we have Fried Rice.
If you like noodles, we have Chow Mein.
If you like porridge, we have Congee.
If you like soups, we have Hotpot.
If you like seafood, well you're in luck, because Chinese love seafood too.
Food is life, and no culture celebrates food as much as Chinese culture, whether it is the preparation of food or its consumption.
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@lincolnwikipedia4218 If you go and read Taiwan's own constitution, it says that Taiwan is part of China. Taiwan claims all of mainland China (including Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, etc) as part of their territory, including territory currently under the control of Mongolia, Burma (Myanmar), Bhutan, India, Japan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and Tajikistan. Here's a map of all the territory that Taiwan claims (Source:wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ROC_Administrative_and_Claims.svg )
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@kushio214 About mainland China's GDP per capita being lower than Taiwan, that's because mainland China has to host the world's largest population. So if you divide our GDP by our enormous population, then of course you arrive at a lower GDP per capita for the mainland than it is for Taiwan. Take India (world's largest democracy) for example and their GDP per capita is even lower than China's, despite being a Western brand of democracy.
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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@kushio214 So comparing GDP per capita is fair, (because you can divide our GDP by our enormous population) but when I use China's population to our advantage, that's somehow unfair? You can bring up Japan and South Korea, then why can't I bring up India and USA?
About technology in China, China is home to world's largest highspeed railway network, surpassing even Taiwan's hi-speed railway and Japan's Shinkansen 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.
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@kushio214 So you can compare GDP per capita (by dividing our GDP by our enormous population) then can't I use China's population to our advantage? Chinese universities produce the most STEM graduates (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) out of any other country in the world.
Countries With The Most STEM Graduates
1. China (4.7 million)
2. India (2.6 million)
3. United States (568,000)
4. Russia (561,000)
5. Iran (335,000)
6. Indonesia (206,000)
7. Japan (195,000)
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Source: Forbes: The Countries With The Most STEM Graduates forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/02/the-countries-with-the-most-stem-graduates-infographic/
This implies that China is going to play a much larger role in the STEM fields, given the sheer number of graduates produced in these fields. In the grand scheme of things, China is only going to get better and better over the years.
The HDI also compares two countries with the same level of GDP per capita that can end up with different human development outcomes, so isn't it linked to population size as well?
Lastly, if you think that Japan or Taiwan could have built even longer train lines if they were the size of mainland China, then it's possible that their GDP per capita and HDI won't be as high as they are today, because of the sheer size of China's landmass. In 2003, China had 0km of high speed rail track, but today, China has more than double the track length of the rest of the world!
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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@erickm8799 About the One Child Policy, in the past China was still dirt-poor country, suffering from high birth rate, high child malnutrition, high child mortality, high illiteracy and other population problems at that time. Why allow families in China to raise multiple kids, only for them to starve to death, succumb to childhood diseases, and having not enough food, not enough hospitals, and not enough schools to send them all to? Why not make families focus all available resources into raising a single, healthy kid into adulthood, and get him into a good school?
According to World Bank, China's poverty rate fell from 88% in 1981 to a mere 0.7% in 2015. According to UNESCO, adult literacy rate in China increased from 65.5% in 1982 to a whopping 96.4% in 2015, growing at an average annual rate of 10.39%. This is an impressive feat considering that China is world's most populous country, yet attaining 0.7% poverty and 96.4% literacy.
Look at India, world's 2nd largest population country, and India is suffering from high birth rate, high child malnutrition, high child mortality, high illiteracy and other population problems that China once suffered from in the past.
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@erickm8799 Not everyone is as fortunate enough as you, to be born having enough food to eat, safety, having access to healthcare and education, and so on. Previously, China was a dirt-poor, war-torn, starving country in the past, suffering from overpopulation, high birth rate, high child mortality, malnutrition and illiteracy. Poor families had multiple mouths to feed, what little money was divided until some children starved to death, some succumbed to childhood diseases and parents having not enough money to send their multiple kids to school.
Why not pool all available resources for poor families to raise a single child into adulthood and send him into a good school? That was how China was able to lift millions of people out of poverty and into the middle class, as well as raise adult literacy rates. Look at India (world's largest democracy) and they have no population control measures, so the poor families are trapped in cycle of poverty by having many mouths to feed and raise.
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