Comments by "Al Loomis" (@alloomis1635) on "How China Became So Powerful" video.
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china became powerful-
by feeding its people, better than ever before.
by providing some health care for everyone, and good health care for most
by educating all its people, and offering the best minds access to good universities
and all in spite of interdiction by the west, led by usa.
there were serious mis-steps along the way.
the great leap forward was a mistake. it was inspired by the threats of nuclear bombing made by the usa. suddenly, technology was the only defense, and mao lunged at it. he had reason, but simply over-whelmed the capacity of china to change. famine resulted, prc says 8 million starved.
the cultural revolution was a mistake. the damage done was serious, and indefensible, since it was just palace coups riding on social upheaval.
china became powerful by exploiting the greed of the capitalists, who were unconcerned at the suffering of the people whose employment they sent to china. on present performance prc will surpass usa by every measure soon, except military aggression.
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