I am indeed still in China made it through the Morey blackout, COVID, lots of protests and reopening...and now life is easy again! (That tweet is a lil propaganda-y though. China has good and bad just like every place).
uhhh the US implemented globalization and kept the seas safe for trade with our Navy. That’s going away now. With their crappy geography and population decline I’ll be interested to see how they navigate things moving forward.
The only problem with me going to another foreign country is I don’t speak the language which sucks. I like to conversate and talk but I only know English lmfao
Fun Facts about China: The UN reports there are approx. 5.8 Million slaves in modern day China. Youth unemployment rate is ~17% They do have war, they literally invaded Tibet Censorship and No free speech. Social credit system Terrible pollution Also, I have been to China with a company I used to work for. Its a nice, shiny place to visit in the big cities. They have very modern infrastructure in the big cities. Then you go for a countryside tour, and its a lot of mules and abject poverty, dotted with beautiful suburbs and cities. Really fun and depressing at the same time.
i've been to china. its one of the countries where i've been to where they don't a fook about the other countries, ESPECIALLY USA. they have everything they need to survive without the US. they don't need our FB, google, cars...they want it? they build it. the US thinks we are at the center of the universe but go to china and you will see they march to the beat of their own drum.
I'll go to China when I'm ready for tanks to run over me for daring to disagree with the government...wait, that's starting to happen this year with our new government right here in the good ol' US of A
Yes I've been there plenty of time. I've seen the good and advance stuff, but I've also seen the proverty and hunger. I've also seen China's landmarks and beauty. Don't be blind by the glitz and glammer. You think America has a social/income disparity...you haven't been to China. Overall, I've had fun if I ignore the other stuff and stick with what I want to experience.
Nope, and haven't had an urge to since I was a lad watching kung fu movies on channel 39 and thinking I should go to China to learn drunken monkey style kung fu.
I think a lot of people have talked about the wealth gap in the thread, and that's the thing--China does have incredible cities and infrastructure, public transportation is easy to use and it's safer than anywhere else I've ever lived, and I used to work in Japan for a bit. BUT! A lot of college graduates from 3rd, or 4th tier cities try to improve their living standards by moving to a major city...and it's just hard. They can work as delivery drivers--but then they work themselves half to death every day while skirting traffic laws to get your meal to you on time. They can try to find a entry-level white collar job...but then the salaries are something like 8000rmb a month and most decent apartments relatively near the city center (in Beijing at least) are at least half that--and usually much more. And that's not even mentioning people from the truly rural areas. The infrastructure there is way better than before, but there's no chance of upward mobility unless they uproot themselves and become a rudderless boat in an ocean of people. And their kids can't even go to school where they work because they need either a hukou or enough money to go to a private/bilingual school. Tourism though? Or if you get a posting here from your company? Hell yeah it's fun AF. And despite the war of words between the governments, Americans still get pretty good treatment over here, regardless of ethnicity. It can be pretty damn close to the wonderful image that the tourism boards try to portray. But like, tourism in America is ****ing phenomenal too. We shouldn't take the freedoms and liberties we get back home for granted.
lmao too be fair most of the kung fu movies back in the days were shot either in Hong Kong or Southeast Asia specifically the Philippines
I have been to several places. Seen a few men pooping in troughs right out in the open. I rather not see that.
As any country, there's good and bad. it's not that there's no free speech, there's no some speech. Unless an activist, most normies don't run into these perceived problems. The healthcare like Europe and Canada is affordable. University cost is not excessive. What's more important: ability to criticize your president or seeing a doctor or send you kids to college without crippling debt. Just depends how important the practical things are to your family. The U.S. is still a good country to live, it also is not the only livable nation. Both can be true.
