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| Why China won't be Asia's dominant power (article) | |
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| MSantor | Nov 20 2014, 02:20 AM Post #1 |
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One view that is skeptical of China's rise in this century, though probably not as pessimistic as Gordon Chang in his book The Coming Collapse of China. Several factors, such as the income/poverty gap between the rich western, coastal/industrialized regions and the poor rural heartlands, as well as the endemic government corruption that plagues government agencies, despite Pres. Xi's anti-corruption drives, would impede China's progress to becoming a true regional power. CNBC
Edited by MSantor, Nov 20 2014, 02:27 AM.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| pachador | Nov 20 2014, 02:18 PM Post #2 |
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The bully is relying on an army of paid propagandists and reporters to exaggerate their capabilities economically and militarily, not only that, it is common practice of local officials in bullyland to exaggerate their economic statistics so that when the national stats are crunched in the nation's capital, the sum total is a an exaggerated figure. even if we disregard the exaggerated statistics, and even if the bully's economy will overtake the united states, their economy will have to be at least many times bigger than the american economy before the bully can declare they are truly rich because a more realistic measure of prosperity is per capita income which for bully citizens is much, much lower than the americans because her population is much much bigger, an analogy is singapore versus philippines, the philippine economy is bigger than singapore but we are still much poorer than singapore because on a per capita income basis, we are much lower than singapore's per capita income.......and not only that, there are serious problems going on in bullyland: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/131211/waterless-world-inner-mongolia-desert-wasteland http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-19/chinas-water-supply-is-contaminated-and-shrinking http://www.economist.com/news/china/21587813-northern-china-running-out-water-governments-remedies-are-potentially-disastrous-all http://all-that-is-interesting.com/pollution-in-china-photographs http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-18/chinas-aging-migrant-workers compare now to the americans who prefer to speak softly while carrying a big stick. Here's one example of why america's economy will be stable for decades to come: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-04/u-s-seen-as-biggest-oil-producer-after-overtaking-saudi.html Edited by pachador, Nov 20 2014, 02:23 PM.
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