• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    the glorification of China

    The Chinese government has definitely run ahead of the pack on domestic investment. But you could play the same game with Spain or Japan or Turkiye. The numbers simply would not have been as impressive.

    Their buildings are collapsing.

    This is a meme from 2008. You won’t find any more crumbling buildings in China than you’d find in the UK or Korea.

    And the Chinese peope themselves. They suffer.

    They’ll never know the joys of bumper to bumper traffic

    • Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Explain the sinking just finished metro. The ghost towns. The buildings collapsing. The bridges decaying because of concrete rot. There are so many current projects going bad because of the use of bad materials and dodgy practices. Skipping a geo research before building etc.

      The Chinese are surpressed by the CCP. More than 90% of the drinking water is not fit for consumption. Aside from the AI cleaned up videos and pictures, there isn’t much of a clear sky with the smog.

      And where are the birds?

      … Also have you seen China. They too have traffic jams.

      No country is a wonderland. And if someone is really really really trying to convince me they are that magnificent, and better than everyone else. I. Do. Not. Trust. Them.

      Actions say more than words. And the actions have spoken.