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Originally posted by Archangel76
Thank you gejia021 for this thread and all your straightforward responses. I have a few questions, and i come from a place of near-total ignorance on China:
1. do you think most chinese citizens would prefer a democratic government (in the style of the USA), or a more modern, perhaps less corrupt, version of the current government?
2. is crime a big problem in china? would you feel safe walking around shanghai in the middle of the night, for instance?
3. do you see china overtaking the US as the world's superpower? if so, do you see china playing a huge role in overseas conflicts, and/or maintaining a global military?
thank you in advance, and please forgive how blunt these questions sound.
cheers,
Archangel
Originally posted by FallenFromTheTree
Thank you Geijia,
No wonder your people are advancing so quickly.
It is clear that your leaders understand the importance of education.
We have very good schools here, but many students graduate owing $40,000-$80,000+++
in debt. This makes it very difficult for them to get on with their lives once they finish school.
You mention that the land belongs to the state.
Does this mean that you can not buy your own home or a small piece of land?
The real estate market is going crazy here.
The price of an average single family house in the Washington D.C. area is now near $500,000US
and they can't build them fast enough.
I find it interesting that your country owns very much of our national housing debt.
There are many Chinese investors now buying all they can afford in this market,
I sent you the links to a few local newspapers. I hope this helps you to see what is going on here
from our perspective.
Originally posted by gejia021
For this project 1 million people left their homeland
Originally posted by grad_student
Originally posted by gejia021
For this project 1 million people left their homeland
This is amazing! I have heard about this hydroelectric dam project, the first to surpass Brazil for the claim to the world's largest hydro project. And proof of the power of an authoriative regime ... could you image that happening in the USA, moving a million people?!
China is right to work towards clean energy. I was at a presentation recently about global warming, and in 10 to 20 years as China industrializes, they will account for significantly more pollution than the US does, purely due to numbers. In addition, as much as environmentalists bash the US for its low quality environmental regulations, it is my current understanding (perhaps you can clarify this for us) that China has no environmental regulations whatsoever (the weakness of an authoritarian regime).
I have heard that water sources are being contaminated, and that air pollution is horrible. If China begins to build new power plants that do not meet clean air standards the world stands to suffer far worse than it does from the American emissions.
Originally posted by cosmokatt7
Hello gejia021,
I think many westerners, especially Americans and british have many
misconceptionsabout modern China.
How would you compare modern Chinese culture with that of the U.S.A....?
What are the main concerns of Chinese young people? (17-30y/o's)
How do you think China will change after the 2008 Olympic games?
...And why do you refer to the Chinese currency as "yen" ...?
Isn't the OFFICIAL CURRENCY CALLED "RMB" ?
[edit on 20-7-2005 by cosmokatt7]
Originally posted by FallenFromTheTree
So you are telling us that you can not actually buy land or a house permanently.
The property belongs to the government and you have what is known as a long term
lease. Or leasehold estate.
This is probably why so many Chinese families now buy property here in the U.S.
There are many properties here where the entire family puts together all their savings to buy a home.
Many others invest in property, then re-sell for substantial profits.
They can actually earn far more money " flipping" real estate than anyone could actually earn by working for a living. They may have to pay up to 30% capitol gains tax on their profit, but it's still
a very lucrative way to make money.
You have voted gejia021 for the Way Above Top Secret award. You have used all of your votes for this month.
Originally posted by saint4God
First thing I'd like to do...
You have voted gejia021 for the Way Above Top Secret award. You have used all of your votes for this month.
It's an honor and pleasure to have a good-will ambassador from another nation here who truly cares about understanding their fellow human beings regardless of boarders or differences in governments. I also respect and admire you're willingness to speak freely.
This is kind of a silly question. Would I be able to find a small village in the country, where I can go to a nearby grassy hilltop to practice Wushu/Kung-Fu (I've been taking it for 2 years now), read, write and play a bamboo flute? Would the fact that I'm a Christian be a problem? I catch myself daydreaming of this when I retire. Maybe even have a small farm, help the village, etc...
I'm also open to questions too.
[edit on 21-7-2005 by saint4God]
Originally posted by gejia021
Our pollution is fir the sake of development ,US pollution is for the sake of excess consumation and the intersts of big oil company. If you invested on new clean power,the earth would become clean.US is the only country have the ability to open out and generalize new power, but when I saw the background of your president ,I know it's a dream in the near future.New power could reduce war and clean our home, but someone make a blined eyes on such a simple truth, it is the tragedy of Human.
China's water sources is safe ,air quality is getting better, not so horrible as you think .China has made a sustainable development policy and renewable resource strategy ,you would see it getting better.
Originally posted by grad_student
Originally posted by gejia021
For this project 1 million people left their homeland
This is amazing! I have heard about this hydroelectric dam project, the first to surpass Brazil for the claim to the world's largest hydro project. And proof of the power of an authoriative regime ... could you image that happening in the USA, moving a million people?!
China is right to work towards clean energy. I was at a presentation recently about global warming, and in 10 to 20 years as China industrializes, they will account for significantly more pollution than the US does, purely due to numbers. In addition, as much as environmentalists bash the US for its low quality environmental regulations, it is my current understanding (perhaps you can clarify this for us) that China has no environmental regulations whatsoever (the weakness of an authoritarian regime).
I have heard that water sources are being contaminated, and that air pollution is horrible. If China begins to build new power plants that do not meet clean air standards the world stands to suffer far worse than it does from the American emissions.