China government prepared to lose money for building roads and rails base on a simple mantra, to get rich, and prosperous, one has to have good connectivities in roads and rails. This is one main way to eradicate poverty.
The rural areas has highways that are toll free, extended to even remote areas that currently has few inhabitants.
Only fools will repeat the blatant lies that most high speed rails are grounded due to loses.
While the US was pouring money into Afghanistan, in this futile war, the Chinese were developing first-world infrastructure… and I’m in New York, and I’m watching [my] car bumping around.
Pakistan’s prime minister served up some bitter truths during an interview with MSNBC, 26/9/2019.
PRC should have been in a very good position now. Unfortunately its credibility is extremely low at the moment due to the manner it dealth with its covid epidemic. The other problem is it does want to abide by the rules based international order whenever it does not suit her. Examples: refusing to abide by UNCLOS; the ICJ decision in its dispute with the Philipines; and, not keeping with the sprite of its treaty with UK on HK. It has put the international community in a difficult place ..litting the whole world on fire with covid and causing countries to go on an arms buying spree to protect themselves against a possible invasion...
china is a giant country with a few clearly defined redlines such as scs, HK, Taiwan.... other than that, China is a responsible member of the international community
Asean countries also got to wake up to the new reality and talk to China collectively on a win win treaty with China over South China sea which prohibits warships from thousands of miles away from entering the sea
People talking about how China does not abide with probably a few instances of international dispute. Then again, who flagrantly bypass most of it... The Americans.
PRC is catching up with US in science & technology, but is very much lagging behind in propaganda war as the MSM is mainly west leaning. What we know about PRC & the west today is what the west leaning MSM wanted us to believe. When the MSM keep repeating the same lie everyday, eventually the readers would believe the lie as fact.
Rule based international order at the moment means the west set the rules for others to abide by. Developing world had little chance for input in setting the so called international rules.
US refused International Criminal Court investigation of war crime committed in Afghan, but insisted to investigate Xinjiang China for genocide. While asking China to abide by UNCLOS, but US itself does not join UNCLOS. While UK accuse China of breaking promise in treaty of return of Hong Kong, UK is ready to break international law with regards to Brexit. While encouraging HK people to demonstrate against government & protest police brutality, UK Parliament now is debating law to disapprove public protest with the slightest excuse, and give legal immunity to police for carrying out duty , including murder & rape ....
eventually China point of view will win because it makes sense, differences do frame the world, learn to accept differences and make peace surely better than war
I mean Malaysians do travel to China and see the progress there and see that it is not that dark evil empire, unlike Americans voters who. generally don't even have a passport
The most prolific sources of fake media is from...... Most of them are of very low quality and can be easily noticed by the average person.. In my view, most of this country's problems arise from its desire "to catch up with the west and overtake the west"... If you see this as a chess game, you would have notices the series of diplomatic mistakes made...and it does seem like ending...no worries on that score
drchangkc, good input many won't easily get to acknowkedge. China has its humanistic nature thus never thinj how to cheat or tell lies, not the western media. For that reason China's media are behind western in telling lies or create fake news.
Mr. Deng is the better communicator able to tell the simple true quote– "Black cat or white cat, if it can catch mice, it's a good cat." And sell his idea of socialisme + capitalist + market economy as socialism with Chinese characteristics to China people.
He give interview to western media and met/talk direct to western leaders what China intend to accomplish (The return of HK and Macau. One China two system policy)
Mr Xi told officials on Monday it was important for China to tell its story in a positive way.
"It is necessary to make friends, unite and win over the majority, and constantly expand the circle of friends [when it comes to] international public opinion," he was quoted by Xinhua as saying.
He said the country should be "open and confident, but also modest and humble" in its communication with the world.
Mr Xi also said the party's propaganda organisations must make it clear that Beijing wanted "nothing but the Chinese people's happiness and good fortune".
China declared war against 11 nations, then 8 nations came to fight China. At that time China was giving 50 ounces of silver for killing one whiteman and 30 ounces for killing one white boy.
Few years ago, the defence minister of China said they would like to fight 80 countries. Now only 10 countries mah.
Now every free country in the world already agree that as long as China stop abusing international laws, they will only suppress China in a few key areas. That's by god's grace already.
A very wise man Mr. Tan(譚嗣同)said in China 100 years ago, "if China's soldier is mighty, then the world will suffer. Be it white people, red people, black people may all face extinction like Qing dynasty did to the Junggar people. It's by god' grace the world suppress China so that the tragedy won't happen to all of us. "
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Posted by paperplane > 2021-06-18 08:32 | Report Abuse
US dont need high speed rail. They all sleeping at home watching Netflix with government provided subsidies and free money.