To: SmokingJoe
I transited through Chengdu in October 1976 right after Mao had died. It was like a step back 2,000 years at the time. Primitive, dirty, truly third-world. What an evolution!
To: ProtectOurFreedom
The transformation is staggering.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
What China has achieved in the last 30-40 years is nothing short of a miracle.
26 posted on
12/19/2025 10:24:55 PM PST by
aquila48
(Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
To: ProtectOurFreedom
It had not changed much by 1987, but afterwards, .......
31 posted on
12/20/2025 4:14:45 AM PST by
rdcbn1
(..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.l)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Primitive, dirty, truly third-world. What an evolution!
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Yep an impressive facade - with the bulk of the population still living like its 1976 or earlier.
38 posted on
12/20/2025 6:01:23 AM PST by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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