We need to wake up.
Now.
Exactly.
I’ve spent time in China. I watch Chinese TV programs regularly on the internet (all subtitled in good English).
China scares the crap out of me. Spend 10 minutes in China and you will see it is not at all as portrayed. Much of it is increasingly modern and the people are entrepreneurial and work their butts off. What are the most popular programs on China TV? Programs about investment and business. People have money coming out of their ears, there is an expanding prosperous middle class that puts the U.S. to shame. It is a heavy duty country on the move and totally expansionistic. Everything is for “Our China.”
Sure it’s got its quality issues. But where do you think most of your devices are actually made? I’ve driven past the area in Xian where they make Apple’s I-phones for example.
I have also spent time in China.
Except it was thirty years ago now.
I agree with everything you said. We have quite a challenge.
Big time.
I am glad Donald Trump finally, seems to be the first American president, who seems to get it.
The first guy. Ever.
I DARE ANYONE to travel to China now - they’re not hiding their wealth - they want people to come and see it, the advancement of their society, and their incredible infrastructure (all created in the past 20 years).
It is CHEAP AS HELL to go there too...go to Groupon and see for yourselves (as in 10 day/4 city trips there for under $1200, including air [both from here and inside China], lodging, some excursions, breakfasts, and some other meals). It is also super-cheap when you’re there, as in $3 to $6 for a meal (because they rig their currency, but it works great for us). Just don’t go in the summer, or even near summer...hotter than hell, and more expensive.
Within 15 years, over a quarter of China’s population with be over 60 years old. They have a looming senior citizen crisis. Because of the one-child policy they had for years, accompanied by gender selection births, they still have a large gender imbalance. Close to 30 million marrying age Chinese men cannot find a female spouse. They have demographic issues that are only getting worse.