Posted on 01/24/2019 3:37:38 AM PST by vannrox
This article was written in response to a discussion that I had with a friend of mine. He made the statement, “You wouldn’t be able to believe how these (Chinese) people lived! You and I could never live like that!” Turns out that he saw some propaganda from the UK and was convinced that the Chinese lived in windowless hovels. Not so. Not by a long shot.
Over the last thirty years, China has experienced a period of enormous growth. It began in the 1990’s. It started when the progressive socialist policies of Mr. Mao were replaced with the Free-Market Conservative policies of Mr. Deng. The result was predictable and resulted in an explosion in the overall quality of life for all Chinese people. A period of exceptional growth ensued and a middle class appeared. Here, we talk about the direct result of that change. We discuss the Apartment Houses that Chinese middle class live in.
Typically, most Chinese live in apartment complexes. There is a percentage, of course, that have their own houses. There are those that share, what we in the West refer to as “Townhouses”. There are those that occupy (rent-free) ancient dilapidated old complexes that can still be seen everywhere. (Why not? They might be old and ugly, but living in them is free!!!!) Not to mention, the others that live on farms, villages, and in the hinder-land.
Let’s talk about the Chinese apartment houses. Chinese Apartments
In China, the apartment complex consists of an area that is surrounded with a fence and is guarded by guards (24-7) with video cameras and gates. Within that complex are the buildings that make up the complex. Now, in China, you might have a
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I live in Seattle.
This might help explain why we and Vancouver, Canada, have thousands of expatriate Chinese millionaires wandering the streets with nothing to do.
I do, too; it helps that I’ve had friends spend time in both countries, and their experiences were eye-opening.
Red China was in the midst of a “civility campaign”, where they were trying to get Chinese people to stop openly spitting everywhere (I believe that is a result of the pollution) and generally adopt cleaner living habits. The hygiene situation was bizarre; restaurants were generally clean but staff would use the same rags they’d used on the floor to wipe down tables, for instance (openly, not even discreetly).
Another friend who visited India for his job described the “untouchables” coming out at night to clean the human feces off the sidewalks - in a modern city.
Ah...
There’s rich and then there’s “China Rich”.
It’s a curious situation, but then again, I’m not rich nor am I a fu er dai. LOL!
Re: “India and China are a real economic threat in terms of undercutting our industries....”
In 2017, China’s industrial output ($2.01 trillion) was just 7% higher than the USA ($1.87 trillion).
The USA has had the most efficient and most productive industrial workers in the world for at least the last 100 years.
China has four times as many industrial workers as the USA, but just 7% more output.
In 2017, India produced $298 billion of industrial goods.
Germany produced $700 billion. South Korea produced $372 billion.
Right; those are very telling figures. If these were fully developed countries their output would be significantly higher - but they aren’t.
China is big! Depends on location. Some places are very small and too crowded, I mean cities and some places look like a farm areas. There are a lot of properties for sale in China https://tranio.com/china/ and a lot of investors who are interested in it.
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