What China has accomplished: Amazing

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Shenzhen to me embodies what China has accomplished. With everything in the developed world stalled, old, and boring -- I love that there are still cultures and civilizations that are vibrant and growing.

Shenzhen in 1980 was a patch of dirt with ~0 people and ~0 money.

Shenzhen was singled out to be the first of the five Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in May 1980. Initially, the SEZ comprises an area of only 327.5 km2 of southern Shenzhen, covering the current Luohu, Futian, Nanshan and Yantian districts. The SEZ was created to be an experimental ground for the practice of market capitalismwithin a community guided by the ideals of "socialism with Chinese characteristics".[21]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen

Shenzhen, China 1979

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Shenzhen population growth 1979 - 2017:

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Shenzhen 2017:

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Shenzhen economic growth 1979 - 2010:

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I like it. One of the world's great nations coming into their own after decades of brutal totalitarian rule.
 
Shenzhen just north of Hong Kong. And just south of Guangzhou.

I would not say Shenzhen is their accomplishment. Look at cities like Guangzhou, and Shanghai, and even Beijing or Tianjin.
 
Amazing what a country can accomplish by sucking off of America's teat.
 
I hope it is. Whatever one thinks of the repressive government in China today, they are gentle compared to Mao.
Mao was consolidating power and was ruthless. He got it. He died. The people who replaced him are now bending communism for economic advancement. They should've been honest & just announced that capitalism was/is better.
 
Shenzhen to me embodies what China has accomplished. With everything in the developed world stalled, old, and boring -- I love that there are still cultures and civilizations that are vibrant and growing.

Shenzhen in 1980 was a patch of dirt with ~0 people and ~0 money.

Shenzhen was singled out to be the first of the five Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in May 1980. Initially, the SEZ comprises an area of only 327.5 km2 of southern Shenzhen, covering the current Luohu, Futian, Nanshan and Yantian districts. The SEZ was created to be an experimental ground for the practice of market capitalismwithin a community guided by the ideals of "socialism with Chinese characteristics".[21]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen

Shenzhen, China 1979

0010dc53fa040a9735bb45.jpg


Shenzhen population growth 1979 - 2017:

300px-Shenzhen%2C_China%2C_city_population_dynamics.png


Shenzhen 2017:

shenzhen-at-night.jpg


Shenzhen economic growth 1979 - 2010:

Figure-62-Shenzhen%27s-GDP-per-capita-and-utilized-foreign-direct-investment-FDI.png

that picture is deceiving. Pan over a little bit and see the city. Here is the original photo.

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Buyers create sellers, creating manufacturers.
There's no doubt that trade with the US has been a huge part of China's rise. Welcome to the global economy. But characterizing China's rise to "America built them" is way off, and that's what I was responding to.
 
Talking a way smaller scale here of course but China is the leader in some interesting markets and are very innovative. Bin getting involved with the drone world for filming whale footage and remote locations off the boat. DJI is by far the leader in this rapidly developing market. It's simulator to "Made in Japan" once meant junk but Sony was the beginning of that change.
DJI has kicked the rest of the worlds ass in this field.

Their Inspire 2 is one awesome bird.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2015/05/06/dji-drones-frank-wang-china-billionaire/

 
Move to China then. Don't come back when you get cancer and their evil doctors don't have time for you cuz you're not a rich billionaire who can bribe their time.
 
Shenzhen to me embodies what China has accomplished. I love that there are still cultures and civilizations that are vibrant and growing.

Amazing indeed, but not for the reasons you think. Mao Zedong kills 78 million Chinese and is considered a hero. His own people, not an enemy. Chinese will abort or kill female babies because having a boy will carry the family name and bring more return to the family. China has a shortage of women. Abandoned architectural marvels in many of China's ghost town (below).

The structural reforms of China’s economy have brought about a widening of the income gap and rising unemployment in the urban cities. The increasing challenge for the Chinese government and social organizations is to address and solve poverty issues in urban areas where the people are increasingly being economically and socially marginalized. According to official estimates, in 2006 more than 22 million Chinese were considered urban poor.

Censorship in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is implemented or mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Communist Party of China (CPC). The government censors content for mainly political reasons, but also to maintain its control over the populace. The Chinese government asserts that it has the legal right to control the internet's content within their territory.

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/04/architecture/china-ordos-ghost-town/index.html

In 2015, Caemmerer photographed the Kangbashi District of Ordos, the Yujiapu Financial District near Tianjin, and the Meixi Lake development near the city of Changsha. Empty, as in zero people living there.

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No, the Chinese built China.

They also built it within the context of a global economic system that was slobbering over moving their factories into China and transferring wealth and capital over there. There are a lot of factors of course.
 
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