China, The Good, The Bad, and The very Ugly!
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gafinfanSupporterOPhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/sc_afp/chinaroadtraffic
Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China's growing road congestion woes.
The Beijing-Tibet expressway slowed to a crawl on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks heading to the capital, and compounded by road maintenance work that began five days later, the Global Times said.
To our Communist brothers and sisters I say welcome to the 21st Century and have a nice day!:lol::tongue2::shifty:
This is the only thing I’ve learned: There’s only us. There’s no them. Despots and authoritarians need to make a “them” to have a straw man whom you are against. If you need to make an enemy of “them,” you’ve lost the spirit of us. - Ken Burns of PBS
my 2 centsForum Veteran"gafinfan wrote:
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To our Communist brothers and sisters I say welcome to the 21st Century and have a nice day!:lol::tongue2::shifty:
August 15 is unofficially the begining of "Wal-mart" season in China or as they saay in China "wa-ma zejun"......it also signifies the begining of "adjusted seasonal tariffs" (Walmart tax) from the steam ship lines of around $700 per container coming out of Shanghai, Beijing, Quingdao or Tianjin....by the way...we just pass that cost on and "forget" to adjust down later in January....enjoy the new GI Joe with the kung fu grip kiddies.
China is developing inland very fast and mucho trucks from those shiny new factories inland from Yinchuan to Chendu use that Beijing-Tibet "expressway to get to port...or in this case...as a parking lot...................
jdang307SupporterCan you imagine being stuck in your car for over a week? Over a fricking week?
my 2 centsForum Veteran"jdang307 wrote:
Can you imagine being stuck in your car for over a week? Over a fricking week?
It is unimaginable........but even worse.....think about those poor Chilean miners...33 men stuck for 3-4 months if they survive in an 800 sq. ft. cavern under the ground................oh that smelll...cant you smell that smell.......
gafinfanSupporter"my 2 cents wrote:
August 15 is unofficially the begining of "Wal-mart" season in China or as they saay in China "wa-ma zejun"......it also signifies the begining of "adjusted seasonal tariffs" (Walmart tax) from the steam ship lines of around $700 per container coming out of Shanghai, Beijing, Quingdao or Tianjin....by the way...we just pass that cost on and "forget" to adjust down later in January....enjoy the new GI Joe with the kung fu grip kiddies.
China is developing inland very fast and mucho trucks from those shiny new factories inland from Yinchuan to Chendu use that Beijing-Tibet "expressway to get to port...or in this case...as a parking lot...................
The way their economy is exploding its no wonder that they are having growing pains. Yet it also points to a somewhat lack of planning imo. Is that true or am I just reading to much into this?
IKE saw our future and thus we had a jump start on our roadways. It seems the Chinese are going at it bassackwards and/or appear to have been caught off guard?????
This is the only thing I’ve learned: There’s only us. There’s no them. Despots and authoritarians need to make a “them” to have a straw man whom you are against. If you need to make an enemy of “them,” you’ve lost the spirit of us. - Ken Burns of PBS
my 2 centsForum Veteran"gafinfan wrote:
The way their economy is exploding its no wonder that they are having growing pains. Yet it also points to a somewhat lack of planning imo. Is that true or am I just reading to much into this?
IKE saw our future and thus we had a jump start on our roadways. It seems the Chinese are going at it bassackwards and/or appear to have been caught off guard?????
The one thing that the American politicians do not have a monopoly on is piss poor evaluation of their decisional consequences.....the Chinese "politicians" are just as adept as screwing up a wet dream......their system is much like the Eastern European .......and now OURS ... pay back some peso's, rubbles, dinero, skins, whatever you want to call it for a highway "project", infrastructure stimulus, green energy, or whatever for the political favors that groups have done for you...in this case an ill advised and piss poor planned highway project left to provincial idiots in a province that delivered on turning some significant mineral resources into revenues....
The Chinese know they want to improve something for the long term good, so they F up an entire highway and cause a 70 mile parking lot and really do not give a crap about the people stuck in it ... just that they will be better off long term.....they make a decision to go someplace and go through America to get there...
the US politicians see a short term problem and ruin and economy and country in the long run to fix the short term problem...the make a decision to "fix" something and go to China to get there..........or in this case sell us to China to get reelected.....
Remember Ron .. it is still me.....despite my POFO ban (hence going no further than the fringe Political discussion) .... I still hate all politicians........... even Chinese ones!
gafinfanSupportermy 2 cents wrote:
Remember Ron .. it is still me.....despite my POFO ban (hence going no further than the fringe Political discussion) .... I still hate all politicians........... even Chinese ones!
You are NOT alone, my friend.:hi5:
This is the only thing I’ve learned: There’s only us. There’s no them. Despots and authoritarians need to make a “them” to have a straw man whom you are against. If you need to make an enemy of “them,” you’ve lost the spirit of us. - Ken Burns of PBS