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vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks agoThey have a demographic pit in front of them which they themselves created with “1 child policy”.
Also CCP too doesn’t exactly serve the people. It’s a hierarchy of (possibly benevolent) bureaucrats.
disco@lemdro.id [bot] 3 weeks ago
I never said they were ahead on social issues. They aren’t and have never been. Their infrastructure shits on ours. Hell look at their healthcare system.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The one child policy and the nightmare that will cause is not just a social policy.
And yes, China’s infrastructure is very very impressive, however it’s also true that when everything has been built in the past 30 years, it’s inevitably going to be a lot more efficient and modern than a country that has a lot of legacy baggage. A prime example of that is probably the UK, who are still trying to keep Victorian-era rail infrastructure working. Tearing out old stuff and replacing it is time consuming, complex, and expensive.
disco@lemdro.id [bot] 2 weeks ago
Alright, you act like China isn’t older than the UK or the US.
It’s older than both combined.
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Yeah, but they only induatrialised very recently