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Re:How the CCP Does Job Promotions by whatshisface on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @02:52PM (#25280721)
Maybe you could look at other countries with high per-capita rail building projects. Japan has an okay system. The UK is better in that way than the US. Europe is filled with rail. The US is really the only rich country I can think of that doesn't have a workable passenger rail system.
Re:How the CCP Does Job Promotions by nmfisher on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:32AM (#25289157)
Australia certainly doesn't.
Re:How the CCP Does Job Promotions by justinzollars on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:06PM (#25280889)
The original article, is on China Governance. I pointed out how well they do infrastructure, related to the article.
Re:How the CCP Does Job Promotions by bpt3 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:34PM (#25281202)
> I pointed out how well they do infrastructure, related to the article.

And then you projected that all of western civilization is in decline because the US hasn't prioritized high speed rail. Among other things, this completely ignores the countries within the "West" that have high speed rail as well.

That's what people are taking issue with, not that you pointed out that China has high speed rail.

Re:How the CCP Does Job Promotions by justinzollars on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @07:28PM (#25283729)
It is certainly in relative decline. This is a matter of fact not opinion.
Re:How the CCP Does Job Promotions by whatshisface on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @07:36PM (#25283780)
"Relative decline" is like saying, "my parents are half as tall as they were when I was eight."
Re:How the CCP Does Job Promotions by wait_a_minute on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:56PM (#25285191)
How exactly are you measuring this decline?
Re:How the CCP Does Job Promotions by bpt3 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:56PM (#25285543)
Please provide these facts.
Re:How the CCP Does Job Promotions by justinzollars on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:12PM (#25306392)
You could read a number of books on this subject. The China Dream, On China, or Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’ Trap? The Economist is a good magazine, with almost weekly updates on this topic.

We've been surpassed in PPP, Global Trade, Industrial Output etc. China's steel production is 1 billion tons a year, the US 80 million tons. They poured as much concrete in the last 10 years as we poured in the 20th century. In just a few years we will be surpassed by GDP and witin 25 years China's GDP will be double the United States.

China's rise is not disputed.

Re:How the CCP Does Job Promotions by bpt3 on Saturday December 05, 2020 @12:31AM (#25312056)
Okay, that's not decline, and not all of those figures are facts. Also, you seem obsessed with quantity of infrastructure built, which isn't really a great metric for measuring what you're claiming is happening.

The other poster with the analogy about a child's height is 100% accurate.