In a recent video on Twitter, he compared the China of today to 2019 and was completely shocked at the speed to progress and change. Says it’s like stepping into the future.

1 - Automation: From trains to taxis to purchases - everything is done seamlessly with super Apple Pay.

2 - EV: 30%-40% of the cars are fully electric. You can get Teslas but you have Chinese brands that offer sedans for $10k.

3 - The air is much cleaner. Partly due to EVs.

4 - People are more respectful of societal norms. There is better service everywhere you go.

5 - Less foreigners, even in touristy areas. Most white people are actually Russian.

6 - In factories, robots do the work in contrast to the perception people have in the US of China just throwing cheap labor at every problem. Factories set up their own e-commerce platforms and sell directly on China’s TikTok.

7 - It feels like over the past 5 years, everything by in China just got better, while everything in the US just got worse.

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    • Mokey [none/use name]
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      3 months ago

      Why wouldnt we be? It's a 70 year old country that came from feudal conditions in the face of aggressive colonialist powers that wanted to subjugate it and make it like a third world African country.

    • JamesConeZone [they/them]
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      3 months ago

      Mate, we did 15 minutes of simple research and concluded the West simply makes shit up about China to further it's own material interests. If you are actually open to being wrong, just ask questions. Many people here will be willing to engage in good faith. But you can't just come into c/sino and throw out easily disproven bullshit and expect to be taken seriously

    • Dolores [love/loves]
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      3 months ago

      this is the equivalent of someone pulling up to work in a new car and getting conspiratorial about why everyone's saying "that's a nice car"