US dollar's status as foreign exchange reserve and trade medium is highly unlikely to be dethroned in the mid-term (through the next decade or so), and I say this as perhaps the biggest Chinaboo on this website. China doesn't want to make Yuan the new global reserve because it means Yuan will instead become free-floating and more susceptible to trade moves from speculators.
60% of all foreign reserves are in US dollar. https://data.imf.org/?sk=E6A5F467-C14B-4AA8-9F6D-5A09EC4E62A4
Thank god chapo is back I didn't know where else to go to laugh at libs when /r/chapotraphouse and /r/animefeet got banned.
Chinese food in US is so bastardized that people associate saltiness with authenticity ("It's not REAL Chinese food if it isn't salty!"). It's a shame.
TLDR for people who didn't read the PDF:
Central government enjoy consistently high approval rating (86% in 2003 to 93% in 2016), while local government on the lowest level (township) saw massive increase in approval (44% in 2003 to 70% in 2016) in the past decade.
You can get laid virtually and vicariously through hentai.
People downvote you because this is a public website but I'd imagine most are also secretly hoping for Blanquist gangs to rise up and overthrow the US government.
I don't know where you get that "middle income trapped" from. Western, less developed provinces enjoy bigger percentage development than coastal provinces and cities like Shanghai. Also, just because someone was born in Shanghai does not automatically make them "elite". They may have millions in terms of household wealth, but a majority of that is tied down in real estate. Ironically, he can sell his real estate and move to a less developed province to enjoy better quality in life due to the lower cost. Many chose to do so.
Schools in lower tier cities also aren’t as good, it’s going to be harder to get into the top universities this way
Provinces like Hubei, Shandong and Jiangsu routinely outperform in college entrance exams.
there are extra spots at the top universities like Peking for students from Beijing
Not by much. It's mostly proportional.
let people live where they want too as they see fit
Isn't that, you know, capitalism? It only encourages more unneeded competition in the big cities.
do everything you can to make it all work
That's why China is also focused on developing the inland provinces, thus solving the inequalities at its root, instead of further exacerbating the rural/urban divide.
Overseas Chinese workers associated with Belt and Road projects are also getting vaccinated.
It's a bit different than "not being allowed to move to big cities" as there often is a point based system that favors people with higher education (college entrance exam in China is mostly equal opportunity).
Also People talk about economic opportunity associated with big cities but city spaces are limited. Moving a person to a big city comes at a potential opportunity cost of not being able accommodate a more productive person.
Privileged people are never gonna willingly give up their privileges.
freedom of movement is massively limited to the upper eschelons of their society
Complete freedom of movement, when enacted in a developing country where there are distinct differences in development level between big cities and the villages, invariably leads to slums and/or homelessness like what you would see in India and Brazil.
1994 then 2004, when Dengism was in full swing, by the way. https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/China-Is-Most-Promising-Hope-for-Third-World-Fidel-20171128-0017.html
China was a latecomer in terms of SCS island building. Vietnam did it first. China just did it bigger.
Overseas Chinese people have learned to keep their heads down during this new cold war and especially in the wake of COVID-19 so it's mostly other East Asians and South East Asians that get beaten up. Ironic.