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What is China like? (Part 7)

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Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues.

Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is, they are doing just fine thank you.

And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.

This is the seventh of a mighty mega-post.

As a quick reminder, to all the new comers here…

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Crazy Shapes and exciting buildings (video 36)

China is about some amazing building designs and strange shapes. While everyone “knows” about the “bird’s nest” in Beijing, and the Pearl Tower in Shanghai, the rest of China has some pretty amazing buildings as well.

Now, America is no stranger to skyscrapers. We invented the term, and led the world in their construction. Indeed, it was one of the things that put New York City on the map. For years hard-working American men labored and created these massive structures that towered into the sky.

Here’s some of the great men taking a lunch break during building construction. Of course, it takes a unique kind of man to go work and labor so hard at such dizzying heights. Don’t you think?

I’ve read somewhere ( I don’t recall if it was on the Internet, or something that I heard) that the people who built the skyscrapers were American Indians. They were fearless regarding heights, and were absolute work-horses when building skyscrapers. But, you know what? These folk in the pictures really don’t seem to have the ethnic features of American Indians. They seem to be Irish or of Italian decent.

Taking a break.
Hard working American men taking a lunch break from building some of the largest buildings in the world. The picture is from New York city.

Lately there hasn’t been too many new skyscrapers going up in America. The money has gone into other things. Here’s what you find when you do an image search for “Amazing American Buildings”;

American buildings.
Image search for “Amazing American Buildings”. Note that none of them seem to be newer than the 1970’s. Most seem to be dated from the 1930’s and the 1940’s.

In comparison, let’s look at the image search for “Amazing Chinese Buildings”…

Amazing Chinese buildings
In contrast, the Chinese buildings are all new, modern, and built within the last ten years (if not sooner). They are big, beautiful and of unique and noteworthy shapes.

Of course, I argue that a contributor to this variance to be our wasteful spending in the eight wars that we are fighting simultaneously.

I mean, good golly! The former Soviet Union left Afghanistan after being entrenched in that morass for ten years, and we American laughed at them. We referred to Afghanistan as the Soviet “Vietnam”. Well, who’s laughing now, eh?

Afghanistan: The Soviet Union's Vietnam. Afghanistan was the ground for one of the last Cold War battles between the United States and the Soviet Union, after the Red Army rolled into the country on December 24, 1979.

- Afghanistan: The Soviet Union's Vietnam | News | Al Jazeera 

We’ve been fighting there almost twenty years. And Even “Mad Dog” Mathis left his role because he disagreed with President Trump that we need to leave Afghanistan. Ah… fiddlesticks!

Here’s what is possible when you aren’t burning money on nothing…

Visiting Tibet (video 37)

China is about visiting Tibet.

Have you ever wanted to visit Tibet? I have, and I have many friends who feel the same way too. Well, if you ever wanted to go there and drive around, it’s a little bit like this video below.

New Squad Support Weapons (Video 38 A&B)

China is also deploying some amazing small arms at the squad level. You see, while America is busy being the “policeman of the world”, China holds their military in strict adherence to protecting their shipping lanes. Because of this, their military doctrine is different than America’s.

In some respects, their mission doctrine is so limited that their versatility is crippled.

The American military is much more versatile. The American military can fight for the Saudi oligarchs in Iran, as well as secure Panama for the EU banking interests. Versatile. American military can fight in Bosnia, as well as Yemen, or Nigeria. Americans can and have fought just about everywhere.

You pay off the right people, and our military can do your bidding. The only issue is the price. Which is the price that the rich oligarchy is asking. Not the price in manpower and lives. For to the American leadership, people are disposable.

They are. That’s a fact, Jack. Read your history.

Dead Americans
Bodies of US Airborne paratroopers lie near a command post during the battle of An Ninh, 18 September 1965. The paratroopers, of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, were hit by heavy fire from guerrillas that began as soon as the first elements of the unit landed. The dead and wounded were later evacuated to An Khe, where the 101st was based. The battle was one of the first of the war between major units of US forces and the Vietcong

Here’s some videos of Chinese squad level small arms. As a weapons enthusiast, I found these very interesting. Most especially the first video.

Some related links of interest.

As Americans, when we read about Chinese advancements in weapons and technology, we view them through an “American prism”. Which is to say, we make assumptions on how they will be used, based upon how we use them.

Americans assume far too much about China.

We run about with our arms held up high like Chicken Little shouting “the sky is falling!”. We mistakenly think that China is like America and are happy deploying military forces all over the world to help other nations and police for global world stability. Or else, something along the lines of a 1930’s era attempt to become the dictator of the world.

"China is saber rattling!"

The Chinese don’t care at all about global world stability. They are about only one thing. That is Chinese stability and Chinese health.

  • War in the Congo, meh.
  • Conflict in Egypt… yawn.
  • Military insurgency in Sierra Leone… “what me worry?”.

They do not care.

Unlike the United States, China has structured their military in a defensive role, primarily. For an offensive role, they have nuclear and biological weapons and delivery systems.

America is all about fighting global wars with unlimited financing for every reason under the sun. The baseline assumption is that the conflict will [1] be conventional, and [2] be limited to the country so attacked. America would be unaffected.

China is about defending it’s ability to conduct trade. The baseline assumption is that if anyone tries to attack it militarily, it would use EVERY weapon at it’s disposal right-off-the-bat at the attacker. This includes nuclear, biological, and germ warfare from on the onset.

China does not believe in conflict escalation.

There are many misconceptions about China. One of the biggest is that since America has an amazing military, in both size, scope and experience, that China would be an easy “walk over” were any kind of military conflict occur between the two superpowers.

"We can put one or two carriers off the coast of China and plink at their cities, and they wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines would all support us."

I am here to tell you that your illusions are dangerous. Just because the Chinese are not fighting proxy wars in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, Jordon, or any other nation, that they do not know how to fight. They do. And, make no mistake, they play to win.

The Chinese play to win.

Chinese weapons systems

Steaks (video 39)

China is about delicious steaks. Let’s talk, or better yet, look at some video of some delicious Chinese steaks. I, for one, enjoy a good steak. You can take your whole-wheat tofu burger with avocado and bean sprouts and shove it where the sun don’t shine.

When you are not throwing money away trying to shoot up mud huts, and napalming school children, the value of your currency can remain stable. Inflation is aggravated when a nation is on a war stance.

Vietnam war.
America fought a useless war in Vietnam. We ended up killing so many people and losing so many young men. And for what, and why? Trumped up fear about the “domino effect”, yeah sure…

In other words… your money is worth more. And, at that, you can use it to purchase things that otherwise you couldn’t afford. Like steak. Thick, juicy and delicious, steak.

Cooked medium rare, with a nice red interior. With the juices flowing out as the knife slices through the slab to the bone.

Housewife cooking video (video 40)

In traditional societies, such as China, and America 50-years ago, the household is run traditionally. The man, as the head of the household, would go work and earn money and give all the money to the wife to budget. The wife, would be in-charge of finance, budgeting, and all domestic matters including raising the children and educating them.

Traditional housewife
Vintage American advertisement depicting an American housewife cooking for her family. This is sadly no longer part of the American cultural scene. However, in nations that do not engage in non-stop wars, they still do maintain traditional roles. This means that his scene, with minor cultural differences, can be seen all over China.

This relic still exists in China, though it has been modified to some degree by the necessities of modern life. For in China, multi-generational households run traditional, and conservative is the norm.

Here we have a housewife showing show she cooks delicious and nutritious meals for her family. So that when the husband gets home from work, and the children come home from school, this is what they can look forward to eating…

One of the things (there were multiple things) that accelerated the movement of progressive thought and Marxism into American society were the numerous wars that America had to fight. For each time there was a war, men had to leave their homes and go off to distant lands to fight, and die. This left the household without a breadwinner, and thus the housewife had to leave the home, and take up work to support the family.

Wars contributed to the breakup of traditional American families.

Thus, one of the things that you will discover is that the more progressive a nation is, the smaller the number of traditional households that exist. Today, in America, very few households are run traditionally. Instead they are run progressively. I am sad to say this, but it is quite true.

Holiday in the USA.
In traditional families, house clothes are worn inside, holidays are celebrated, and households are kept immaculate. This is a scene that is sadly not so common in the United States, but is very common in China.

In fact, the odds that an American reading this would be part of a traditional conservative run family, even if they themselves were conservative, is practically zero.

To understand the extent of this statement, and it’s most dangerous implications, please check out this link (it opens in a separate window).

The two family types and how they work.

Oh, yes… one more thing…

Continued…

OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary about China.

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If you want to go to the start of this series of posts, then please click HERE.

Links about China

Popular Music of China
Chinese weapons systems
Chinese motor sports
End of the Day Potato
Dog Shit
Dancing Grandmothers
Dance Craze
When the SJW movement took control of China
Family Meal
Freedom & Liberty in China
Ben Ming Nian
Beware the Expat
Fake Wine
Fat China
Business KTV
How I got married in China.
Chinese apartment houses
Chinese Culture Snapshots
Rural China
Chinese New Year

China and America Comparisons

SJW
Playground Comparisons
The Last Straw
Leaving the USA
Diversity Initatives
Democracy
Travel outside
10 Misconceptions about China
Top Ten Misconceptions

The Chinese Business KTV Experience

This is the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal press. This is the reality. Read or not.

KTV1
KTV2
KTV3
KTV4
KTV5
KTV6
KTV7
KTV8
KTV9
KTV10
KTV11
KTV12
KTV13
KTV14
KTV15
KTV16
KTV17
KTV18
KTV19
KTV20

Learning About China

Pretty Girls 1
Pretty Girls 2
Pretty Girls 3
Pretty Girls 4
Pretty Girls 5

Contemporaneous Chinese Music

This is a series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and enjoyment.

Part 1 - Popular Music of China
Part 3 -Popular music of China.
Part 3 - The contemporaneous music of China.
part 3B - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 4 - The contemporaneous popular music of China.
Part 5 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 5B - The popular music of China.
Part 5C - The music of contemporary China.
Part D - The popular music of China.
Part 5E - A happy Joe.
Part 5F - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 5F - The popular music of China.
Post 6 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Post 7 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Post 8 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 9 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 10 - Music of China.
Post 11 - The contemporaneous music of China.

Parks in China

The parks in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.

Parks in China - 1
Pars in China - 2
Parks in China - 3
Visiting a park in China - 4
High Speed Rail in China
Visiting a park in China - 5
Beautiful China part 6
Parks in China - 7
Visiting a park in China - 8

Really Strange China

Here are some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events, while others are just representative of the differences in culture.

Really Strange China 1
Really Strange China 2
Rally Strange China 3
Really Strange China 4
Really Odd China 5
Really Strange China 6
Really Strange China 7
Really Strange China 8
Really Strange China 9
Really Strange China 10
Really Strange China 11
Really Strange China 12
Really strange China 13
Really strange China 14

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