Recent content by Jiang

Well Marxists likes to dismiss religion because religion is considered a drug that makes the masses more complacent to the state. This applies to all religions, and doesn't single out specific ones. So while communists dislike religion, they are not completely hostile, at least not in the...

I say bomb Hanoi with rocket artilleries, it will be cheap, easy, and quite safe. I don't see any reason to relie on navy, SCS is well within range of air force.

The river originate from Chinese soil, and are therefore property of the Chinese people, there should be a user fee to access this water source. Xinjiang follows this model and buy water from Kazakhstan.

She looks decent, her cheeks are kind of chubby.

Apparently they bite out their tongue and bleed to death, information not too reliable but it seems they really killed themselves after their attempt failed.

Actually PBOC forbids and limits the amount of dollar and other foreigh currencies Chinese banks and corporations can hold. The restrictions has been in place ever since CCP took control. From my understanding of financial markets, capital control is necessary for developing market to maintain...

Well the interest of land and property owner is a necessary sacrifice for economic development. Maybe if the actual amount of compensation is mentioned then a lot of people won't group her into the poor and oppressed category. And clearly there's just people in society that aren't reasonable to...

Kiwis don't even like Australians buying their assets and companies.

Does Indians really believe being rich and industrious means having white servants? The whole point of industrialization is to eliminate low, degrading jobs. Even Waffen Buffet and Bill Gates only hire cleaning ladies, not servants. How far does the caste mentality go in India? I'm actually...

Is a tradition, Mao lived in a cave before civil war broke out, the caves are cheap to make as anyone can come and dig one out in a matter of few days. But in the present, they are just buildings built in caves, they are highly economical and can be modernized with electricity, running water...

Why would India need to beg to a puppet for a ceremonial seat in an imcompetant organization. The UN is just a banner for major powers to hide behind to protect their interest, whether just or unjust.

Is true a lot of people will be displaced due to unintended future geological risks. Effects and outcomes of large dam the size of three gorges are difficult to predict, that's why China has since then switched to building greater quantity of smaller dams to expand power production.

Food tickets in general was pretty common in China before mid 1980s due to chronic food constraint. Or maybe he's referring to meal plans in schools.

Vietnam is the source of instability of the region, along with drugs from Afghanistan. Few nations hold stake in SCS, which is why only Vietnam and Philippines are playing this unwinnable game.

ASEAN countries are divided, only Philippines and Vietnam are adamant in their stance against China.