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Well my friend I am not sure how you know the government encourages to use local alternative in China but I have not seen or heard such things there. You do find many street signs says something like “Keep the city tidy” or “China dream” etc but not “Let’s use Taobao over Amazon”.:-) In the...

I bet there have been multiple attempts of creating the local alternatives in India. The difficulty for them getting into significance was that they would be purchased or simply crushed by the international giants. In a absolutely free market, only the strongest can survive, young companies have...

Despite the progress in many fields, China is definitely still a developing country by any definition. The GDP per capita is merely $10,000 in constant USD, which is only 20% of that of the developed countries. By the time it reaches that level, the average threshold will probably go up $60,000...

The screen door in China looks like this:

Great news! Fresh water is such an important element of daily living and economic activity. Hat off for all the people who contributed to the successful delivery of this critical project. :yahoo:

Indeed It would be interesting. Apparently he had massed a army of 200,000 to invade Ming. It would take a very long march crossing mountains and desert to reach Chinese border, and the supply line would be very stretched. No doubt even his army reached China with half the number it would still...

Clearly he is focusing on improving the economy of his country and living standard of people. Hopefully AIIB will start to play a bigger role in Philippine, particularly in the infrastructure area. It should help lift the growth rate to a higher level.

The key word here is community, meaning it will include many supporting facilities e.g. hotels, shopping malls, hospitals etc. A golf course doesn’t need to cost $200+ million to build. It will be a great place to visit for domestic and international holiday makers. :yahoo:

World War 2.

I found it interesting that countries are seeking to become the permanent member of UNSC without fully appropriating how the so called “P5” got their memberships in the first place. This exclusive council includes US, Russia, China, France and UK. Please do note that they did not get the...