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In USA there is only 2 parties the Republicans and the Democrats to vote for, people dont see the point anymore its just more of the same.
oh i see, so what about Germany, how many parties are there and what is the Voter turnout?
so why half of Americans don't vote?
Shanghai Skyline: Before and After
how can you possibly do something like that in 15 years ?
where did all the older structures go ?
I f you compare chinese cities with cities of countries with comparable per capita income like Egypt , algeria , namibia , el salvador then its easy to notice china has a much advanced infra .
How has china built its infra so ahead of time ?
India will have the same per person income as china does today by the year 2020 but i dont see india possibly having world class infra like China in that year.
china if i am not wrong has better infra compared to richer countries like russia and mexico as well ( per capita income) .
the question is how did they do it ?
I would like replies from chinese who witnessed the change happen first hand and also want to know why many other countries like India and egypt or even mexico cant build world class infrastructure that fast.
no trolling please , only serious well informed replies.
do you pay tax for an apple, a chair or many other things after you brought and owned it?"common way to raise money to operate the govt"? maybe common in your country, not mine. At least in China, we don't pay tax for keeping what belongs to us, not even a house.
maybe I mdke a mistake here, I just remember that Chinese are also welcome to brought US properties. But can you sell them to the Indian or Chinese gov ??? NO, because they always belong to US, they have the final say.
In short, when you compare apples with land you "own", you know exactly what the differences are.
not sure about canada but in US, the govt. does not own all the land.
not sure about canada but in US, the govt. does not own all the land.
on topic- I think the chinese govt. has worked hard to gain trust of the general populace. and when they do take over land, the number of people opposing are quite minute. As an outsider, it seems they have a pretty good track record of developing infra for public, so the public also puts faith in them
Time for India to invite Chinese Infrastructure companies to build Indian infrastruction. Win Win situation for both the nations. We can leverage the experience of the Chinese companies, China can make some $$ from it.
if you think you own the land, don't pay property taxes or wait until oil is discovered on it to find out who actually owns the land.
another thing is, shenzhen is really an artificial city; it would have never gotten up without significant help from the government's policies. shanghai developed on its own without special policies.
but don't think development is only on the coastline. take a look at Wuhan... 1000 km inland.
Wuhan 1998
Wuhan 2010
It's not just shanghai, shenzhen, beijing... it's the downtown area of every city in China that's like this. The contrasts in Changsha are even bigger.
Changsha 1990:
Changsha 2010:
lol freeze you always crack me up
You're telling me if you do something illegal on your property in china that the govt. won't step in?
Absolute freedom doesn't exist, I have the freedom to do what I want on my properties within the legal framework. I don't have any issues with that.
You make an interesting point on oil discovery, as far as I understand an energy company (which are not state owned like sinopec) will need to lease (possibly buy) land for exploration. I personally know an individual who leases govt land for mining purposes, and that land is in the middle of nowhere (near death valley). There will be serious legal issues if a company wants exploration rights before they even touch a residential property.
Anyway this is off-topic, lets stay on point. cheers mate