IMD World Competitiveness 2015 Results released, US 1st, HK 2nd, Mainland CN 22nd

[Shotgunner51]

Please, just ignore those western rankings, ...
What a joke, while US is always number one, so convenient.

LOL ranking ... reminds of me of diving, gymnastics and figure skating at the Olympics ... USA USA USA!

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

Wang Jianlin, owner of Wanda himself said that America is a remarkably open place! He loved investing in US.

I don't find it surprising that US is no. 1, because it has remarkable rule of law, world class Universities, great immigrant culture, and everything.

Don't forget, an average American produces seven times more product in nominal terms than an average Chinese, and almost 30 times more product than an Indian.

Not only this, it is the only developed country, that is remarkably stable in terms of its demographics, and its population is growing.

 

[tranquilium]

Which subsidy from China?

Statistics of Mainland-Taiwan Trade and Investment in January-December 2014 -
The mainland policy to Main-Taiwan trade is that mainland will have a quota of import from Taiwan. The quota purposely set to be significantly higher than export to Taiwan. As seen in the article, "Mainland-Taiwan trade in January-December 2014 amounted to US$198.31 billion, up 0.6% year on year, accounting for 4.6% of the total volume of the mainland’s external trade. The mainland’s export to Taiwan was US$46.28 billion, up 13.9% year on year, and the mainland’s import from Taiwan was US$137.1152.037 billion, down 2.8% year on year."

Taiwan occupies the same trade spectrum with mainland, or rather, Taiwan's trade spectrum is the same as part of Mainland's export to the rest of the world; therefore, had there been no policy dictated quota, the mainland-Taiwan trade will function similar to mainland's trade with the rest of the world---large export from mainland and smaller import unless the nation is a resource producer. However, had there been no quota for overimport from Taiwan, the effect will be disastrous as Taiwan's current technological innovation rate is insufficient to keep its businesses afloat. Taiwan also does not possess natural resources available for sale. Had there been no quota, Taiwan would notice a sharp drop in living quality after 1997 financial disaster and it would continue to drop because it is technologically outpaced by the likes of Japan and South Korea.

The goal of the quota is to ensure that the Taiwanese government stays afloat and the social/economic stability of Taiwan is maintained. Taiwan is a resource poor province with insufficient population to stay afloat individually. While Taiwan's is not under mainland's direct control, should its economy and social order gets destroyed, it just means mainland have to spend more resource restoring it. Plus, with the current policy, mainland also has control of the financial stability of Taiwan, therefore large amount of politic influence in Taiwan politic. There is a reason re-unification is brought up more and more often despite the passage of time suppose to have the opposite effect.

Wang Jianlin, owner of Wanda himself said that America is a remarkably open place! He loved investing in US.

I don't find it surprising that US is no. 1, because it has remarkable rule of law, world class Universities, great immigrant culture, and everything.

Don't forget, an average American produces seven times more product in nominal terms than an average Chinese, and almost 30 times more product than an Indian.

Not only this, it is the only developed country, that is remarkably stable in terms of its demographics, and its population is growing.

The list have Luxembourg and Norway as very high competitiveness nations.

However, this site shows that in 2014 exports:
Luxembourg is losing money from a trade imbalance:

Norway is pretty much a pure resource exporter:

Trade Map - List of products imported by United States of America
(The nation in the list is adjustable once you get to the site)

There also other nation that has issues and yet ranked as very competitive. For example, UAE is listed with high score in the link, yet it is another resource exporter:

To me, that is very strange, because a competitive nation would have an economy that attracts foreign investment or the import/export working well in favor of the nation.

It is my opinion that this list is calculated, like many similar lists, with arbitrarily estimated statistics like "ease to do business", "perception". The list admitted that 1/3 of the data here is purely survey. It is also very possible for unrelated meters to be used in comparison. For example, Norway scored very high. I will bet that has a lot to do with the high living standard in Norway, but that is actually not significant factor in a nation's competitiveness. This is why we see all the tiny territories on it.

 

[Beidou2020]

Wang Jianlin, owner of Wanda himself said that America is a remarkably open place! He loved investing in US.

I don't find it surprising that US is no. 1, because it has remarkable rule of law, world class Universities, great immigrant culture, and everything.

Don't forget, an average American produces seven times more product in nominal terms than an average Chinese, and almost 30 times more product than an Indian.

Not only this, it is the only developed country, that is remarkably stable in terms of its demographics, and its population is growing.

Where is India in all that compared to China?

This is China's century, not a thing anyone can do to stop us

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

Where is India in all that compared to China?

This is China's century, not a thing anyone can do to stop us

Who said this is China's century?

Right now you are way behind the west, leave alone equaling it, and further much, to surpass and dominate it.

And anyways, if people like you, have any influence in CHINA, CHINA IS DOOMED.

 

[Beidou2020]

Who said this is China's century?

Right now you are way behind the west, leave alone equaling it, and further much, to surpass and dominate it.

And anyways, if people like you, have any influence in CHINA, CHINA IS DOOMED.

Who said this is China's century?
China did.

Why?
Because we can!

No one can stop China.

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

Who said this is China's century?
China did.

Why?
Because we can!

No one can stop China.

YOU are stopping China yourself.

And first instead of dominating other countries, try keeping your country intact. It is already breaking, with HK wanting to go apart, Taiwan already defacto independent. And the whole liberal Chinese class hating the CCP.

As for Chinese century, your population will half, and age before you even reach a rich country level, if things go on as they are going on.

 

[Beidou2020]

YOU are stopping China yourself.

And first instead of dominating other countries, try keeping your country intact. It is already breaking, with HK wanting to go apart, Taiwan already defacto independent. And the whole liberal Chinese class hating the CCP.

As for Chinese century, your population will half, and age before you even reach a rich country level, if things go on as they are going on.

Coulda, woulda, shoulda........Indian logic

Try to keep your 3rd world thing you call a country together where Sikhs, Tamils, Kashmiris, Assamese and many others seek independence from the Delhi tyrants.

Chinese population is growing and will overpower every other country with its massive population, its economic might and its military and technological might.

India will ALWAYS be the poor man's China being a 2nd class country to China for the rest of your existence.