About 140B CNY or $20B in 2019. Such spending is not counted in China's official defense budget, but is counted in SIPRI's estimate of the Chinese defense budget.
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About 140B CNY or $20B in 2019. Such spending is not counted in China's official defense budget, but is counted in SIPRI's estimate of the Chinese defense budget.
Why is it difficult to understand India in terms of a "civilized country"?
As a "civilized country", China has used its unique history and development to prove that developing countries can create a development path different from that of Western countries, and at the same time construct a concept that is different from Western nation-states in terms of discourse. So, can other ancient civilizations that also have a long history be called "civilized countries"? As a "civilized country", what is its uniqueness?
As a "civilized country", China has used its unique history and development to prove that developing countries can create a development path different from that of Western countries, and at the same time construct a concept that is different from Western nation-states in terms of discourse. So, can other ancient civilizations that also have a long history be called "civilized countries"? As a "civilized country", what is its uniqueness?
In case more convincing is needed:
Gotta join the hype train to earn those precious $$$, right?
antiterror13
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I noticed this too. China, by many of its aspects, didn't feel like a developing country while I was there. People were actually doing their job instead of cheating each other all the time. The Netherlands is fine but as far as I see (and unfortunately we see since English is the global language) the UK and USA are filled with scammers and "get rich quick" type of people nowadays.
When I went to China with my wife just during the time of the HK riots, when I was in Cheng Du and Shen Zhen, I felt not only safe but a sense of wonder and amazement when I saw all those robots cleaning the streets and I honestly felt as though in some ways, it is legitimately better then Melbourne as in this is seriously what a first world city should be like, but in HK, I always felt a sense of backwardness and not safe although I mostly felt it was because of those rioters and the fact that well, US influence is really messing things up. I am not sure what it is like now though. I am genuinely interested to know what Taiwan is like since my mom might visit but with some of the tweets of them literally doing porn on the street, I am a little skeptical
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Why was China a low-trust society? Because western media said so? How does cutting queues have anything to do with trust in society?
Don't be brainwashed by western media, the good values instilled by Chinese culture doesn't change rapidly unlike economic conditions.
Lets be real. There was a time when helping old people land you in court.
