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" . Here's my take. It's an enormous construction site and requires billions of dollars. So, these billions of dollars could have gone to more productive parts of economy, instead of building this unnecessary military headquarter. Is this gargantuan headquarter so vital? I don't think so. They should have diverted recourses to AI, quantum computing, chip production and satellite launch technology in which the Chinese fall behind the west. Alternatively , these funds could have helped to boost birthday at the least. I have got an impression that Ms Xi is obsessed with the Taiwan reunification, and he wants to achieve that by any means, including by sacrificing half of china 's GDP. Truly a sad story for everyone, except maybe Americans.

For the life of me, I don't understand why brain-dead Europeans like yourself don't stick to giving your advice and following that unsolicited advice to your shitty continent- considering the current economic and societal conditions your countries are dealing with.

You lot have an inherent disease/habit of inserting your unprofound ideas onto a country that has outgrown, outperformed, outcompeted, out-innovated your continent in all important areas of importance be it the ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, SCIENTIFIC, AND MILITARY.

The fact that your continent could and will not beat the Ruskies in Ukraine despite getting major help from your actual benefactor and master, the U.S. is damning of your continent's and countries massive incompetence. Let US CHINESE DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR TERRITORY (TAIWAN) and manage your own shit before trying to hector or lecture us with your moronic takes.

 

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" . Here's my take. It's an enormous construction site and requires billions of dollars. So, these billions of dollars could have gone to more productive parts of economy, instead of building this unnecessary military headquarter. Is this gargantuan headquarter so vital? I don't think so. They should have diverted recourses to AI, quantum computing, chip production and satellite launch technology in which the Chinese fall behind the west.

Fall behind? China's killing the west so bad at all tech they need to pull some funding to make things interesting. The West is basically standing still compared to China's young tech whizzes.

Alternatively , these funds could have helped to boost birthday at the least.

That's how Euros like to spend their money? That's how they ended up going from top of world tech to America's latrines.

I have got an impression that Ms Xi is obsessed with the Taiwan reunification, and he wants to achieve that by any means, including by sacrificing half of china 's GDP. Truly a sad story for everyone, except maybe Americans.

You got the wrong impression, which is no surprise from another foreigner who thinks he can understand China. If that was the case, Taiwan would already be reunified and China would be fighting the sanctions. Xi's taking his sweet time because the cost of taking Taiwan gets cheaper by the day.

great that you mentioned "It's called peace through strength" and "makes another Hundred Years of Humiliation less likely" . That implies you believe that building that headquarter contributes to chinese strength. And that's correct. But then a question rises: what contributes more to chinese strength, building military headquarter or domination in emerging techs? to me the answer is clear and it is not the headquarter. "Hundred Years of Humiliation" could come to the chinese if they fall behind in the emerging techs, especially AI and quantum computing. Reportedly, China poses around 550 intercontinental launchers; that means that "Hundred Years of Humiliation" wont come by military means. But "Hundred Years of Humiliation" may very well come if:

It will not come at all because China will be militarily and technologicall superior to the West. All trends point to it; China's got many more resources to put wherever they can be used. Your bitching and moaning over building one military complex is poor European mental disease. To China, it's a detail in the budget.

1) the west outpaces china in AI, which is the current situation.

It's questionable where the West is in relation to China, be it at little ahead or a little behind in different aspects but China undoubtledly outpaces everyone at every part of AI. China's not shitting itself over some Western AI app; the West is shitting itself over Deepseek and it's just the beginning of a long slope.

2) the birthrate in china doesn't go up, which is the current situation.

Don't worry about it; we've got a lot of time of time where we have higher population and higher per capita STEM majors, made of smarter people with stronger work ethic. And it's not like the West is doing well in birthrate either.

3) The west outperforms china in quantum computing, which is currently the case.

China invests more in quantum computing than any other country and China gets the biggest bang for the buck compared to any modern country. How long to you think the West can last?

The chinese real strength lies in the economy and high tech, not in oversized military headquarters; you can't threaten or dethrone the USA with the military might because the USA has excessive military capabilities, such as ohio submarines.

Those are China's traditional strengths. The military is China's developing strength. 50 years ago, none of them were Chinese strengths. We overtake one by one. What's not ours today is ours tomorrow.

Apparently, tiny deepseek caused more tangible trouble for the USA than Russia's invasion of ukraine.

Because Russia itself is not a comprehensive challenge to the US. These aren't even on the same dimension. One is your side-gig and one is your main means of survival.

All in all, if china really wants to become number one in the world, economy and high tech will work and not headquarters, missiles and a number of ships.

All of them, not A and B, not C. China will dominate in every aspect. In the end, when all civility is pared away and domination is linked to survival, military might will determine the victor, although it may achieve its effects without actual use.

If china continues unnecessary militarization, it will resemble USSR.

We spend under 2% of GDP on the military. We can easily spend plenty more. Besides, we can always use the US as the canary in the coal mine on that indicator.

 

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An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 8, 2025 shows the site of a landslide in Jinping Village, Junlian County in the city of Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Approximately 200 people have been evacuated to safety after a landslide buried 10 houses and left over 30 people missing in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday. The landslide occurred at 11:50 a.m. in Jinping Village, which is located in Junlian County of the city of Yibin, according to local authorities. A Level I geological disaster emergency response, the highest level, was initiated in the province at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Emergency rescue, fire, public security, transportation, medical, telecommunications, electricity and other forces quickly rushed to the scene to carry out or assist the rescue efforts. Two people were rescued in the afternoon. (Photo by Zeng Li/Xinhua)

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Rescuers help a senior villager evacuate in Jinping Village, Junlian County in the city of Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 8, 2025. (Photo by Yang Chao/Xinhua)

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An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 8, 2025 shows the site of a landslide in Jinping Village, Junlian County in the city of Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Photo by Zeng Li/Xinhua)

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This photo taken on Feb. 8, 2025 shows the site of a landslide in Jinping Village, Junlian County in the city of Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Xinhua)

 

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29 people missing after landslide in SW China-
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Personnel of armed police force work on electricity supply at the site of a landslide in Junlian County in the city of Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 9, 2025. (Photo by Yang Jian/Xinhua)

CHENGDU, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-nine people remain missing after a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday, according to a press conference held early Sunday morning.

The landslide occurred at 11:50 a.m. in Jinping Village, which is located in Junlian County in the city of Yibin.
The number of people missing is still being verified. As of midnight Saturday, the landslide had buried 10 residential houses and a production building.

Two people, one seriously and one slightly wounded, have been rescued and are receiving treatment at a hospital in Junlian.
Due to continuous rainfall and geological conditions, the high-position landslide has transformed into debris flows, which, according to a preliminary assessment, have resulted in an accumulation of debris stretching approximately 1.2 kilometers and having a total volume of over 100,000 cubic meters.

The landslide body is approximately 10 to 20 meters thick and about 100 meters wide. The landslide is still ongoing.
Sichuan has mobilized 949 personnel from the military, armed police, firefighting, emergency response, transportation, medical, telecommunication, and other forces to carry out or assist the rescue efforts.

In addition, engineering rescue equipment and emergency supplies have been dispatched to conduct rescue assessments, search and rescue operations, and emergency investigations.

Over 200 people have been evacuated to safety, and 155 have been resettled at a temporary shelter in a school in Junlian.
Local authorities have deployed 30 emergency generators, 100 cotton tents, 400 beds and 1,100 quilts to ensure essential needs such as food, shelter and heating. The remaining affected residents have been adequately accommodated with relatives and friends.

Considering the ongoing temperature drop, continuous rainfall and landslide conditions, local authorities have designated danger zones in Jinping Village and surrounding areas.

Real-time monitoring has also been implemented for the mountain slopes on both sides of the landslide, with designated emergency evacuation routes and signals in place, to prevent secondary disasters and ensure the safety of ongoing rescue operations, local authorities said.

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Rescuers carry out search operations in Junlian County in the city of Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 9, 2025. Twenty-nine people remain missing after a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday, according to a press conference held early Sunday morning. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

 

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A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar. The suspects were first sent to Thailand before being flown back to China on several chartered flights, which arrived at an airport in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu Province. The repatriation of these suspects marks a significant achievement of law enforcement cooperation between China, Myanmar and Thailand against telecom fraud, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security. (All photos by Xinhua/Yin Gang/ Ji Chunpeng )

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Rescue team prepare diving equipment for rescue operation in a karst cave at the source of the Huowang River in Dongjing Township of Baise, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 7, 2025. (Guangxi provincial department of public security/Handout via Xinhua)

NANNING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two missing explorers were recently pulled out of the dark abyss of a semi-submerged karst cave in south China, after rescue divers carried out a 69-hour rescue mission, local police said on Tuesday.

This rescue is the first successful cave diving rescue in China and is being hailed as a miracle effort.

On Feb. 5, a scientific expedition team studying cave aquatic life ventured into a karst cave at the source of the Huowang River located in Dongjing Township of the city of Baise, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Five members of the team entered the underwater caves, but upon their return at 7 p.m., two team members were found to be missing.

Guangxi is known for its undulating karst landscape. Numerous karst caves in the region have in recent years attracted scientific expedition teams, as well as cave exploration enthusiasts.

A joint rescue team consisting of SWAT officers, firefighters and health personnel was swiftly organized.

After preliminary investigations, the site was identified as a narrow and elongated cave, characterized by intersecting folds and faults, a complex water system, and surging underground rivers, which posed great challenges to rescuers, recalled Liang Liang, a rescue officer with Baise public security bureau.

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Rescue team members search for missing explorers in a karst cave at the source of the Huowang River in Dongjing Township of Baise, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 6, 2025. (Guangxi provincial department of public security/Handout via Xinhua)

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A missing explorer is rescued by the rescue team from a karst cave at the source of the Huowang River in Dongjing Township of Baise, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 8, 2025. (Guangxi provincial department of public security/Handout via Xinhua)