Chinese Economics Thread

[Skywatcher]

A classic case of having your cake and eat it too.

That said I think that Chinese censors get butt hurt over the wrong stuff. I’m all for rejecting Fu Man Chu style vilification, but not every detail of a film needs to be scrutinized. Hopefully the rules will be laxer when younger people are in charge.

A lot of Chinese censorship in film imports screams "We need to produce mountains of busy work to justify our projected budget increases for the next fiscal year"

 

[Hendrik_2000]

Thats true ... even China, EU, North America, Australia, ME, etc use the same rail gauge, its called Standard gauge 1,435 mm

Unfortunately, NZ and Indonesia rail gauge is significantly narrower, only 1,067 mm

While Russia and ex USSR countries use wider rail gauge 1,520 mm

And also unfortunately countries in IndoChina, Bangladesh and Malaysia use different width again, significantly smaller, only 1,000 mm

So, it is complicated and costly to run train from China to EU or Russia or IndoChina

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Actually it is not it take on average just 1 hour to move container from one train bed to other train bed using mobile loader. When we say it travel by train it is not the train that travel but the container that travel by using different train It is not like they change the train wheel

 

[kentchang]

Actually it is not it take on average just 1 hour to move container from one train bed to other train bed using mobile loader. When we say it travel by train it is not the train that travel but the container that travel by using different train It is not like they change the train wheel

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[kentchang]

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Russia (former Soviet Union) adopted Broad Gauge for national defense reasons. Southeast Asia's Meter Gauge is a legacy of British rule (just good enough for freight). Indonesia is transitioning to Standard Gauge with its HSR project and also a slower rail upgrade project with the Japanese. There is a huge multinational SGR project going on in Africa.

 

[PiSigma]

The usual hubris like this
Alicia García-Herrero, chief economist for the Asia-Pacific at French investment bank Natixis, agreed China could continue to lag behind the U.S. economy.

"This is possible since average real GDP growth in China could well hover around 2.5 percent in 2035 and onwards, which will mean that China would stop converging with the U.S. and maybe even diverging," she told Newsweek.

"The fall of the labor force is one reason but also decelerating productivity," she added.

But between now and 2035 if the Chinese economy grew by average of 6% then it is more than enough to catch up

She is correct China will diverge from the US. After all China will pass US in 5 years and diverge away from the burning dumpster fire by going up while US go down.

 

[kentchang]

@gadgetcool5 That my friend will transform Laos economy enormously, who in their right mind will invest such big investment with little return, the West? I'm envious of Laos, They had nothing to offer geopolitically but seek cooperation with China their neighbor, if the Philippines have not had this petty disagreement with China that investment should be ours, the short sightedness of our previous gov't who tied their fortune with the West instead of its owned.

In a few years the Laos line will be connect to Thailand's HSR extension. The ultimate goal is to eventually reach Singapore (Malaysia cancelled the KL to Singapore HSR project late last year).

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[SilentObserver]

Thats true ... even China, EU, North America, Australia, ME, etc use the same rail gauge, its called Standard gauge 1,435 mm

Unfortunately, NZ and Indonesia rail gauge is significantly narrower, only 1,067 mm

While Russia and ex USSR countries use wider rail gauge 1,520 mm

And also unfortunately countries in IndoChina, Bangladesh and Malaysia use different width again, significantly smaller, only 1,000 mm

So, it is complicated and costly to run train from China to EU or Russia or IndoChina

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CRRC Changchun developed a variable guage HSR that capable of operating at 400km/h in temperatures ranging from -50 degrees celsius to 50 degrees celsius.

 

[quantumlight]

She is correct China will diverge from the US. After all China will pass US in 5 years and diverge away from the burning dumpster fire by going up while US go down.

In a post Peak Oil world and one in which ramifications of Climate Change is real, the world is indeed not only zero sum but the pie is shrinking. The days of 5% population consuming 50% resources are finna be over. China's gain comes from America's loss... Either that or its "ash heap of history" bin ... China doesnt have a choice... Amerikkka mentality of winner take all and nontolerance of peer competitors will never change

The world needs a better system and platform, America is the land lord or maybe better analogy the mafia boss whom exortion is higher and higher every month, the hegemon tax increasing at the rate of the QEs, its unsustainable

China is humankinds last hope, and I am not being facetious, if China fails, so goes our species

 

[emblem21]

In a post Peak Oil world and one in which ramifications of Climate Change is real, the world is indeed not only zero sum but the pie is shrinking. The days of 5% population consuming 50% resources are finna be over. China's gain comes from America's loss... Either that or its "ash heap of history" bin ... China doesnt have a choice... Amerikkka mentality of winner take all and nontolerance of peer competitors will never change

The world needs a better system and platform, America is the land lord or maybe better analogy the mafia boss whom exortion is higher and higher every month, the hegemon tax increasing at the rate of the QEs, its unsustainable

China is humankinds last hope, and I am not being facetious, if China fails, so goes our species

Sooner or later, the USA is going to face the wrath of God given all the red flags right now. I think it is better to have a getaway plan in place since sooner or later, real shit is going to go down there

 

[quantumlight]

Sooner or later, the USA is going to face the wrath of God given all the red flags right now. I think it is better to have a getaway plan in place since sooner or later, real shit is going to go down there

I personally not a religious nor superstitious guy but it does seem like lately every time US try to pin something on China it comes back like boomberang to bite them in the ass...