Chinese Economics Thread

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abenomics12345

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valysre said:
Honestly, I think there's a bit of an infatuation with meat in China, it's unhealthy for everything and everyone. Don't mimic the piggy Americans, don't eat so much meat. It's not a sign of wealth, it's a sign of gluttonous stupidity.
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Real economic prosperity is eating whatever one wants to eat and not giving a shit about what the Americans do. Like seriously, is it really a sign of strength when Americans live rent free in your head even when you decide what to eat? Its not a d*** measuring contest how much meat you eat.
 
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Petrolicious88

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abenomics12345 said:
Separately, other economic issues that may lead to people here responding differently, but questions you should think deep/hard about when you push for certain things to happen:

1) We can all agree that robotaxi (or some form of self-driving technology) is consistent with 'technology improvement' and is demonstrative of China's technological prowess, and presumably should increase productivity. However, there are anywhere from 10-15 million Didi drivers who would be jobless if robotaxis are rolled out enmass quickly ("China speed") in China. Simply put, Didi drivers are not the high wage earning, or STEM grads from Harbin Institute of Technology.

On the other hand, the companies ('big bad capitalists‘) that benefit from this would be your Baidu and Didis of the world - US listed public companies with American/Global shareholders.

Question: Is it consistent with consistent with common prosperity to roll out robotaxi quickly?

2) We can also agree that drone improvement is also consistent with China's technological improvements, or robotic usage in factories. There are also millions of Meituan delivery drivers who also would be rendered jobless if drone food delivery is rolled out enmass in China. Similarly, Meituan delivery drivers are also not high wage earning nor STEM grads from Xidian University.

Question: Is it consistent with consistent with common prosperity to roll out drone delivery quickly?

Keep in mind, drones and Chinese cars are manufactured increasingly with robots - the Zeekr/Volvo factory can make a car every 60 seconds - and the entire factory only has 4000 people. (Xiaomi is a little slower at 70 seconds) - so the job loss/gain tradeoff is simply not easy to make - not to mention the skills mismatch in the short to medium term.
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And robotaxi rides are so cheap, do consumers ever need to buy a car? What about the driving instructors and driving schools?
 
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