Chinese Economics Thread

[xiabonan]

great news !!!
but, hardly, central china!

Sorry but you're wrong. Zhengzhou is CENTRAL China. It is my hometown.

When Chinese people talk about East China, West China, Central China, North China, and South China, we have very specific geographical definitions of those terms, based not just on geography, but also culture and history. For example, Zhengzhou or Henan province is considered "central" China because in ancient China where Tibet, Xinjiang, and a lot of other provinces have not been included in Chinese map, it is indeed the centre of China, geographically speaking.

 

[Equation]

great news !!!
but, hardly, central china!

Well, central as to in between the mountains and plateaus of the west and the eastern shores of China.

 

[janjak desalin]

Sorry but you're wrong. Zhengzhou is CENTRAL China. It is my hometown.[...]

Wrong, or incorrect? Check your usage. English is my native language and those two words have significant distinctions in meaning (since we're making corrections, that is ).

I appreciate your historical contextualization of Henan as being Central China in the cognized cultural map of the Chinese people and their language. I can respect, relate to, and defer to, this practice/tradition.

However, if there's one thing I can do, it's read a map! And, Henan is not near the geographic center of China; it ain't nowhere near the point from which a radius can be set with which to generally circumscribe the borders of China.

New Orleans, where I was born, and live, was, historically, called the American southwest (not too many folks know that). However, I wouldn't suggest traveling to the southwest if you're planning to visit New Orleans in the future; you won't find any (real) Gumbo where you'll end up!

So, is Henan Central China as China was the Central Kingdom?

And,when do you think that will we see development in the geographic center of China? That's what interested me in the post in the first place; I thought the headline made reference to that, particular, construct. I would like to see development, there; that is one of my benchmarks to signal the true rise of China, development in the center which connects the east and west. Can't wait!

 

[janjak desalin]

Well, central as to in between the mountains and plateaus of the west and the eastern shores of China.

Yes, and also central on a north - south axis. I think this is related to what xiabonan offered; much, or most, of what is geographically western contemporary China (Xinjiang) was not considered/included in historical east - west conceptualizations China.

 

[ahojunk]

The next five years will be exciting for China.



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[siegecrossbow]

The next five years will be exciting for China.

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Seems like environment is a top concern. I wonder what that means for electric cars in China.

 

[broadsword]

Seems like environment is a top concern. I wonder what that means for electric cars in China.

The answer appeared yesterday.

China's electric car production surging
(Xinhua) November 10, 2015


Government support helped China's electric car production in October jump eightfold year on year to 50,700 vehicles, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Tuesday.

Output of pure electric and plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles in October 2015 was 850 percent and 200 percent higher, respectively, than in October 2014, said the ministry.

In the first 10 months, Chinese carmakers produced 206,900 new energy vehicles, three times as many as they did in the same period last year.

Intense promotion by the government has brought more and more new energy vehicles onto China's roads, saving energy and combating pollution.

Measures including tax exemptions, subsidies and requirements for government bodies to buy green cars are in place.

In March, the Ministry of Transport set a target of 300,000 new energy commercial vehicles on China's roads by 2020: 200,000 new energy buses and 100,000 new energy taxis and delivery vehicles.

China's cabinet, the State Council, also announced plans in early October to build a nationwide charging-station network that will fulfil the power demands of five million electric vehicles by 2020.

 

[B.I.B.]

Yes, and also central on a north - south axis. I think this is related to what xiabonan offered; much, or most, of what is geographically western contemporary China (Xinjiang) was not considered/included in historical east - west conceptualizations China.

I will put my head on the chopping block by going along with the idea that the definition of a region's location should be based on the modern day realities.

 

[B.I.B.]

The answer appeared yesterday.

OT Not only in China, I can never understand why cities did away with the old trolley bus. and trams .Sure the poles came off if the driver got it wrong when turning, but then you weren't hampered by battery capacity.

 

[siegecrossbow]

OT Not only in China, I can never understand why cities did away with the old trolley bus. and trams .Sure the poles came off if the driver got it wrong when turning, but then you weren't hampered by battery capacity.

Oil company lobby groups.