Not to US who would obstruct World Bank or IMF financing infrastucture that advances the interests of Iran. An obvious way to export oil and natural gas from the countries to the North of Iran would be by pipeline through Iran, but the US insisted they must go through Afghanistan. That's also why they want to keep their forces in that country.
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Interesting India is on board. Normally I would expect them to be on the anti china side. Even without the US's insisting. I guess this time their interest would be better served by siding with China
broadsword
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They are not siding with China. They are joining for their own self-interest.
superdog
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I want to share a good documentary series that discusses China's social, economic, and political developments. In my opinion it was fairly unbiased and did touch on some important questions. The series is called China's challenges, its writer/host Robert Lawrence Kuhn has been a long-term advisor to China's top leadership. It was aired in 2013.
You can watch the series here in full HD:
I hope it wasn't posted here before.
You can watch the series here in full HD:
I hope it wasn't posted here before.
I've only watched about 10 minutes of this and I know it is a good documentary.
The West has a lot of elites, a lot of really smart and visionary scholars, and they often, like many others, write articles and make documentaries. But the real pain is that such good ones which introduce and describe China as it is, both her achievements and real pressing problems, are often not popular with the public.
The real smart and analytic mind sees the picture and tries to use their knowledge and experience to tell the story, but it's just utterly sad few are willing to accept it.
superdog
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Very true, usually a "normal" view of China doesn't have as much news worthiness to the foreign public. If someone is not really interested in learning about China this series might even seem boring, as the narrative doesn't emphasize on anything too shocking, bizarre, upsetting, or moving. The narrative was calm and rational, but doesn't feel cold. As a Chinese I do feel touched by its seemingly benign depiction of ordinary Chinese people's life and struggles.
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Out of all the English-speaking Chinese appeared in this series, I think that the one who speaks the best English is that school girl in the first episode taking IB course in a Shanghai school.
I think she speaks more naturally,accurately, and with almost no Chinese accent at all. Even better than some of the scholars who have lived in the US or other western countries for decades.
I'm very happy to see this. I think it truly shows where China's future lies.
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Here's the first one;
Our SDF forum is a private entity and we can set the rules as we see fit. And one of them is no politics.
It is my experience in over nine years in this forum that political discussion just brings out the worst in our fine well intentioned members.
DO NOT quote or discuss this post.
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