China's system means that once it figures out how to do something successfully, it can replicate that experience nationwide as quickly as possible. The country truly is a unified whole.
Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)
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There was an old story when the pandemic was beginning to get out of control in America in the spring of 2020 and no one could find PPE gear.
One story had someone in the Patriots organization know someone, who then arranged the flight to China to pickup that PPE gear.
Seems to me that this is the same type of task, using the idle corporate jet to do important humanitarian work.
Just a sign of the times where they would still bitch about the photo-op, and not say how they worked together to try to help.
Nothing can replace the good economy China enjoys right now though. 3 billion is peanuts compared to the economic losses that'd have happened if the CPC slipped in handling it. Imagine the billions India is losing every day (as real time GDP as well as future contracts).
Consider 3 billion a small cost for diplomatic and geopolitical image building.
solarz
Brigadier
I suspect the aid will be in the form of infrastructure building, such as roads, hospitals, ports and airports. Things that will generate economic value regardless of the government in charge.
New kind of coronavirus found in Malaysia, one that is transferred from canines and felines. I bet when a patient has pneumonia, they were expecting the other coronavirus, and not a completely new discovery.
The rise of a new epidemic, transmissible from birds.
The rise of a new epidemic, transmissible from birds.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
That's what's so appealing about the US because the US makes other countries believe that you're up there with the elite countries if you follow the US. Yes very appealing to status hungry Asians. For one to believe they're elite, they have to believe they're never wrong and always rights. And because of that when they are found to be wrong or have made mistakes, they quickly have to blame it on someone else or another country.
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Fantastic! They're in a dilemma now, reopening is so hyped up with so much of the public looking forward to it, if cancelled or delayed, there will be riots with some folks going absolutely nuts.
But if they continue with the reopening, the Indian mutated virus will spread faster than a wild fire. Should be fun to watch especially since so many yellow cockroaches/terrorists from HK are over there.
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like I said in another post: every aid program has a geopolitical agenda.
Yep. You can make sure that China will make this 3 billion dollars aid to go to her friends, for infrastructure involving Chinese companies, BRI etc
I also agree that a targeted 3 billion investment internally would make wonders
For example 5 billion (6?) is the required budget for building the Chinese particle accelerator which would draw a significant portion of Particle Physicists from the world to China thus contributing to the "Scientific Powerhouse" goal that Xi has set for China
Money is always limited and I hope that China will make every cent from that foreign aid to go towards China's interest
What the hell:
323 new cases in Taiwan yesterday, 321 domestic, 2 imported, 2 new deaths
400 additional confirmed cases have been added to daily count from the earlier days in this week
5/16 206 -> 245
5/17 333 -> 406
5/18 240 -> 325
5/19 267 -> 359
5/20 286 -> 360
5/21 312 -> 349
NHC reports 10 new cases yesterday, 9 imported, 1 domestic in Guangdong. 2 new suspected case (1 imported in Shanghai, 1 domestic in Anhui). 23 new asymptomatic carriers, 22 imported, 1 domestic in Guangdong
323 new cases in Taiwan yesterday, 321 domestic, 2 imported, 2 new deaths
400 additional confirmed cases have been added to daily count from the earlier days in this week
5/16 206 -> 245
5/17 333 -> 406
5/18 240 -> 325
5/19 267 -> 359
5/20 286 -> 360
5/21 312 -> 349
NHC reports 10 new cases yesterday, 9 imported, 1 domestic in Guangdong. 2 new suspected case (1 imported in Shanghai, 1 domestic in Anhui). 23 new asymptomatic carriers, 22 imported, 1 domestic in Guangdong