As a nation, isn't that the right strategy to survive and develop? Why China should always do the low end manufacture work? As a people, would you always do the handy work if you have chance to learn from others and do a white collar job?
US is more diversity than China definitely. At least in China, most people speak Mandarin, eat noodle and rice. But in US, how many people speak English? Eat Hamburg?
Western economists have predict China economy would collapse in two decades ago and repeated every year, and their faces been slapped hardly every time.
If Yujiapu is called China's Manhattan, there are dozens of bigger Manhattan in China right now and they are doing really good.
I think it's not change behavior, just how to incentive the people. There would be lots of people would like to do that if you pay the money, basically some places would buy those recyclable trash, like paper, glass bottle, cans, which is very normal in other developing countries.
You are too optimistic. Seattle's ST3 would cost 54 Billion to build 62 miles light rail. And I think such project in Bay Area would be more expensive. So, just pick one
Do you think the legal and regulatory difference would make such huge difference that, in China, Beijing-Shanghai HSR project completed in 3 years for whole 1300 KM, and this California HSR projected for 12 years long between Merced and Bakersfield with 191 KM. Because they hired lawyers to do the construct work?
That reminds me every time when I have to tell some customer service on the phone my email address, which needs to provide every character an vocabulary to avoid typo, meanwhile, in China, I just need to provide QQ email with plain numbers, and barely made any mistake.
Meng is an individual person, which not represent the company or the organization. If US has a war with China, should China legal to kill any US citizen in China?