On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:47:26 +0800, rst0wxyz wrote
(in article
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> On May 18, 11:18 pm, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 May 2008 05:01:35 +0800, rst0wxyz wrote
>> (in article
>> <3874ae80-0f75-4d73-8286-4ece051d4...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
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>>> On May 18, 9:01 am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 17 May 2008 14:13:41 +0800, rst0wxyz wrote
>>>> (in article
>>>> <1f4c0e9b-f99a-4091-a21b-981df1765...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
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>>>>> On May 16, 10:36 pm, David <da...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> As recently as 1820, China accounted for 33% of the world's GDP.
>>
>>>>> What was "the biggest economy in the world" before the industrial
>>>>> revolution, before steam ****ps traveling all over the world, before
>>>>> air travel all over the world, was meaningless. What counts is
today,
>>>>> the last century, after the 1800s. At the time when it counted the
>>>>> most, China fell flat on its face. China became the laughing stock
of
>>>>> the world, the coolies of the world, the beast of burden of the
>>>>> world. As with Con****ius, China only has the past to live for, and
>>>>> continues to live in the past.
>>
>>>> Hey, why can't you face facts?
>>
>>> I am stating the facts of China.is way behind in everything.
>>
>>>> Your superstitious belief in centuries of
>>>> starving Chinese has been repeated rebutted, but you cling to it like
a
>>>> life
>>>> jacket.
>>
>>> No, it hasn't. The facts remained;
>>
>>> Even today, China remains a very poor country. For the past
>>> decade, China has been doing the catch-up game. What China has, most
>>> Western countries have. A lot of Western countries have, China can
>>> only dream of. One big mis-step in China, and China may not recover
>>> at all.
>>
>> Agree with all of the above, but it doesn't refute your silly
"centuries of
>> starvation".
>
> Have you eaten yet, Jim Walsh?
>
>>
>>> China is still a very "unscrutable" country. 59 years have passed
>>> since I left China as a little boy, very little has changed today in
>>> the rural village area where I was born. I said it before, and I'll
>>> say it again, in the rural part of China, it is only a few steps from
>>> the Qing Dynasty.
>>
>> Actually, no. It is waaay better than the Qing Dynasty.
>
> Have you been to any rural villages in China, Jim Walsh? Tell me, Jim
> Walsh, waaay better than the Qing Dynasty in what area? which rural
> area of China are you talking about? Name a few items that are waaaay
> better than the Qing Dynasty time.
Just ask your beloved CCP. They will tell you that the per capita income
of
the residents of rural villages is the highest is has ever been in
history. I
know of no evidence to refute that claim. Do you?
>>> For today's young people in rural China, going to work in the cities
>>> must be like going to "gold mountain" of the old days.
>>
>> Whatever. Still missing the point. China was the sick man of Asia for a
>> relatively short period of time in its long history.
>
> One thing is for certain. You have no point. You have no idea what
> you are talking about.
Does that mean you have learned that China was the richest part of the
world
for long periods of time?
--
Love, Jim
(I often delete parts of the previous post and I often remove excessive
crossposts.)
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