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As I've always said, Mao KILLED China. Thanks a FUCKING lot Mao.

im afraid that the mongols went arround the wall burned china took over the whole thing and then was that particular architectonic thought abandoned

🤣🤣😂 made in China

@@skyleonidas9270 and today Mongolia is, like Tibet, another formidable ancient foe, a subjected vassal nation. The wheel of Karma ever turns and continues to turn. That's it.

The stone sections of the Great Wall is only from the middle of the 1700s. It's not ancient at all. The Chinese had a mud brick wall before then that was constantly falling down. The Chinese started building defensive walls in stone just as they were being completely abandoned in Europe because they were obsolete.

However, funny thing...if you live in the center of one of the Special Economic Zones - you're most likely safe from these. They don't want bad publicity on the global news networks from a building falling down in Beijing or Shanghai. Also if you are government official- most likely also fine. Government buildings are probably the best constructed in China. In America...politicians lick rich people's asses in order to get campaign funding. In China- exact opposite - rich people lick the government's ass to keep their business, money, head, family...you don't see many billionaires successfully speaking out about the government in China. DogeCoin can do whatever he wants....along with the rest of the billionaires who literally have most of the power in the USA.

@@DJUwU Thanks for let people know a bit more about China's inner workings. But be aware that Chinese authorities don't like to see this kind of comments and can track you down even on the other side of the firewall. Take care.

Honestly it's so sad what the Chinese government has done to China, it's people and its attempts to eliminate parts of history....

yeah its funny to hear people complain about rich people having power, pretty obvious they haven't experienced rich people in government that have power.

That’s a real shame, tear down something beautiful just to make money is really sad.

What Ive noticed about Italian old houses is how tick their walls are, way thicker than old houses in France & England. Whats the reason? Italy is hotter than France & England so it wasn't the weather?

@@Kashkha7 probably the earthquakes or insulation.

That's amazing!

I'm still waiting for a comment from Egypt

is what give the world, there `RUBBISH, Crap

🤮COMMUNISM ON DISPLAY here! People who are in favor of Bidens twisted agenda ought to be catching on that this crap is preview of the outcome if we continue down that road.

@Raider Dave did legitimate business unlike Hunter and Biden threatening Chyna withholding a billion dollars unless they remove a key investigator. Looks like another Harris Operative

@@drizler dude health care isn’t communism most of our allies like Canada use it effectively

@@drizler I mean not really China is the most capitalist country in the world

@@drizler Do you know what communism is other than "things I don't like"? I assure you, no one is communist. The furthest left we have is democratic socialist..... which is not "communism" it's how all of europe is run. All of it. New zealand, canada, japan, Uk, all of it. We were even partially socailist at one point. FDK could be argued to be a democratic socialist, and he usshered in some of the policies that created the good times of the 50's. Strong unions, workers rights, anti-unions etc. You've been brainwashed to think that 1950's like policies in america.... are communism. Imagine thinking going back to the 1950's america policies.... is communism.

not really, its getting much better now, those houses are not for living but money laundry

@@jacobbai9619 The fact that houses can be built for "money laundry" is a massive problem for the country.

Facts.

@@ThatBoomerDude56 Its no different than the 2008 financial crisis in USA. Housing prices keep going up so people keep investing into houses to get a higher return.

@@honkyhonk6795 A housing price bubble is different from money laundering. For one thing, there are no houses in the US that are built so cheaply that they fall apart in 3 years.

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Very possible 🤣😂

Or even if they go out of China they'll be safe I am sure

One has to remember that many of the nuke silos in western China are leaking radiation.

If their aircraft carrier and other military equipment is anything to go by, I’d say, yes. They build rubbish.

I think the point is that it's not brick work

@Punk Moon I think you give them far too much credit, in all likelihood they are much more focused on short term policy in order to bolster public opinion, I find it very difficult to imagine there are many conscious people in positions of "power"

That's not brickwork, though... It's concrete with waaaaaay too much sand and who-knows-what in it.

My aunt in France has a 300 year old house. It'll probably stand for a lot longer.

lmfao

they have a perfectly good USofA for that- and they also dont change anything. feel free to roam "near" their sets... be sure to take security

Too expensive to keep the sets from falling on the actors heads

太諷刺了~~~~~說得太完美了~~~~~

Better copyright that idea 😂😂😂

We put concrete on wood in the US when we stucco exterior walls. It is stable when it is done correctly and the right materials are used.

Well how about metal rods they can withstand a tornado and not build thin walls build fat walls

@@btkramer well ya pouring concrete around wood is fine but having wood in a concrete slab will just fuck it up

@@btkramer In the U.S. we put layers of other materials (gypsum board, sheeting, chicken wire, etc) between the stucco and the wood so that it doesn't slide right off. Evidently China doesn't know you're supposed to do that.

@D K Yeah, that's what I meant when I said 'done correctly and right materials are used'. The point being, there is a right way to do it where it is perfectly stable.

lmao

they also make food out of cardboard

they mix it with real stuff

yes really!

@@phoenix1453 🤣🤣🤣 Chinese bot

@@phoenix1453 Worse than this? Im living in a 20 year old house and it looks to be in exactly the same condition as when it was built. Have you even been to America? Not even the worse neighborhoods in Detroit are that run down. Close to where I live there are old houses that are like 70-80 years old and are still in good condition.

@@phoenix1453 this clearly you are dumb and and you are blinded by Chinese infrastructure. You are just like some of those dumb ignorant People behind in Internet who always thought that Chinese infrastructure is better than the US which is not. I'm not American too but if I choose which house I will live i choose American House than Chinese junk house.

@@phoenix1453 so you are German? You choose China than US who helped build your country after WW2. Pathetic. Your country is more like 3rd world country than Middle east

yeah fake especially the weapons parade, fake tubes as missiles

They are, even those new fighter jets (That they stole the designs from America and elsewhere) fall apart during normal flight. China is, and always has been an hyper-vulnerable Paper Tiger.

@@Jsay18 the fact that they copy is fascinating they are industrious little assholes but they will eventually catch on and that pisses me off. Stop using china to manufacture consumer electronics. We have to deal better with them and make them accountable but we can't get rid of China manufactruing because of costs. It sucks when they copy shit from everyone but enabled them and they very hungry to catch up with western society.

@@gordonlam2757 You wanna know the best way to deal with china? Don't deal with them at all. If they don't have a big market, all of that production means nothing if they can't sell it. They will run out of resources FAR before we do. It'll hurt, but I personally think it has to be done. Of course, our Politicians are hopelessly corrupt, and china has its hands in their pockets.

@@Jsay18 there has to be more people talking about china everybody needs to know what this country is really doing and stop supporting the market on china. The corruption and most importantly genocide being commited even right now there. Its literal nazi germany there and nobody seems to care enough to be able to do anything to it.

Why did she think the brick houses were bad?

@@Aaron19987 she doesn't but timber and fibro are more common out here in outback Australia. live in brick now and not those horrid concrete blocks the Chinese use so she see it as a step up but does still wonder why a single level on multiple. Space just isn't the issue it is in China I guess, we don't need to add that cost 🙃

@@theantitheocrat6232 Show her this video.

How does the wood house thing fare after all the wildfires? Sorry I don’t know anything much about Australia

Low cost, no effort.

thats how they are rich af

Communism doesn't give a crap about anything, and no freedom exists under it to go against these kind of decisions.

And the US and West didn't???? 🤣🤣🤣

@@jameshuntington7016 We aren't building full on ghost cities that nobody uses. We have ghost towns, because industry in that town died out in modern times and people just left to find work elsewhere. That is a big difference. Mining towns are a good example of this.

@@vendettamedianl It's not communism that is bad, it is the money and power hungry politicians who drag the concept into the mud for their own purposes.

@@Ryu99420 Those things are also bad, but communism can only function in a totalitarian state. It invades every inch of your life, even your "religion" (I mean if you call a heavily edited bible & members of the CCP running the Church religion, not to mention the prosecution of Uyghurs & Falun Gong). And it seeks to corrupt, twist and destroy the history & culture of your people. That's why communism is bad, that's why people constantly try to flee and that's why communism always fails.

Cake Mix they actually did those big Soviet style apartment builds may lake luxury features but they are tough as nails!

@@rgj5832 Yeah, i live in one

The Soviets built their buildings with different purpose and clearly not to fake growth by grabbing insta investment. I wouldn't waste my money to buy any property from China.

perhaps they know that the US will be throwing quality munitions at these fake houses in a decade or so.

"Concrete Caves with steel reinforcing at least..if the Ruskis built the T-34 on a McDonalds happy meal budget, and it was a tough as 6"nails one spray can camo job all terrain vehicle and a real Runner..I would much trust their Dodgey Brothers Soviet tradies to build a much better shed for $ cheap as chips $ home rather than a 26 story unit block in burb China created from plasticard,papermache and used paddlepop sticks an with cardboard brick and marble facades on the outside with damaged pilfered wiring from the local garbo tip.' 'Poor old China..its not a Dragon..its a huge wet cardboard Hello Kitty with no batteries and a bust waving paw.' 😃😄😅😂.. (/-\)..

i ask myself “how many CCP officials need to be killed in collapses before something is done?”… but then i thought perhaps the more the better?

They did not even do anything to it people lives mean less than the money they gain from doing nothing.

The building in shenzhen is still standing but the condo in Florida has collapsed killing 150 people inside. American construction standards seem to be worse than chinese.

@@surendramumgai631 Do a quick check on Google and your family can see how many buildings and other structures in China have failed due to shoddy construction, far more than in the US.

@@videomaniac108 China may have more building collapses than US but china has a far bigger population than the US and also more buildings and construction activity than US. Also earthquakes , typhoons , floods etc that damage constructions r more common in china than US.

Rebar will quickly go rusty after just a day or two in the rain. How should they be cleaning it before setting it in concrete?

@@sirrathersplendid4825 I wondered that as well, everything I found online said that the rust layer on rebar is fine to set in concrete.

@@leejerrett8268 - Yes. Can’t imagine most builders going to the trouble of washing rusty rebar with de-rusting fluid.

Yes but they were built to last!

Those houses would last longer than Chinese houses built now

My grandparents own a cottage up in Maine that was around during the revolutionary war. I live there a month in the summer no problem. Back in the 90's the place was pushed up by a storm at a 60 degree angle and that house still stands after being bashed storms and the ocean for a couple centurys.

@@BobbyGeneric145 ... Yes. That was his point. :)

I stayed in Aschaffenburg in a house built in the 1500's, never seen a nicer place to live in.

More like: “You should be mindful of what you say. It would be terrible if something happened to you."

That might actually be true. No joke.

I mean, when you think about it, that makes total sense. When you want a facade of growth, what better way than to build... a facade?

As a person in the industry, yes, movie sets and / or theme park props are made to last pretty much forever with minimum surface repair

So a FAKE house in Hollywood is better built than a REAL house in China. Wonderful.

The shed in my backyard was put together decades ago using scrap wood by people who honestly didn't know what they were doing. I'd genuinely trust that piece of garbage over what I just saw.

Well that’s what we condone, by looking the other way by the shit they sell the world- WE CONTINUE BUY,

Collosal environment damage.

It doesn't help that many Chinese people are crammed into slums. Albeit, the buildings are safer than this, but still...slums. And there are tons luxary apartments that nobody can afford.

I think that way all the time I walk into a shopping centre..

The entire country of China is a colossal waste 😂

The worst structures in Britain are 100+ year old Victorian houses, the way to fix them is just literally render the brickwork to keep it from slowly crumbling from weather and that’ll keep it going for at least another like 50 years probably

they probably had better built houses lol

@@LeoMkII im dying bro

The hell.. !?

Yes made in China is sad. I recall so many stories out of the then Soviet Union. Communism produces this mentality. The pilot who defected to the US via landing his Mig 27 fighter in Japan later talked about his military barracks just breaking in half and almost killing him. Marxism is such a lie. Look up old pics of the Champion spark plug factory in China. Use to be Craftsman tools were US made. Not anymore. I had a lug nut split on me with not much pressure. "Made in china." Don't let them export cars here. Ever. Taiwanese is different and they still make better products mostly. But if China attacks them soon, this will make things even worse.

Yo that fr sounds like a third world country

@@dwightevans8545 they won’t ever export cars too America cars are very intimate thing for us Americans we like to make them ourselves

@@wolverinexo6417 LMAO WHAT?? most cars in yank roads are made in mexico lol

I’ll grant that a lot of old furniture holds up very well (not counting fabric, though not sure what fabric could hold up to 40-60 years of daily use), I just can’t bring myself to use a lot of it since it looks old in a bad way. Especially the dining room sets and garishly upholstered sofas (though maybe my older family members chose the ugly stuff and my impression is skewed). Also I think a lot of people buy new furniture because their current stuff no longer appeals to them stylistically or can’t fulfill a needed purpose, not because the furniture is broken or worn out.

The 1920's were the days before tofu building blocks.... Better watch out! The CCP would probably move you into brand new tofu building if you start complaining.

mostly built by democratic country ❣️

Same. Im renting a house built in the 20’s with my brother near SF, CA. The thing is a tank lol.

My grand ma's house is still good it is more than 70 years old

I'd be afraid to post this, Chinese love to save face. Wouldn't be surprised if they get deported or worse.

Our bombs destroy stone and concrete homes in the Mideast as easily as straw huts in Vietnam. Soon updated nukes to sufficiently snuff us all out. Sleep tight.

Building codes made so that buildings won't leak, blow away in high winds and fall over in minor earthquakes are necessary and have a beneficial effect. Unfortunately many building codes are pushed through by corporate lobbiests and their corrupt pet politicians, forcing unnecessary costs (especially on small builders) to increase corporate profit and remove competitors from the market.

which part of; the government is behind it, don't you understand? you want an average family home to cost 1 million $, as that's what you got now in the usa ... how the fuck is that any better?

You want to feel safe in your home? I think thats much better than having cheap building that collapses under your feet

kleranh2005 ~ Not to mention trade associations. The corruption goes all the way down to the local level.

That means that when he said he was worried just being THAT close he was right to be worried.

Building codes and regulations are a big part of why we have such a massive homeless problem here in the US. It's precisely because they do value life that they build on such a scale in China - everyone needs a home.

@@nicholasmacdonald1 There are so many problems with your half a§§ statement. You shouldn't have bothered.

@@trishse4030 You really don't know what you're talking about, Trish. Having lived in both countries, I know quite a bit about this...

@@nicholasmacdonald1 look a member of the 50 cent army

That's the CCP in a nutshell!!! 👎🇨🇳

It is they used bad cement. It had 81 cracks in it when the reservoir was first filled . Now it is literally warped in several places.

That’s one of China’s mega project, let us see what will happen with others mega projects. P/s: their expressways are gonna collapse someday, and I don’t want to die :)))

lmao

Why us?

its not quality.its nature force.same quote did by engineer of titanic that even god cant sink this sheep.they literally challanged nature.and nature showed him place.same as any dams not only three gorges .if pressure and stress got immense due to uninterrupted rain and its gets unstoppable ,there r only 2 option ,open up dam door to discharge water to sacrifice thousands and thousans of life.and second let dam to be broken to sacrifice millions of millions people.harm is unavoidable.

It's supposed to look good the first year in order to fool the buyers/investors.

Good analogy Dan. That's exactly what it's like. Even the best builders build like shit. Everybody uses the same shitty materials.

it is... it is really the same material so fucking sad.

Yep they destroy 1000yo villages , rebuild fake ones in concrete instead. and charge 300rmb for the entrance...

And I wonder how many of u here have actually been to China? Are all the buildings in China like this? Are they really that worst? Those are the questions you guys need to ask yourself. I know u guys have seen the video and all, but be a critical minder won’t hurt.

Because the builder must have been connected to communist party high ranking official they could get away with poor construction.

Zoli1972s This is China there are no laws or regulations.

Not true - see BER airport

If they were in jail would they get a copy of Mein Kampf to read?

The Chinese government IS the responsible party. Someday, the people of the People's Republic will rise up and destroy the dictatorial Communist regime, or the country will rot from within, as it is clearly doing now.

@Jeff Laming Don't worry Jeff it's just another one of those tolerant inclusive liberals that everyone just ignores. Let's be honest nothing but hate and division comes out of their mouths.

@Jeff Laming Glad your dumb country ass can't vote in America

This is china what do you expect! This is not europe, israel, japan, russia or USA where people with High !.O and massive creativity! I remember reading and almost always finding the same stats about how 50 to 70% things fail in china. From IT to mask everything!

Would you mind sharing the link to that story, plz? Thank you, and stay safe!

Happy one year anniversary on the two week lock down!

that is one country where slapping a stars and stripes label is lucrative.

I remember when everybody used to make fun of items that had the Made In America tag on it. Now I bet they wish it said that

That's been the trend for quite a while. Old timers in the states would remember a time where things made in Japan were of miserable quality. Now It's happening with S Korea, who have stepped up their quality. The only ones with a still massive range between the lower and higher ends of the quality spectrum are China. Can't really say whether that's improving, but as far I can tell it hasn't really changed much since the mid 2000's.

This isn't communism, you idiots, it's straight out unregulated capitalism with little or no government interference.

Exactly. China is more capitalist then USA could dream of. It’s the land of pure freedom and unregulated business.

Really?

Damn straight, I rode the Metra into downtown prior to covid and was surprised how well everything looked. Absolutely beautiful. Hadn’t been to downtown in a few years prior to that.

Good for you. The house I live in was built in the 1950s and it still looks as if it's in good condition even though some of the paint has lost its texture and minor cracks have appeared. Recently, my upstairs bedroom (the place where I'm typing this comment) got renovated so we could stay in there easily. After the renovation had been completed the room was looking as if it was fresh and new. 4 years have passed and some of the paint has started to wear off the wall. Cracks are appearing and the Cyan paint is fading away quickly. Just shows you how money-hungry companies have become.

MAINTENANCE,! There’s your key right there. If the owner gets greedy it will go downhill especially in the structural area. Anything older needs lots more maintenance period no matter what it is. Once they start getting flipped or short term owned in a declining area particular it’s only a matter of time. After all whats cheaper a nice coat of paint or structure maintence🥴. “Pouring perfume on a pig wins” out most of the time. Let the new owner deal with it😉

lol I live in a 110-year-old farmhouse in the middle of the fields, exluding the fact that it hasn't been painted for 30 years it looks brand new.

Ancestral homes in China also stand. Its just the modern stuff.

And the modern houses in the philippines is filled with made in china materials.... ......

@@knightshade6232 ummm how do you know its ancient

Those are rookie numbers in hungary we have bunker like buildings which are around 200 years old survived 1 world war and communism

Hundred year is nothing compared to European buildings

My iPhone was made in China. It's holding up fine

@@FnGRZupra Designed in USA

@@rejuvenatingsoul3498 design is an intellectual property... Not tangible

@@rejuvenatingsoul3498 and besides china is much lazier with construction in their own country.

Test Test I heard Huawei make great phones

that is what we have always aimed to do. Unfortunately the doe eyed newbie vloggers living in their first tier cities with everything taken care of by their employers rarely show the world how it is for the other 1 billion people in China. Thanks for recognizing this. -C-Milk

When I was around 18 I went on a trip with my parents to England (I am from the US). At one point we were on a tour bus driving through an area with fields and in the distance we're sheep and I thought it was beautiful and it must be great living around here. But then I realized people in the area are used to it and probably don't even notice it. They would be thinking about what groceries to buy or that meeting at work that was going to be at least one hour longer than needed. That is the difference between the people new to China and those who have been there a while. The ones who have been there a while are not dazzled by the beauty and "newness" and see everything else that is going on.

@Norman Fair Yeah, kinda. Although the UK cares a little more for their structures (and citizens) than China, where you can't even restore an ancient temple by yourself, without the government backlashing on you for doing it wrong.

Both visions are correct. As in any other country, there are people who do things well and others who do care about money only. I live, run a design practice, and bought a house in this city. I can assure you that it took me a year and a half to know where to buy my house. There are different construction companies there and the quality is sky high in some projects and shitty in others. I would ask C-milk and Winston here to talk about Zhongzhou or Fangzhi projects for example.

Basically, they are travellers, and for travelling, China is great (especially now you can get on a high speed train and hotels etc. can be prearranged). These guys show the reality of China - good and bad. China non-stop shows the reality of what happens when you spend too long teaching in China. I suppose it depends on what you like.

The Macker headlines for days??? Dude they’re was a mass shooting 3 days ago and u can’t find a single link on CNN we’re not that caring here either...

That building that fell down was in the news, I remember seeing it maybe a few years ago. I believe it was not inhabited yet? I don't remember the whole story but it was brand new.

Derek Marlowe sound really smart obviously u didn’t get the point

"Derek Marlowe" is obviously a Chinese.

The reason you don't hear about it is because the person who did it didn't use an evil black rifle and it doesn't fit into the media's narrative. Therefore, it isn't worth reporting on because it might be seen as evidence that what's really the problem is mental health care in the US(which sucks incidentally).

Genious

Lol

The rubble boom. Companies that are paid to haul away the rubble.

Well if it's a bubble, then that means that the estimated number of buildings deemed uninhabitable and fit for demolition would be overstated.

​@frosty pablo I wouldn't call it a failing communist state. The US has had housing bubbles too. Does that make it a failed capitalist state?

that's a heck of a slam. a yak dung building is better than a new Chinese one

@@pikiwiki didn't say better. Said safer. Those yak dung buildings been around a long time while the Chinese ones looked liked they'd fall down in five minutes.

@@imdbist okay okay. I guess a building made from yak poo is.............safer

@@pikiwiki safer is what I said and I mean it. There's no need for you to take the urine.

Well, considering a traditional tibetan house would be built by locals for locals made for living in, it obviously would have better quality. Especially because traditional buildings are not mass produced and are actually labors of love and care.

They do...and they will.

dominic k the west stands with Japan.

@dominic k You communists never stop no matter how clear your insanity shows up. No matter where you communists took over, you turned the country into a disaster. Yet you still find plenty of fools to gobble your imbecilic insane concept. I guess it is the self-destructive nature of humans when the number of people gets to high.

dominic k Russia is shit

@@OK-ws7ti stand with Nazi Japan imperial.

yoshyoka 900 years old, ah! Must have saved a lot of money living there

yoshyoka ahh and how is the economy and gdp per cap doing over there. Lazy bums

Slums are on the rise in Italy due the mass immigration !!!! I'm Italian. But I lived 6 months in China in two places, one was a very poor neighborhood.

@@dylanvandelay1227 31.952,98 USD per cap in 2017 ;). China 8.826,99 USD per cap.

Roman cement is still the best ever produced with volcanic ash at its core.

It represents the Chinese communist party, and well marxism in general. Its like "weekend at bernies" but with economics and infrastructure.

uhmmm yeah ... I mean, if china only experimented with capitalism and investment properties then this would never have happened ... oh no wait ... no it's the opposite way around. This is actually a symptom of extreme capitalism. To be more precise this is more clearly an indication of ''Socialism for Big Business'' the same way the banks in America were saved from financial ruin and bankruptcy with citizen tax dollar income when pure capitalist ideology dictates that they should have went bankrupt and made space for new potential market growth and development. The USA provided socialism and free welfare for the big banks but fails to even provide true free universal healthcare that is free from money grubbing corporate influence. This has nothing to do with actual pure capitalist or Communist ideology and this is simply welfare for big business or the powerful. This happens everywhere in the world although probably not in the same fashion as we see here with this housing bubble or the financial markets. Seriously people are far too easy to blame communism or capitalism for x reason but the truth is it is more easily explained by the exploitative nature of power dynamics. There is almost no difference between the far right capitalist argument and the far left communist argument. A coin has two sides, if you think it should always be heads (capitalist) then you're an idiot and if you believe it should always be tails (communist) then you're an equally big idiot. A balanced society rolls on both sides and the best society actually knows how to balance a coin on its delicate side which makes it roll like crazy down the path of least resistance creating a boom and golden age but you'll never get that roll if you believe it has to be heads or tails all the time and force it into that position because some powerful elite has placed his bet on that side. Imho thus the best society is one that knows how to balance communism with capitalism (or vica versa) but that would mean you'd focus on the middle class and not on the powerful and elite when it is they who are entrenched in their positions and will not yield to any productive chance that might threaten it. Peace

+BrutusAlbion Eh the only right thing you pointed out was the "socialism for big business". This is an indicator of the lack of a free market, and thus true capitalism. The first problem I see with your post is that you are trying to make an equivalency between communism and capitalism, even in the extremes... to which there really is none as the extreme refers to a complete form rather than a watered down one. This brings us to the situation with China. I get the impression your use of "communism" in your argument comes from mentioning the communist party or China itself as it was mentioned above... but there is something very important to realize about China. It is not communist. Communism requires the complete state control of not only production, but consumption. The moment they privatized business, even when its filtered through their party, it stopped being real communism. In fact labor was never truly "liberated", the rule of labor over capital never happened. Communism also had a different name in the past, it was simply called international socialism. Communism as a name was used because many felt "socialism" as a name was losing its appeal. So is China then international socialist? In practice, as it relates to what communist ideals are? Not so much. China is then closer to what NAZI Germany is. They are national socialist. The state or rather single "political party" in this case controls everything, and privatized business, or at least the big ones, are closely linked to those loyal to the party if not the party members themselves. So what you would be saying is that the half way point between national socialism and capitalism is ideal. I don't necessarily agree with that, but an argument can be made for it... as opposed to saying communism and capitalism which there isnt. Going back to capitalism. Capitalism is great, however its meant to work well with a free market. If you have no free market, then all you get is cronyism or some form of "business based socialism" which you accurately called out. Free trade and the free market were also intended to work on an intra-national or pan-national scale, not on a global scale. Intra-national means within a nation, and pan-national implies working within a set of similar nations. International free trade cannot actually work long term, as the nations that play by different rules can always cause a massive imbalance in how trade works. China is a great example of this. Near slave labor in some parts of the nation, government subsidizing industry, no environmental controls...ect a nation that doesnt have slave labor, has heavy environmental and safety regulations, little to no subsidies for big business will not be able to compete. This is why you need capitalism and a free market but ONLY within the confines of an intra-national or pan-national structure. Globalism, be it from communist international socialism or faux capitalism, simply cannot work long term.

I don't think you understand my argument at all. You seem to be a one side coin man from my current perspective and I think you don't understand the true necessity and existence of communism since you only focus on capitalism. The fact is, you cannot get rid of communism entirely the same way you cannot get rid of capitalism entirely either. Let me point out that even in a pure capitalist society you'd be bringing home the bacon to your children and spouse and you'd be diverting resources to unproductive members who are in need of food, clothing and shelter without any ''material or often emotional reward'' mechanism to compensate that expenditure other than your belief that it is the ''right'' thing to do. Going up in the communist scale simply means you shift the burden of communalism from the nuclear family higher up in organisational superstructure. From nuclear family to extended family to tribal societal level to even national level. We often call communism when this communalism is extended towards the national level and international communism when it extends to an international level however communism still exists everywhere and at all times in one form or another. It is not something that you can eradicate with some form of ''pure capitalism'' since they are two sides of the same coin as I mentioned earlier. The only difference lies where you apply each principle up the socio-economic organisational super-structure. The same goes for capitalism, the purer forms of capitalism simply refer to how resources are gathered in the hierarchical superstructure of socio-economics where the more purest form of capitalism focuses on the individuals earning potential proportional to its productivity however this is often not the actual case in capitalism where the owner of the productive means will try to squeeze the maximum amount of profit out of every individual regardless of their actual effective input and profitable wealth generated. If they can get away with appropiating a larger share of profit from their productive input they will always try to get away with it. The only safety mechanism in such a case are Unions which seek to protect the individuals earning capacity to more fairly distribute the production. However Unions are often seen as socialist in nature. One could easily argue that they are actually capitalist in nature since they seek to protect the individuals earning capacity proportional to its wealth generation. I hope you can see from my argumentation that it is not as simple as to simply claim that a ''more pure capitalism is needed'' to be the solve all fix all problems. A proper balance which benefits the population is necessary and not one that caters only to big business. We are in dire need of a more pure form of capitalism, with this I agree with you on. The way the situation was handled with the financial crisis is a good representative on how pure capitalism is no longer in effect, however the same can be said for communism or communalism where individuals of the same society look after another persons misfortune. I'm not advocating to needlessly support the lazy but I am advocating for adequate health, education and living standards for all individuals who partake in our society. Some call this socialism, I simply call it decency. It is our great moral decay in modern society that focuses on the misgiving of people and tells them that it is their personal fault for falling away. Another good way that communism actually works can be seen in the general practice of fire fighters, police, the army, and other general services such as road infrastructure or watermanagement which are not handled by private companies since they will often and quickly lead to massive corruptive and power imbalances which can be exploited. Pure capitalism would work perfectly fine if people weren't motivated by trivial things such as power and greed however the same can be said for communism. Both systems will fail if pushed to far to one extreme side. One cannot underestimate the hunger of the human soul for power and influence. Both systems work in ''theory'' but both systems fail in ''practice'' because neither system takes into account the neccessity of ''humanity'' properly. I totally agree with your final comment ''International free trade cannot actually work long term, as the nations that play by different rules can always cause a massive imbalance in how trade works. China is a great example of this. Near slave labor in some parts of the nation, government subsidizing industry, no environmental controls...ect a nation that doesnt have slave labor, has heavy environmental and safety regulations, little to no subsidies for big business will not be able to compete.'' It's a very good example of how free trade can be easily undermined by a few annoying git players who are out to game the system. This is why moral decency and appropriate sanctions are necessary to combat such indecent practices. However you cannot effectively combat such practices without some effective form of ''socialism'' or ''communism'' in which a group determines the appropriate laws, sanctions and punishments for the trespassers of such morals that uphold effective free trade. In a completely pure capitalist state there are no restrictions on trade at all and it would lead to a massive amount of mini-china's all over the place trying to game the system until the very system is completely corrupted and destroyed. Just my 2c Peace. P.S Don't get me wrong, I'm not a communist, but I'm neither a capitalist, I believe in the appropriate application of both systems. A balanced approach that focuses on the needs of the people and effective markets is what I aim and aspire for.

a.k.a. "propaganda"

Too hazardous!

Yeah if you want to pay Will smith's life insurance

yes but these buildings are NOT EVEN SAFE TO ENTER

What do you expect the investment suggestions from 2 guys who failed their own business ? Suddenly they became construction specialists and financial advisers from unqualified ESL teachers ?

No surprise as everything marked 'Made In China' is mostly crap!! Can't blame Trump for imposing tariffs on Chinese imports.

They build their tanks and planes well, this is why their homes are like this, it all goes into the military.

Problem is that I think they buy a lot of Russia's stuff which lasts forever and more importantly, has parts available forever. There are countries still using Russian WWII tanks and stuff.

lol Russian stuffs do not last forever.. just ask India.. most of those stuffs are awaiting new parts and India just had enough.

the funny part about that is that russia is actually selling their last gen military equipment to these states and everybody knows it but because the last gen is so much cheaper than the other military gear and better compared to them, they are being bought - matter of the fact is that they wont ever have the strengh to compare with mother russia in this regard and lets be real here, everybody would do that

Well, if they're so bad they can blow up on their face.

this is 30 year old news

That the Chinese real estate bubble is starting to collapse -- that's news that you won't find anywhere else on the Internet. No one inside or outside China is allowed to say that the Chinese economy is in danger of falling into a recession. No one wants to hear that.

Kevin Byrne China Uncensored is a great KZfaq channel about Chinese news.

I am an architect educated in USA. There are a lot of cheap buildings even in new york city. Concrete frame with cheap stud wall. China is not aiming for high quality but it solve the basic problem. The video shown is a rare case, which is not a common phenomenon in China. These guys like to pick rare case in China and over exaggerated it.

Or is it Chinese coming to the comment section and trying to downplay it? These things shouldn't even exist.

You do not know the construction industry and construction technology. I practiced and licensed in UK. UK real estate is no better than Chinese stuff. The newly built is made of aluminium stud with stucco which is more unreliable than concrete. If you live in an old style brick construction is better.

Tak Cheng Sze The US has way better housing than China.

Not really, it is the same. I graduated from Columbia. I have been in the states for eight years. China and USA is very similar for common people. USA is not much better in quality but more expensive for sure.

We know all about that in Fla. Tie rods rust, and the concrete crumbles... No Go

This is china what do you expect! This is not europe, israel, japan, russia or USA where people with High !.O and massive creativity! I remember reading and almost always finding the same stats about how 50 to 70% things fail in china. From IT to mask everything!

@@paulsoaresjr12345678 I think Chinese people have high IQs, they are not stupid people. Chinese government makes the choices, not the people.

@@crudkick Yup, that will do it right there. I’ve seen some boondoggles of fraud / waste with the US Government but this sort of thing is an atrocity.

@@paulsoaresjr12345678 high IQ? China controlls half the world's economy

BLANK U2 You should see their bamboo scaffolding hahaha

My parent's old condo was built in 1977. Solid structure, it'll probably last another 50 years.

Same here, I'm Indonesian too. The structure of my house is >100 years old (with renovations done)

I quite believe even a twig shag built with care in detail and patience would last at least 30 years which is longer than the CCP's newer bridges

Building like modern house should stand at least 100 years. With proper maintenance, any proper modern building would just stand just fine, ofc excluding external damage like natural disasters. Modern buildings are much cheaper and built much faster than older one too. If you want to make a house to withstand these stuff, the cost would be exponentially Higher.

@@manikaditha6308 100 years? My aunt in France lives in a house built in the 18th century, and it's solid. I think the wood beams are original, holding up despite a small bout with termites.

Yes, WOOD. I don't know what THAT was.

Australia has let China build skyscrapers there. Same thing.

China was famous in Bribery and Made in China

That’s terrifying, broken glass can be sharp as a knife. I’d hate to see the effects of it falling on a person

Which ?

@Johansen Yoyanovich or else you're a racist lol

First 万科 Wanke

just a tosser

First yeah but their buildings are solid.

Typical wanker no good with erection more like! That's shoddy work full stop! 3or4 years old ,that's super scary how many have died I wonder!

First 😂