Next Made-in-China Boom:

[jm31828]

Originally Posted by mimimomx3

This:

Indeed, Japan’s experience shows that having more graduates does not guarantee entrepreneurial creativity.
In the decades after World War II, Japan mounted an educational effort similar to the one in China now. Japan’s version led to a huge middle class and helped turn that nation into one of the world’s largest economies. But partly because of a culture where fitting in is often more prized than standing out, Japan hit an economic plateau.

China would have to have a huge cultural overhaul to threaten American dominance in innovation and design. Not worried.

Very true. Even the well educated Chinese people are not innovators. My wife is from China, and she says even now there is just not any innovation (at least not a big culture of it), they are good at manufacturing and copying things and building things cheaply, but no real new ideas come from there, and may not on a large scale for a long time. It's a different type of education they get- for example they learn to memorize things, learn the direct line between points A and B, for example, but when it comes to free thinking/thinking outside the box and creativity, they are at a bit of a loss. So they end up great at things like Math, the hard sciences that have one sure answer for each question, but when it gets abstract, such as with what it takes to be at the leading edge of innovation, their culture just doesn't have a means to think in that realm.

[bumpus7]

Originally Posted by jtab4994

There is a very strong cultural bias in China against female babies, to the point where many first-born female babies are murdered or abandoned. I don't think even a communist central government can simply order the murdering of male babies to suit their agenda.

China does not act like the US ... they do what ever the want ! ! !

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by bumpus7

China does not act like the US ... they do what ever the want ! ! !

OK, dude.

[cpg35223]

The seeds of China's demise are already in place. Not terribly worried.

[lhpartridge]

Originally Posted by bumpus7

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China knows how to regulate there population to make profit:


To build up there military man power ... only allow male babies
to be born, and hold down the mass of over population.

Population getting to small ... only allow female babies to be born.

Still need more people ... just penalize people for not having children ! ! !

This way they will always have cheap labor force
with more people than there are jobs and the poor will work the farms ! ! !
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I can draw serious parallels between the direction China is headed and the premise of The Hunger Games.

[bumpus7]

Originally Posted by lhpartridge

I can draw serious parallels between the direction China is headed and the premise of The Hunger Games.

China is not concerned with any kind of hunger ...
they know where to buy and how to get what ever they want ! ! !

China is not as dumb as the world thinks they are ! ! !
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