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I would say that China is the greatest country, simply for the fact that they have a 5,000 year old history and civilization, the largest population, the largest army (not that that necessarily constitutes greatness), cuisine which is known in virtually every other country, products and consumer goods used worldwide, and philosophies with universal truths.
I would say that China is the greatest country, simply for the fact that they have a 5,000 year old history and civilization, the largest population, the largest army (not that that necessarily constitutes greatness), cuisine which is known in virtually every other country, products and consumer goods used worldwide, and philosophies with universal truths.
China is an ancient country, and has lots of unique and interesting history and philosophy, however the Chinese are currently not that great in terms of democracy and freedom, and they have even forced people out of rural areas and in to vast polluted cities.
As for the cheap consumer goods, they can be produced in most economies where labour is cheap and Vietnam, Indonesia, India etc are also increasingly producing such goods.
I don't see what is going on in China and Hong Kong as being that great, and then you have the disgusting medieval type wet markets and the fact that recent pandemics have all been associated with China.
Then you have Human Rights issues and problems with Chinese hacking which have caused a further rift with the west in relation to Huawei, and there are numerous other such issues such as the manipulation of currency and China's claim to Taiwan as well as disputes with Japan etc.
There is a lot that is not that great about Modern China and it's ruling totalitarian Government.
Japan is the best country to live in. That's also one country where people are not emigrating to the US in droves. The Japanese population in the US has been dwindling, which is unfortunate.
I going with... this is sarcasm. Go to Alberta, it's not very liberal at all.
The political divide is usually associated with urban and rural in both the US and Canada.
Have you ever lived in Canada? As a born-and-bred Canadian, I can assure you that Alberta is absolutely liberal by American standards. All those ranchers and oil industry executives won't give up their universal healthcare for all the oil in Saudi Arabia, and they wouldn't want US gun laws.
Japan is the best country to live in. That's also one country where people are not emigrating to the US in droves. The Japanese population in the US has been dwindling, which is unfortunate.
I would love to live in Japan for a few years. If the opportunity arose, I'd go in a NY minute.
Agree with the bolded. I'm a part time ESL instructor, and one of my students, a lovely woman from Japan with whom I developed a friendship, just returned to Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. She seems to really like the US (she has family in CA and NYC and has travelled the US quite a bit), but I'm not sure she'd be willing to leave Japan permanently.
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Japan is the best country to live in. That's also one country where people are not emigrating to the US in droves. The Japanese population in the US has been dwindling, which is unfortunate.
That "separatist movement" is old news. I remember hearing about it as an elementary school kid back in the 70s.
There's also a separatist movement in WA-OR-CA. How imminent do you think West Coast separation is?
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