The Chinese Are Coming

[SuperMikey]

Fascinating documentary on the development of China and the role it plays in the world.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ykxg9/The_Chinese_Are_Coming_Episode_1/

 

China will be easily the world's dominant superpower within the next 50 years, bow down to them!

[hamster]

O was present at last weekend's Chinese New Year ceremony and the Chinese ambaddador was there to give a speech. I was quite impressed tbh and we had a great day out.

 

I do recalla couple of years ago that the City Council were courting ther Chinese olympic committee, maybe that is now on the cards? Big boost for the local economy.

[pap]

The Chinese already are the world's dominant superpower, imo. They own a good deal of the West's debt, make the vast majority of the worlds' goods. They're in pole position. In what respect are they lacking?

[hutch]

The Chinese already are the world's dominant superpower, imo. They own a good deal of the West's debt, make the vast majority of the worlds' goods. They're in pole position. In what respect are they lacking?

A very large proportion of what they make is still sub-standard. I rarely buy anything Chinese-made if I can avoid it.

 

By way of example, we recently built a section of a road in Tanzania, about 100Km long. The Chinese built the adjacent section, also about 100Km long. Both projects started at the same time.

 

We opened our road 4 years ago. The Chinese are still there, digging up bits they thought they'd finished, and doing them again.

 

Chinese contractors bid for almost every infrastructure project in Africa, often several of them. They are always cheapest. All of them. By a mile. It is by no means uncommon, though, for the job to be awarded to the lowest non-Chinese bidder.

 

Don't get me wrong, they are definately coming, but they are not here yet. And as they slowly learn how much it actually costs to do things properly, they are becoming noticably less and less dominant.

[Barney Trubble]

This has been on the cards for a few years now. The power exchange, on a purely business point of view will swing heavily towards the Chinese in the next few years.

 

My colleague teaches 'Business English' to Chinese students and companies who employ a lot of Chinese staff, he seems to think that the larger British companies would be wise to teach basic business terms in mandarin or at least cultural awareness/differences/taboos etc if they are to move with the times as the Chinese will be very big players in the not too distant future.

 

At the moment, teaching phrasal verbs, collocations and idioms are a basic and necessary requirement for Chinese Business Englishstudents, I think that this will have to be reciprocal very soon.

[SuperMikey]

What Hutch said. They're rushing themselves into being a global superpower and most nations still do what China does, and do it better.

[dune]

It was particularly sad to see the affects that the Marxists have had on our former colonies. In the programme they visited Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and it was really sad to see how the country has gone to rack and ruin.

[niceandfriendly]

It was a good documentary. China is the place to be right now. I've been back and forth here and there over the last few years, finally making the move permanent this July.

 

Anyone need any cheap goods let me know. (seriously)

[dune]

A good article on what the Marxists have done to Africa.

 

http://www.frontline.org.za/articles/zim-Lesson_in_how_to_Destroy_Christian_Civilisation.htm