Sorry, America: China Is NOT Going to Collapse
on March 10, 2015
David Shambaugh bases his conclusion on flawed interpretations of recent socioeconomic and political developments.
David Shambaugh bases his conclusion on flawed interpretations of recent socioeconomic and political developments.
“It seems that Chinese men don’t want to marry a girl with tattoos,” complained one such girl on the Chinese online discussion platform Douban. She posted a picture of her body art, an abstract design on her lower back. “In East Asian cultural circles, normal people wouldn’t get tattoos,” responded one user.

The PLA Navy is building more submarines and ships and intends to operate three aircraft carriers.
Every day, two quality-control supervisors monitor four robots tirelessly assembling remote-control devices for home appliances at a Midea Group factory in Foshan, in the southern province of Guangdong.
The robots recently replaced 14 workers on the plant's assembly line for remote controls. And soon, according to Midea's Home Air Conditioner Division Deputy General Manager Wu Shoubao, more robots will arrive to replace the quality-control supervisors.

Henan people say big cities are given preferential consideration for education funds and places in universities.
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China is talking about its pollution problem, but its equally serious class problem remains obscured behind the haze.

China’s left foot wants to go north, and China’s right foot wants to go south. Both feet have the same goal, and, that is, to maintain the one-party rule.
Under the Dome, Chai Jing's breakout documentary on China's catastrophic air pollution problem, finally hit insurmountable political opposition last Friday after seven days in which the video racked up over 200 million views. The eventual clampdown raised many questions about the extent of internal support for the documentary.
