China

[bennocelt]

I think it showed how really screwed up China is. Seen some of 2nd programme & the fact parents work all year in the city and see their children 2 weeks a year seems fairly fecked up to me. Also the flash cities make up only a fraction of the population - the rest of the country is just above 3rd world?

With a surplus of 40 million males in next 20 years I wonder is China due a war to cull the numbers...?

yeah but you also have to remember that nearly all chinese people have a home, a family to look after them, a close knit community that sticks together, cheap food
They are poor but they are not anything compared to africa
and now with the construction boom and education, they also have more chances for jobs , etc
...especially for woman who are taking advantage of education to better themselves

[bennocelt]

China seems to have managed Tibet fairly well allowing locals speak their own language. Now complete the China-Tibet railway to enable Tibet to be connected to the rest of the world.
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if you travel to Tibet or Mongolia (inner), you will find that Han Chinese are hated

the railway will only speed up the movement of han into Tibet, swamping its local culture