Comment by delta_p_delta_x
Comment by delta_p_delta_x 11 hours ago
China is superlative in every way possible and many people don't really seem to get it.
It has several of the tallest mountains in the world—dozens over 7 km, and many of the eight-thousanders, given it borders the Himalayas and contains part of the Hindu Kush and most of the Tibetan Plateau. Given such immense mountains it also makes sense that there's a huge rain shadow behind them, and therefore China also contains both the Gobi and Taklimakan deserts.
It also has historic old cities that form the core of their modern glass and steel cities, with plenty of Chinese architecture to go around.
It also has 50 000 km of newly-built high speed rail with rolling stock that rips through all of those mountains and deserts at 350 km/h.
> China is superlative in every way possible and Americans don't really seem to get it.
A a latino it's amusing to watch. After the soviet union failed, Americans thought they had won the civilization game forever.
I would never move to China due to political concerns, but at the game of empire they are kicking butt, and that unnerves some Americans.
Must be odd being born and raised in a first world country (?)