China’s Military is Growing - Fast

[@chetshu4175]

2:21 She is right. China's military expense has grown faster since 1999, the year when NATO bombed the China's embassy in Serbia, the Yugoslavia back then.

[@ソウクマ-d9m]

and Hainan Island incident occured in 2001,

[@AlhamdulilahSoldier]

Hello to China from Serbia 🤗🇷🇸🇨🇳

[@lvjinbin28]

USA: why China felt threatened after We bombed their embassy?

[@chetshu4175]

@@lvjinbin28 Not felt threatened, but felt too weak to threaten the US

[@octaneho3576]

@@lvjinbin28 we felt anger

[@doniel2008]

Funny. A country with 800 military bases around the globe is looking at one with just one overseas base and says "you're growing too fast".

[@速战速决-v6q]

And China spends a fraction of America's military spending. It's pure irony.

[@jediwarlock1]

@@速战速决-v6q At the cost of more innocent Chinese civilian workers. The irony indeed...

[@tailung9841]

@@jediwarlock1 Chinese workers love the CPC and are happy with everything. We don't need your fake tears. Get out.

[@mylet2658]

@@tailung9841 get on Chinese KZbin spread your propaganda their, wait you can't you will get thrown in jail going on KZbin how did you break through the wall 🧱

[@blokin5039]

@@mylet2658 The Chinese should put you and your family in jail

[@boyifyoudont1836]

US with over 800 bases world wide: “this is fine” US seeing a single eastern country trying to open a base: “you’re out of control, you’re prepping for war”

[@sta11ed15]

True

[@junebug8485]

america doesnt want competitors thats why

[@voto75]

@@junebug8485 We stop it before it grows

[@redlizerad8268]

@@voto75 smart idea lol

[@kinewe1161]

@@voto75 Avoid becoming a monster like America, right?

[@Jay_Bless]

I have respect for countries that have grown strong despite western sanctions and blackmail.

[@yyongfan]

Thank you for very much.

[@danthe360man]

Clown

[@destiny2020]

absolute right

[@wisenG771]

@@danthe360man you’re the only clown here obviously

[@arabian_desert]

Wise, man.

[@howaterbrd9563]

Chinese military budget is still 25%of the US', China hasn't fought in a war this century. China is not the problem, Western aggression is.

[@greek2068]

True

[@stevencrook3979]

Does anyone believe the military budget published by the Chinese regime?

[@rutherfordn7560]

Ah yes, they haven’t fought a war, but it’s ok to illegally annex other nations *Cough cough* Tibet *cough cough*

[@lelum2007]

exactly mate - western world is so inhumane and greedy for money and power and when another country doing it - it`s wrong lol

[@Alephkilo]

Duhh they were involved in the Korean War and they also fought a war with India..

[@kinhuang8460]

If you are familiar with China history of the past 200 years , you definitly understand why China has been developing its military power.

[@andyinfante5547]

It’s because of Mao Zedong and his Great Leap Forward. Xi just rehash all the pride in a military China policy

[@南神-s9o]

We Chinese have a saying that backward will be beaten so we are also developing military strength under the premise of economic development is to resist the United States

[@BRAYANEMPEROR]

All of european peaple know what was the colonization But you cant wake up some who pretend hes sleep!

[@南神-s9o]

@SUPER POWER PAKISTAN 那是你们自己的想法 不是我们的想法 貌似印度才有侵略别国的想法吧

[@Interstellar987]

Yup! Alot of Americans don't even know 10% of the history in Asia or the Middle East. They listen to Western media and think they know about the past 500 years.

[@smashsmash5866]

I don't see anything wrong having a strong military when you have a strong growing fast economy. They need to protected.

[@shyrusangoluan5509]

until they use it to invade...

[@慕容沫子]

@@shyrusangoluan5509 Did China invade other countries? please let me know. It seems that one superpower is more interested in invading other countries but I can't remember it's name.

[@doujinflip]

@@慕容沫子 India and Maritime SE Asia want you out of their lands. Tibet and East Turkestan too depending on who counted their existence. Russia is keeping an eye on you as you look to become an Arctic power via Siberia. And the Vietnamese hates you with their _thousand_ years of humiliation across multiple dynasties.

[@JiTiAr35]

@@慕容沫子 Tibet

[@Mykeepersbrother]

@@JiTiAr35 plz give back TEXAS CALIFORNIA to Mexico. Plz give back Hawaii to its original dynasty.

[@F22ERaptor]

Whether you like China or not or whether you disagree or agree with their tactics, one cannot deny that they have grown to be a modern nation. They still have a ways to go, but lifting millions out of poverty is perhaps the best achievement any country can accomplish.

[@BryanMelanson-j8q]

more like redefining the poverty line lol

[@adamelghalmi9771]

@@BryanMelanson-j8q not really. with a gdp per capita of about 10,300 and growing, the poverty line has probably risen in china compared to other countries. it's not really this evil megamind that the US portrays it as. visit sometime, i'm from iraq originally and migrating to china is the reason i now live in switzerland retired at 34. plenty of oppurtunity, you americans never take it though

[@BryanMelanson-j8q]

keep swallowing those ccp lies buddy @@adamelghalmi9771 😂

[@liongjiahwong5478]

​@@adamelghalmi9771not 10,300. Check again.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

@@liongjiahwong5478 u been listening to BBC saying china's poor haven't you?

[@TheRealIronMan]

Friendly reminder in 2021 China's military spending was 1.7% of their GDP while the US was at 3.7%, China's military is growing as the same level as their GDP growth rate, the US military is growing fast without the actual growth rate to back it up, its like the Cold War but this time the US is in the same position as USSR previously did.

[@kwabenabudulartey7003]

If you have cheap labour and you produce inferior goods you are bound to produce more to help your economy.

[@furikuri23]

@@kwabenabudulartey7003 The US must love buying inferior goods then LOL.

[@Jim_Colbert]

@@kwabenabudulartey7003 your phone or computer that you use to type this comment also inferior goods made in china..😅😅

[@TheRealIronMan]

@@kwabenabudulartey7003 India has even cheaper labor and produce way more inferior goods, India and China started at the exact same level 30 years ago, now the average wage in China is 6 times more than India, explain that lol

[@praddumnvats6759]

@@TheRealIronMan as an Indian i agree it's true..but china lacks the variety of Indian population..which in turn makes it Europe like lol

[@johndonald2904]

You forgot to give the reason why. Because they are surrounded by hundreds of military bases.

[@doujinflip]

... who wants them there, because the alternative is even worse. Ask the Philippines how they fared with their territorial integrity after asking the Americans to leave.

[@touchme211]

Bases dont appear without the residing country accepting it.

[@iamtanec]

@@touchme211 If so then don't complain about your neighbor increasing their defense capabality.

[@harishthotakura857]

@@iamtanec lol

[@tailung9841]

@@touchme211 Wrong, Japan and South Korea and tonnes of other countries around the world never asked for or wanted U.S. military bases. The USA forced these countries to bow down to them, to build military bases against their will. If they disobey the USA, they will be sanctioned and threatened.

[@dumbfrog123]

25 years ago China's share of the world GDP was about 3%; now, it is about18.5%. In the past 2000 years, China's share of the world GDP was around 25%. The US surpassed China in GDP in the year 1890. It seems like China will reclaim it back within 10 years. China was almost colonized by the West and Japan. Learned from the past 150 years, China needs a strong military to protect its wealth.

[@transfig8724]

The reform and open really developed China's economy.

[@alithelin1234]

Gdp is a bourgeoiuse concept, not a measurement of real economy. China is already global economic power in real economic measurement and manufacturing

[@pixelmasque]

some figures show China is already 20% larger in GDP than america (both who reports and cia).

[@frank-js9nf]

China was invaded by some western countries and Japan in short time ,but china was never colonized, during the invade period ,the central government still dominate and governed the whole country of china

[@michaelg4158]

You're right to use "almost colonized". In fact CN was too big to be swallowed, you need a very big stomach to swallow it all. Only parts of it were colonized but not the whole country unlike IN which was wholly colonized by British papaji and renamed it to British India.

[@transfig8724]

As a Chinese, I can say that China's economy and military is really growing fast now. I love my country!

[@Aly-nq9ot]

Yeah but your country is the most polluted area in the world, your water is undrinkable, the air is unbreathable, your birth rate is low, your education is disrupted, financials are a mess, food is toxic...i dont see any bright future in this!

[@transfig8724]

@@Aly-nq9ot In fact some of the developed countries like Germany and Japan have a low birth rate.

[@transfig8724]

​@@Aly-nq9ot China is now the world's second-largest economy.China has payed lots of effort to fight against poverty. It is now developing in a really high speed. You can see from them video that China's economy and military is growing really fast in the recent years.If you still don't believe that, you can go to China, and ask our people, how much did China changed. Also, look around and see how amazing China is now.

[@transfig8724]

@@Aly-nq9ot About the food, there are lots of great food in China. If the food is toxic, how would China become such a big country? Go ahead and have a try in China and you will know the truth.

[@transfig8724]

@@Aly-nq9ot I'm a Chinese and I'm proud of it. It is obvious that China has a very bright future and China is heading towards it in a great speed.

[@kennethwang2004]

4:15 “ We (USA) have hundreds of bases overseas. China has one. so they're really promoting their military power regionally, And so that's one way that they can out-compete the U.S.” what does it mean? China has become one-hundredth of the U.S.A military, but we (U.S.A.) still think China is so aggressive.

[@keikaku9298]

I believe it means that even though US military in absolute terms is more than China military, at a local level China military can dominate US military. At least that's how I read it.

[@blackjames1104]

This is just hypocritical USA‘s justice

[@chengxu2990]

China only spent 1.7% of gdp on the military, while USA spent 4.3% of gdp on the military. and Yes, USA still think China is aggressive

[@GoToMan]

@@chengxu2990 it’s not about the budget, it’s about the actions

[@doujinflip]

Right, the PLA budget doesn't include support for the paramilitary fishing fleets ramming and fouling the boats of their neighbors, nor all the "internal security" intelligence and propaganda programs where the spending might exceed that of the military.

[@meowxsquared8678]

U.S: (Has over 800 bases overseas) China: (Built 1 in Djoubouti) Also U.S: *"WE FEEL THREATHENED"*

[@herman9255]

No one mentioned even the Djoubouti base is part of a UN mission.

[@felixliu8102]

absolutely correct

[@TomTom-zd9ew]

lol

[@lassebuch4576]

it is just the beging, it isn't that hard to build more bases, so they have the right to feel threathened

[@domitravel795]

@@lassebuch4576 If the US may do this, others nations may do it also.

[@prathapkoththigoda9471]

Do another one. Title is "USA military had never stopped growing and invading other countries"

[@kobe24j]

They won't because BBC is a American dog!

[@JM-gj7de]

We need a video about your inferiority complex, too. Your tears are delectable.

[@zaitinmak5671]

USA is always ahead when it comes to military , INVASION infrastructure and creation of REFUGEES 😥 😢 😱

[@cirle1552]

All of this documentaries and constant talking about statistics military budget about China shows how scared and paranoid they are, in not so far future China will be the biggest economy and military power in the world.

[@kobe24j]

@@cirle1552 economy yes, but military no. We don't want to be a warmongering country like US. We just need enough military to protect ourselves!

[@NuestraPatriaGrande]

China is growing its military slower than Europe and especially the US. The reason for this is that China wants a strong military to support its trade in the world. China is the main trading partner of 140 countries. The US military uses up close a trillion dollars annually on its military to maintain its primacy as the unipolar power of the world.The differences in the military architecture of China and that of Western countries is simply that China´s military is defensive in nature and The West is offensive in nature. One is there to patrol the world and China wants to provide safe passage to itself and others in trade and to ward off piracy. China has a larger fleet for the maneuvers it needs just as the US has a stronger fighting force to stop any geopolitical challenge to its hegemony. The present problem in the US today is that our elites calculate China´s rise as it calculates other rising powers in Western history. China lost a lot by being closed off to the rest of the world. It was invaded by the mongols, Japan, and the US with its allies. It was not until 1949 that the Chinese began a hard struggle to modernize and avoided a US invasion by developing its own atomic bomb by 1964.China wants its territories back and Taiwan is indispensable because it was a part of China and because it presents an existential threat to China´s security in it become a vassal state of the US. It was on the condition that the US accepted that Taiwan is a rebellious autonomous region of China, That China established normal relations with the US in 1972. The US uses the Taiwan situation to agitate the nationalistic fervor of the Chinese. Elites in the US want to provoke a war is it has alrteady done in Ukraine. The US/NATO strategy has failed against Russia and it will fail miserably against China. A wiser approach would be to learn a lot about the Chinese tendencies to close themselves off as a means of avoiding conflict. The Chinese culture approaches conflicts from the perspective of establishing trust and resolving disputes by allowing time to resolve the or solve problems through negotiations with a win-win attitude. This requires knowing your competitor well enough to present a win-win offer. China has survived through many crises and wars. It already has the largest economy as it did prior to its closing off and invasions by Japan and The West. China is a mature civilization. The US can have its hegemony with China´s help. What the world will not accept are unilateral illegal sanctions, invasion of other countries, interventions in the sovereign affairs of other countries and economic black mail.

[@zix_zix_zix]

"China is growing its military slower than Europe and especially the US" - I disagree. Slower than Europe?? First of all, the Europeans do not even want to grow their military. EU political leaders are primarily concerned with other issues and consider military expenditure a waste of their money. Actually, defense budgets in EU have actually been shrinking because of the high inflation affecting the European economy. Also, the US military is clearly NOT growing faster then the PLA either; they Americans are trying to catch up but the capabilities of their industrial base are not on par with the Chinese. PLA Navy's rate of development is absolutely insane.

[@NuestraPatriaGrande]

The U.S. has almost 1 trillion dollars in defense spending! The Chinese defense spending is less than 1 quarter of the U.S. defense budget! Europe has recently increased their defense spending! You are right with respect to manufacturing. The problem for the U.S. and the West in general is that the cost of production is cheaper for China. This enables China to do more for less!! China is developing nation! As China continues to grow the West will fall behind in tech, innovation,and manufacturing !

[@zix_zix_zix]

​@@NuestraPatriaGrande According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) fact sheet, the US had a military budget of 877.0 bn in 2022, while the PRC had 292.0 bn respectively; that's NOT "less than 1 quarter of the U.S. defense budget", as you claimed; it is actually exactly one third of the US defense budget. I am only mentioning this in the interest of accuracy. European leaders stated that they would increase their military spending because of the Russian threat, but only small countries located near the Russian border have actually made true and substantial new investments in defense. For the big EU countries, these announcements are made mostly for political posturing purposes. Therefore, although overall the defense budget has indeed increased, those increases are unlikely to produce any tangible results, because it is "too little too late". For example, Boris Pistorius, in 2024, Germany’s Minister of Defense, would have EUR 51.8 billion available to him - EUR 1.7 billion more than last year. Together with both the Special Fund of EUR 100 billion that was part of the Zeitenwende announced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz to overhaul Germany’s foreign and security policy and shares from other ministries,, German defense spending for 2024 can be understood as follows: The announced individual contributions from the defense budget (EUR 51.8 billion), the Special Fund (EUR 19.2 billion), and shares from other budgets (about EUR 7 billion) correspond to a total of about EUR 78 billion. This is smaller than 2% of the GDP (2% would require EUR 85 billion in defense spending).

[@NuestraPatriaGrande]

I do not doubt your reported figures. The Chinese budget ios much less thjan the US budget. But China is defense oriented while the US is offensive. China will havea blue water navy eventually, as it is not competing with the US. In 5-10 years China may prevent the US from stealing cargo and oil in the high seas or steal Syrian oil from Northern Syria. Until then it will bear the loss.@@zix_zix_zix

[@liuzhen1220]

Let me tell you a fact, China's military spending only accounts for 1.7% of GDP, which is comparable to that of Central American Honduras. China's military spending is really low compared to other influential countries in the world. Australia's military spending accounts for 2.1% of GDP. India's military expenditure accounts for 2.9% of GDP US military spending accounts for 3.7% of GDP

[@adityakarve6808]

India's is at 2.1% currently I think, and it's dropping. Our budget is more or less unchanged, while our GDP grows. Kudos to China nonetheless, hope we catch up with you guys soon.

[@dailydoseofgaming3593]

@@adityakarve6808 don't comment until we do something. Keep working silently.

[@adityakarve6808]

@@dailydoseofgaming3593 what are you on about? I'm stating a fact. India's defence budget to GDP was 2.9% in 2010 I believe. It is was at 2.1% in 2020-2021. We have already 'done something'.

[@liuzhen1220]

@@adityakarve6808 The military spending data analysis I used is from the World Bank 2020 database~ It is true that China's military spending has been greatly increased due to economic prosperity, but since the end of the Cold War, China has carried out several large-scale disarmament and strictly controlled the proportion of military spending to GDP. From the data, China's military expenditure is at a very low level. It is obviously unfair when the Western media evaluates the increase of China's military expenditure. We need to pay attention to the increase in China's consumption level and the increase in the salary of military personnel. When it comes to high-end military components, made in China does not mean cheaper. China's current military spending is undoubtedly based on a very reasonable position, and it can even be said that it is low. Setting China as an imaginary enemy will instead prompt China to increase the ratio of military expenditure to GDP, and further arouse the arms race in Asia. After all, who would have thought that Australia would one day have more than 10 nuclear-powered submarines.

[@apvial]

Let me tell you another fact: the CCP is LYING about their military spend. It's MUCH higher.

[@vajpuabtais6188]

China military spending is high but mostly on soldiers that are at home. US military is biggest but a great amount of the money go to maintaining those 800+ overseas bases and structures.

[@TheBooban]

Yes. Trump was right to close them unless host countries paid up. All that trade surplus that runs against the US? Yeah, thats what Germany, Korea, Japan should pay the US.

[@dannyn.6933]

@@TheBooban Silly notion. I would rather our NATO allies step up their investments into military spending. I can respect that many Americans are upset that our spending is not necessarily the most efficient, but by keeping our troops and assets there, we are able to assert a significant amount of influence across the globe. Our logistical network remains second to none. No other countries has a worldwide logistical network comparable to the United States. Look at Russia whom we can consider as the third or fourth most powerful country in the world, and they're struggling to invade a country that was once apart of their country, and literally borders their production hubs. We were literally able to easily invade a landlocked mountain country across the world. To get rid of that to go back to an isolationist strategy is basically ceding our influence to countries that can potentially do what we do (ie. China or to a lesser extent the EU). Things are looking excellent though. Regardless of whether Russia emerges victorious in the invasion of Ukraine, they've already lost in the grand scheme of things. A clear and firm enemy is making Western countries geopolitically unify in ways we haven't seen in decades.

[@r3dpowel796]

they should at least try to get rid some of that base.

[@jameskchim8]

Just carry on wasting money on those 800+ bases and policing the world and let the US and its infrastructure crumble away, they forgot about their own people. What happened to America first?

[@wulfw.8452]

Exactly colonies needs to pay up.

[@dylanteo2185]

we learn the same lesson being colonized by Western nations, China's lesson was harder being invaded and divided by Western nation and Japan in the early 1900s. Western nations taught to prevent being subjugated again, strong military protection is needed.

[@danielloh2166]

u are Malaysian or Singaporean?

[@cantaloupemelonz1533]

Will China emulate the West? That's what scares people.

[@quinnishappy5309]

yes I mean look at Hong kong a super economy until china got its hands on it. Look at Japan which ruled china until western powers dismantled the empire, and now look Japan top economic power. Look at South Korea, after the Korean war, super economic power. If china had been colonized by the west you would by history standards be a much better place than you are.

[@DonDon45-i5h]

@@danielloh2166 LONG LIVE THE CCP!

[@lihenry8081]

💯💯💯

[@yuluoxianjun]

When USA say you have extremely dangerous weapons,you'd better really have,or...

[@AAAA-te3rq]

washing powder warning

[@sqian2004]

...and guess who's the reason for China increasing its military spending? Yes, it's the USA's presence in the south China sea

[@BOIOLA08]

Sure, the US is present there building islands and occupying other countries reefs... World be ware!

[@sqian2004]

@@BOIOLA08 XD "other countries' reefs'", I LOL-ed. You know, when a land conflict happens, that means that legally that land's belonging is undefined yet. It's up to the two countries in conflict to decide how to settle their territories through negotiations and benefits trading, and NOT UP TO THE UNITED STATES' INTERFERENCE.

[@BOIOLA08]

@@sqian2004 no it doesn't mean that. In China's case (9 dash line or more recently 4 dah) it is settled. The “Permanent Court of Arbitration” ruled illegal the chinese claim. The US only enforces freedom of navigation. As for Ukraine your argument (not to mention the russian argument) is absolutely riddicullous.

[@sqian2004]

@@BOIOLA08 The "permanent court of arbitration"（PCA) is NOT the "International court of justice" of the United Nations, so it is valid legally only when both parties agree to hand the case to PCA. China never agreed to hand the case to PCA, thus PCA accepting the case and making a single-sided decision is in essence illegal :)

[@BOIOLA08]

@@sqian2004 it's legal. Not binding is another matter. Therefor applying your argument, if everyone has to agree and the countries that believe in freedom of navigation, do not agree, then there will never be a solution. ;)

[@maize09blue]

Sun Tzu's "winning without war" is working well for China. China is advancing in technology, social global influence, economy, ideology, and structural race, amongst others, without ever wasting time, energy and money towards a current war. The US and other western powers have been pre-occupied with war for the better part of the last 3-4 decades. Significant resources and time have poured in towards those conflicts, thus slowing advancements in areas highlighted above. To advance faster and more efficient than your counterparts without being involve in conflict is making China far stronger than any Western nations wasting energy on current wars/conflicts they likely may never win. This is also the reason why, in my opinion, China is more hesitant in starting a war when compared to western nations. They are winning for not fighting. It would be wiser to allow your rivals to fight themselves into resource exhaustion and let yourself grow in the process.

[@一片叶的故事]

China fights with BRI while America fights with bombs and sanctions.

[@redakteur3613]

China isn’t developing fast enough. The West is Well-Developed and China in its current state can’t grow and can’t be any counterpart with this political system. It isn’t growing anymore and its growth in past 14 years was less than the USA. Chine grew but year by year the USA got richer and richer at a faster rate. They use absolutely different technic because ideology and bla bla bla is seen like a threat, and China is seen like a rival

[@bryanlowsengteck3784]

@@redakteur3613 usa is full of homeless people and U keep barking2 bla...... Non stop 🛑 haha doggy 🐶

[@kidink4562]

@@redakteur3613 were do you get your data from

[@redakteur3613]

@@kidink4562 Wikipedia GDP statistic Plus China’s economy shouldn’t grow slower than 5% per year because of credit burden - and it f grows slower now, that’s why their housing market is falling apart

[@MatthewCahn]

China still spends a fraction of America's defense spending on their military. We should be more worried about their science, infrastructure, healthcare, and education spending which far outstrips that of the United States.

[@JohnDoe-oq4zs]

Healthcare in China is literally one of the worst in the world!

[@lordjustice6994]

@@JohnDoe-oq4zs def not true. In terms of affordability and quality it is leaps and bounds better than the US healthcare system (aka insurance industry)

[@cwaddle]

Its a socialism vs capitalism. The Soviet never made it work but Chinas socialism might make them productive in some ways. We will find out

[@yourmommashouse]

Uh oh, this one is broken ☝🏻 Our misdirection dept will be right with you.

[@Maelstromme]

US spends the most per capita on Healthcare and Education in the world. Our issue is bureaucratic waste and an overcomplicated system, as well as pharmaceutical and higher education monopolies driving up the price.

[@MrMangoman48]

Do not stop please China 🇨🇳

[@joey3291]

One of the best jokes I ever heard: US starts wars all over the world against terrorism

[@cantaloupemelonz1533]

LOL

[@molinarabina4635]

Yeah thats their propaganda to stole the gold and resoureces usa, nato uk they are all imported terrorist

[@湖北自干五-荆楚人士]

其实是为了石油

[@BLAZE-sj6lf]

United Snakes regime is the number terrorist organization on earth. PERIOD.

[@god1808]

lol

[@MrGod47]

This is one of stupidest conclusion I've ever seen, "Taiwan might be China's Vietnam"?? What on earth are you talking about? This proves so-called 'Dr. Zeno' has very poor understanding of Chinese history and East Asian history. More like "Vietnam was China's Vietnam", China literally fought with Vietnam several times in history already, sometimes won, sometimes lost, and Vietnam literally was part of China and China's vassal in history, China also helped Vietnam fighting against French and Americans to achieve their independence in Vietnam War at 20th century. Vietnam is far bigger than Taiwan and has far stronger fighting will, and it's actually a global recognized independent country and UN member unlike Taiwan, while Taiwan is just an island of China which currently is still controlled by "Republic of China" due to Chinese Civil War, hence the so-called "de facto independence" of Taiwan. The whole historical and political contexts are totally different. Moreover, the situation of China reclaiming the sovereignty of Taiwan island has already happened several times before, from Ming to Qing to ROC all had similar situation, this is not really new thing.

[@良辰好景]

In essence, there is no difference between Taiwan and any other province. the transformation of dynasties does not bring each province together sequentially (only from south to north or from north to south). It is sighing that outsiders have been left vacant simply because of a strait, as well as years of separatist propaganda.

[@tigermo538]

Blumberg's tape has two sides, China threat theory and China collapse theory, playing side A today🤣🤣🤣

[@BOIOLA08]

To be honnest ccp propaganda does the same with the west. 🤣😂

[@lvjinbin28]

@@BOIOLA08 when CCP propaganda said USA would collapse?

[@AKDHFR]

@@BOIOLA08 yea none of upper news are trustable today, my source probably from based on scientific or the dark web.

[@BOIOLA08]

@@lvjinbin28 it says it is in mortal decline all the time. 😉

[@BOIOLA08]

@@lvjinbin28 it's all a big game.

[@WanderingSword]

Americans say China lack combative experience. Let's see US battlefield experience post WW2. Korea, stalemate. Vietnam, lost. Afghan, lost. Iraq, lost. That's 1 tie, 3 loses, 0 win. In each of those wars, the US was superior to its rivals in every conceivable way, except will. It is a well known secret that America cannot stomach a long war. The Talibans using AK's and IED's were able to repel the US and their GPS-guided munitions and all sort of stealth figthers. In history, there has ever been such a technologically dominant military force that is defeated with such consistency.

[@xuany5019]

Americans say: As long as we don't speak out, no one will think we have lost. We can selectively report facts.

[@broflo3875]

Lol. Tell me you have no idea what you're talking about without telling me you have no idea what you're talking about. Each of those wars have different reasons for ending the way they did. Mostly political. NOTHING to do with any sort of lack of perceived success. In ALL of those wars, the US reigned supreme on the battlefield. There wasn't one battle in Afghanistan where "The Talibans using AK's and IED's were able to repel the US and their GPS-guided munitions and all sort of stealth figthers". That sentence in itself proves you have no idea what you're talking about. Furthemore, the US has "stomached" plenty of long wars. The Chinese haven't (in recent history). The Chinese military is joke. The US would decimate them 100%.

[@WanderingSword]

@@broflo3875 you done tripping on stupidity yet? enough with the excuses

[@broflo3875]

@@WanderingSword Never made an excuse for anything. Your knowledge of history and warfare are severely lacking and, as I stated earlier, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. The US military in itself has rarely been defeated on the battlefield since WW2. Go ahead and name me 3 battles in Iraq or Afghanistan that were relatively evenly matched where the US waived the white flag in surrender. Show me 3 battles where the Taliban, Al Qaeda, or any other force just out fought and out skilled US troops. Don't worry.....I'll wait.

[@user-0-JonyTao]

Americans have a serious problem. Most soldiers are focused on the benefits of the military, more concerned about their own value, which leads them to fear death. They are only brave in absolute advantage. As soon as they encounter setbacks, they will have thoughts of giving up. Many Chinese soldiers come from poor families, their thinking is relatively simple and straightforward. Influenced by Chinese cultural values, soldiers consider dying on the battlefield as an honor. China has an old saying, '只解沙场为国死，何须马革裹尸还' Understand the history of Chinese warfare, and you will understand.@@broflo3875

[@chriswestwood3289]

Why is it a problem? We are attacking China every single day. If me as Chinese leader, I would spend double of American budget to match up.

[@hussainashraf5179]

problem is china wants saudi arab to ditch the petro dollar system and if that happen america would go bankrupt

[@OrphicB]

CCP is a threat

[@chriswestwood3289]

@@OrphicB yes it's threat to capital greedy.

[@OrphicB]

@@chriswestwood3289 what about the genocide and atrocities they are currently committing?

[@chriswestwood3289]

@@OrphicB So you do believe in what media feeds you. What a fool. If there is genocide, after more than 70 years of ruling by "evil CPC", these minorities would've disappeared long time ago, just like first nation in America. The opposite is true - there is no genocide. All are part of belittling China campaign by US. 99% of the information floating in western world is false and misinformation. If China is so brutal, you won't see Chinese travellers around the world like those of North Korean. If China is so bad, it cannot be the second largest economy in the world. If China is so evil, there should not have any western companies in China. Don't you think? Wake up, if you are a decent human. You do realize that China is constantly under attack, since 1800, not just today or because of the CPC ruling.

[@ksgrmdsdl2383]

5:35 When you said United States could have built 10 of those but fought war in Afghanistan, I felt it. It cannot get as brutally honest as that, especially from a Western media.

[@michaeldormehl5128]

It impressive how hard the afgans resist civilization no? 2000 years from now they'll be doing the exact same thing

[@voto75]

Yeah , and they always tell the truth

[@cyberpunk2978]

No... US couldn't build 10 of those. Because Petro dollar and regime change are easy money compare to infrastructure construction.

[@ex0duzz]

I don't think usa can even build one of those. Usa doesn't have the mass infrastructure building capability that china does. It will cost usa 100x more to build what china has built and take 100x as long. And that's if they can get past all the red tape of their government and laws to begin with. Same as usas military. They are always Rip off, but at least usa has domestic military industrial capability and political will for military projects. Usa doesn't have massive infrastructure construction ability like china where it can build 40,000 km of high speed rail in 10-15 years and for fraction of the price or the political will, or the economy of scale to compete vs china. Even if they had the private domestic companies, their laws and system of government doesn't allow such speed or priced to match or compete with china's. That's why even now, Biden has tried to do build back better world to rival BRI yet no one has taken the deal. Everyone knows it's bs and a bad deal/debt trap(for real lol) and rather deal with china.

[@DMcXPX]

and to think how many innocent american lives were sacrificed to have an excuse to fight arab countries..

[@yunanan39]

There's funny when western say China will invade Taiwan while they still admit Taiwan is part of China

[@derekgraham5241]

Regardless of the foreign press or perceived sovereignty, as you state, it would be an invasion and people would die needlessly

[@derekgraham5241]

@ヒナ🌸 name them, please.

[@derekgraham5241]

@ヒナ🌸 thanks for the prompt response. I’ll check them out. You do realize they’re the exception, not the rule tho. :)

[@derekgraham5241]

@ヒナ🌸 lol, that's one example, do you have any that aren't loose? My initial quote is that China looks to invade at the cost of innocent lives. What's your defense of that?

[@levelazn]

​@@derekgraham5241 ask u.s president candidate andrew yang or chef eddie huang who are both technicallly "taiwanese american" if they identify as chinese

[@MrLchao]

When you go from zero bases to 1 base, that is a 100% increase.... lol

[@owenhoong88]

I'm from Malaysia, when we wanted to build a bridge and looking for suitable partners for collaboration, the Chinese came and said we can work overtime without extra pay, we can work 7 days a week without leave. The whole fricking bridge was built by Chinese. Tells you how the Chinese threatened the world. Not their military seriously. Because if you already lose jobs opportunity with the Chinese, there's no point talking about military

[@vimalalwaysrocks]

reminds me of how they built the 1000 bed covid hospital in 10days.

[@Wingly113]

which bridge?

[@irritatedanglosaxon1705]

@Ivan Lee all bridges

[@doujinflip]

@@vimalalwaysrocks The same one that took in patients while full of roof leaks and uneven surfaces that other countries would have done cheaper and more effectively with trucks and tents?

[@admiralwei]

@@nur-azhar Nope! ASEAN countries do not stand either on US or China side (includes Singapore). They pursuit tighten relationships with US on military side and China on economy side. Singapore clearly told US that they don't want to choose side between US and China.

[@nikolatasev4948]

If one country wants to be able to fight in its own back yard, and another wants to be able to fight anywhere on the globe, I think one of these two has a better justification for their military spending.

[@一片叶的故事]

China's army lacks the mass transports to engage in invasions across the globe. On the other hand, there is a country in the west with 100x more transports ready to invade any country on a whim. It really goes to show whose army is a defensive one.

[@LegendNinja41]

facts.

[@nolanvargas9573]

This is exactly what I was thinking. “China can outcompete the United States regionally” okay so China can beat us…In China?

[@kenllacer]

The only downside is that people like me who live right next to China and Russia's backyard get the short end of the stick whenever tensions arise. It's not nice to live next door to countries like China, Russia, and perhaps even the US. It's almost like being a moon orbiting Jupiter.

[@GoogleGebruiker]

@@一片叶的故事 that's why they treathen Taiwan right? Or try to intimidate India?

[@xwendy6463]

I am so glad that most of the people understand the real situation in this world

[@MrGanbat84]

Yes we understand very well, US is so aggressive and hegemony

[@xwendy6463]

@snsproduc Let me tell you how I feel now. China is using its power to protect itself and its sovereignty while the US is using its power to control the world and hurt developing countries just for its own interests.

[@icutthings649]

@@MrGanbat84 well china have concentration camps PS I'm not even american

[@ntal5859]

Agreed, the USA loves making wars and telling everyone who should lead their own country.

[@politicalreal7813]

Yes America is the greatest threat to world peace

[@phongy45]

With more than 400 USA military bases surrounding CHINA with many WMD pointing at China, what do others want China to do ??

[@willorwell]

"Taiwan might be China's Vietnam." I guess we still haven't learnt anything about why the US failed in Vietnam.

[@VectorGaming4080]

The problem is Taiwan is far more important to the security and stability of the world than Vietnam ever was.

[@isoboy2125]

The irony is that US is involved in both.

[@上帝的小熊猫]

看来你不了解中国和台湾的关系😂，没关系～你的国家并没有和台湾建立外交关系，这是为什么呢？你需要了解～

[@神龙教派]

台湾一直是中国的领土，相反你们在指手画脚地评论中国的内战

[@gattlinggun9881]

G00D FANTASY AMER!CA LGBTQ TR4NSGENDER GENERAT!0N!!! 🤭🤭🤭

[@rwksasc]

No worries. China does not spend 750 billion dollars a year on the military.

[@texaswunderkind]

Currency manipulation and lack of disclosure means no one really knows how much China spends on its military.

[@jasonlewis460]

TRUTH

[@donchen4906]

@@texaswunderkind really? do you really thing US military will fully disclose what they spent? like spending 6million on 9 goats?

[@apvial]

@@donchen4906 Many many more checks and balances inn the US. China is a black box

[@jacklazarus432]

Well, strictly, they don't need to. In order to contest the near-periphery of their territory (i.e. Taiwan) they don't need to upkeep a global system of infrastructure, a Two Ocean Navy with limited deployability and readiness, and the myriad of other spending obligations that the US is shackled by (which is not helped by the Mil-Industrial Complex ballooning prices)

[@BaneHydra]

The part about China producing "weapons that cost less to build than what they destroy" is really critical. A lot of the US budget is spent on horrendously overpriced equipment that purely exists to shovel money into the pockets of defense contractors, there were stories of troops in Afghanistan getting ridicoulusly expensive planes/helicopters that they had no idea what to do with and couldn't actually use, that are now in the hands of the Taliban, still in factory condition. The private defense corporations make generous donations to individual US lawmakers, and in return they pay them billions upon billions of taxpayer money to make overpriced weaponry, regardless of need or efficiency.

[@freedumb_3.0]

Expensive food.

[@quinnishappy5309]

no it really isnt. If the budget is 3.5% of GDP and you have trained well paid well practised and experienced military it doesnt matter about your slight overspending to the pockets of a few,(as if in China this doesnt happen) Hypersonics dont outcompete traditional ballistics and are far more expensive than them to use whilst being more fragile. You are overly sensitive to narratives about the west but not if China and its exacting corruption and manipulation. But overall its lack of combatants in practise of actual war, which as we see in Russia invasion causing real problems against the Ukrainians.

[@你看个锤子你看]

@@quinnishappy5309 You said that hypersonic weapons are the same as ordinary ballistic missiles, then I ask you, why does the United States spend huge sums of money to develop hypersonic missiles? corruption? The corruption of the US military is probably not much better than that of China. At least, the corrupt generals in China have been sent to prison, and the US is suspended at most.

[@woodjames8895]

@@quinnishappy5309 You call it "slightly"??😂

[@quinnishappy5309]

@@woodjames8895 Its not the military budget that has the USA in debt.

[@mydogluka7164]

A modern army that guards peace as strong as any, even the enemy will respect them !

[@红杏出墙-c7g]

When you are growing strong you are evil, a threat, a peace breaker... When you are too strong you are a peacekeeper, order maintainer.

[@midnightvibes5485]

Western "Democracies" be like.

[@robertoshea9825]

@@midnightvibes5485 Western double standard

[@MamacitaBonita]

China likes Panda Express. Orange chicken yummy!!!!

[@enriquezhao5674]

Guess no one like second place

[@jannemahonen4508]

If you like to be rather ruled by CCP than the west then Goodluck.

[@krelldragon151]

A strong country must have a strong military . The strongest country must have the most trimmest military. This documentary implies others cannot have a big military except the US. Chinese ought to have a military 4x the US. So that it won’t get bullied with all sorts of economic and military means .

[@stasb.3832]

Nerd

[@divinedragon17]

@@stasb.3832 you sounds like a bully back in highschool

[@fahimrind9714]

no it doesn't say that, it's an american video for american viewers informing them of the geopolitical struggles their country is going to face. Why should any chinese person complain about that, have you seen the turds chinese state media churns out on a regular basis? Get a hold of yourself

[@simonsong1743]

@@fahimrind9714 Your geopolitical struggles all the way extend to China, yet you expect people in China shouldn't pay attention on what you are doing.

[@gothicgolem2947]

How does this documentary imply that in any way? And a strong Chinese military won’t stop sanctions if they do something like Russia and most of the world turns against them

[@harryw4480]

"Taiwan will be able to mobilize a great amount of military reserve." The "military reserve" actually means college students who had gone through a 4-month summer training camp who barely knows how to fire a shot.

[@KennyNGA]

Well you see in ukraine how effective it is

[@flyingtanks9313]

@@KennyNGA ukrainians train for much more

[@Black-Peter]

@@flyingtanks9313 also Ukraine has kind been in a war on there Eastside

[@octaneho3576]

@@Black-Peter thats right

[@davyliyang]

@@KennyNGA Yep, China better take notes.

[@BS-qp8rp]

To protect all the hard working from chinese people, china needs to fight the threat from the US and the west!

[@hylacinerea970]

while the belt and road initiative is very important strategically it’s not all about military power. it’d be more apt to call it economic power. china understands what it does best is exporting things, if it creates infrastructure to secure and expand that trade, it supplies the country with long term growth. it also fosters an image of china as philanthropic. china’s next largest service sector is construction, those laborers must be kept busy somewhere, somehow, to keep the ball rolling

[@dsw86]

I believe China will do well keeping up the belt and road initiative. Just can't be standing down to Russia. There are key trade routes through eastern Europe (Ukraine especially) and central Asia. Russia can be a friend at times but they do impose a limit on Chinese expansion. This Russian war tips the scales in China's favour, so don't mind keeping that ball rolling.

[@Rex-ww4cw]

@@lilyandwill111 it's been proven over and over that it's not a debt trap. Use your brain

[@xxPlaceboxx]

@@Rex-ww4cw No it hasn't. It just proved that the debt isn't used to take over ports in other countries. Loans from China are incredibly predatory with high-interest rates benefiting china over the country their there to help. So it is a debt trap. There has not been any significant progress in the belt and road initiative. UsE yOUr BRaiN

[@Rex-ww4cw]

@@xxPlaceboxx maybe you should actually look at the belt and road project directly. Train in Kenya that's part of the belt and road initiative already in action. B&R already built a high quality highway from East Pakistan to West Pakistan. This is just 2 of the hundred project that's ongoing for the belt and road initiative. Where exactly is the "Not been any significant progress in belt and road initiative" at ? UsE yOuR bRaIn🤡🤡

[@prokaki1234]

@@xxPlaceboxx no one force those country to sign those loan agreement. Its the leader who wanted the loan. Xi did not put a gun on their head to sign it

[@junbaosu8031]

US have more than 300 military base around world, those base circled China, this is the reason of developing military in China

[@sleepyjoe4529]

300? try 800 not counting CIA blacksites

[@marx4360]

A pithy explanation

[@Cheesecake99YearsAgo]

@@marx4360 a short and direct response to the threat from the US

[@bobbeagle6931]

​@@Cheesecake99YearsAgo If you lived in Asia, you would singing a different tune.

[@waisinglee1509]

Wow...I am amazed that your comment got any likes.

[@benganchan1420]

While america spent 20 years in afghanistan and spent $2,200,000,000,000 for the military misadventure there , china uses up $1,000,000,000,000 in 12 years to build 39,000 km of high speed rail to connect all 180 1st,2nd tier cities in 32 provinces

[@doujinflip]

Which has been losing money (even when including the overall effects from growth in fapiao receipts) because passengers and mail don't pay that much, and is now bleeding itself to near shutdown with the collapse of regular travels under surprise COVID lockdowns. What China really would have benefitted from was a buildout of freight-capable rail.

[@briancheng8311]

@@doujinflip you don't know jack sh*t about china clearly you never been there keep watching fake news boi

[@dongshengdi773]

building infrastructure to Nowhere . Best Examples are ghost cities of China .

[@Davionknight1]

@@doujinflip You are looking solely at the rail operator's P&L which isn't exactly why China embarked on HSR. Covid lockdowns are only temporary, they played the wrong card with a non-MRNA vaccination strategy which delayed their opening up. In under 20 years, China went from importing trains for their newly built subway system to exporting HSR technology, which translates to know-how and job creation. Real estate, tourism, industries and businesses grew alongside rail corridors. Factor in the number of cars off the roads and carbon emissions. The investment and pace of building infrastructure is something unique, in that only China can pull this off with its population density and single-party rule to cut through red tape.

[@cinpeace353]

@@doujinflip lol, you have no idea.

[@BTS-zq2vy]

At least they are developing mainly a defense force and not forces to invade and occupy other countries

[@SinoTalk]

What has China exported in the past? Trade, infrastructure or war? When one country is dominant, you see what happened in the last 20 years, is it really world peace? The world needs multi-polar development, rather than being dictated by one country.

[@jdanon203]

A multi-polar world is all fine and dandy, but Russia and China are trash countries which is why as much as they fashion themselves as superpowers, no one wants to hitch their wagon to those regimes or emigrate there compared to western countries. I mean China and Russia are both still in imperial expansion mode in the year 2022 and are trying to annex land and sea from their neighbors. The modern day superpower does not do that, and I thought the humans would have learned their lessons after the two world wars, but China and Russia won't be happy until they destroy humanity and the planet with their nukes because they are petulant little babies when they don't get their way.

[@mylet2658]

China exports Fetynal across the globe

[@unscinfinity3337]

yeah that's true but a authoritarian regime who commits genocide shouldn't be the one to have such power. Also diid you forget about tibet,india and north korea? and soon taiwan

[@joek7031]

@@unscinfinity3337 F out here with your western propaganda..

[@jasonlewis460]

@@unscinfinity3337 dont forget the native indigenous people.

[@ramennoodles337]

US: having 800+ bases across the world China: Trying to build one US: We feel threatened

[@yuluoxianjun]

lol

[@wangherr4090]

哈哈哈哈，真实，true~

[@0doubledseven589]

How many shipping ports does Chyna control. Don't forget about the infrastructure and base Chyna is building in Africa. They will not forget about the silkroad initiative

[@inglam]

@@0doubledseven589 learn to type first

[@RA-ms3je]

​@@0doubledseven589 and how does that concern you?? . We Africans are not complaining and never elected you our mouthpiece

[@ultrasonicradiation]

What would America have done if China supported Hawaii independence and constantly sent warships and fighter jets close to California? America is now on China’s doorstep wielding guns, what choice does China have?

[@deathless3518]

It should though. Hawaii’s wasn’t America’s to begin with, it’s a colony it uses as a gas station on its way to threaten Asia. America is the invaded that needs to be dealt with if the world is ever to know peace

[@donovanburkhard]

Hawaii didnt secede and fight a civil war. You're lost bud, brush up on history

[@sleepyjoe4529]

@@donovanburkhard Hawaii was annexed and it doesn't have the might to fight a civil war. Taiwan (KMT) fought a civil war and lost and now they claim to be independent, which is illegal. Looks like you need to brush up on history.

[@donovanburkhard]

@@sleepyjoe4529 my one statement remains true. Taiwan did not lose the war because it technically never ended. Taiwan has the capacity to fight so they will and should. Hawaii to the US was just another uncivilized piece of land waiting for manifest destiny

[@sleepyjoe4529]

@@donovanburkhard You're right -- Taiwan lost the battle but technicaly not the war --- therefore it's a CIVIL conflict that should be resolved between the two parties without foreign interference. Unless, of course, you want a missile your way for trying to play world police.

[@eliasfarias2302]

Twenty years ago the Chinese military was planting 17 billion trees per year, now likely more. No wonder the universe has blessed them with prosperity

[@hhydar883]

I think its not their military US should be worried about but their economic advancements. They are so bloody hardworking. I wish my country was like this.

[@MidoriLetsPlay]

What country are you from?

[@WaiKoH]

@@MidoriLetsPlay I’m from Italy and I own a big property portfolio and only Chinese people I like to deal business with as they are easy going and work hours that Western people can’t do. 11am to 12am and look after kids as they work. I’m now selling a property to a Chinese family who started with almost nothing.

[@LeMerch]

You don’t think the US or Europe is hard working?? Hahaha ok

[@diollinebranderson6553]

@@LeMerch yea lol. this guy confuses "hard working" with "illegal and inuhaminitarian labour"

[@gebys4559]

Actually China is one of the least productive countries. Hence why ridiculous hours were not much gets done. Similiar contrast is seen in Europe were "hardworking" countries like Germany average 30h/week whilst "lazy" countries like Greece do 45h/week.

[@matthummel1279]

Love how as a US taxpayer we are somehow paying the biggest military bill in history while also losing the arms race. Great job by Washington as always.

[@Chun-1208]

Aren't you proud that your tax money is going to product the entire globe.

[@CoreIation]

??? What are you listening to? We can't absolutely dominate everywhere so we are losing?

[@femiairboy94]

@@CoreIation why must you dominate? Why not build infrastructure for poor countries and benefit. Win-win

[@十四弟少侠]

@@femiairboy94

[@alfredoelbombo3423]

the largest part of your military bill goes into the pockets of the weapon lobby but not into the weapons

[@annoyedcat9291]

Basically, the US wants to maintain its hegemony while China is a rising power that is challenging that status quo

[@开香槟咯-h9h]

If you see someone saying contradicting, double standard things, there must be a hidden, single standard behind their words. This concept works all the times :)

[@forgaoqiang]

simple answer

[@quinnishappy5309]

It really isnt, if you knew anything about it in the slightest bit, you would find that is all just a narrative from china.

[@quinnishappy5309]

@@annoyedcat9291 I cant understand what youre trying to tell me what I said. I wrote you my thoughts you dont have to recollect them in some badly formed sentences that dont make any sense. China has many narratives, that its going to over throw the USA and the west, it cant, it doesnt have the capabilities to do so economically or militarily. It tries to push anti European colonialist negative narratives into the modern world which was 100s of years ago whilst 70 years ago it killed tens of millions of its won people. If china was in power you wont be able to have this conversation, luckily for us their corruption and incompetence will see the CCP out within 15 years.

[@willengel2458]

US had its way with Mitsubishi of Japan. Mitsubishi paid a hefty fine and handed its crown jewel to US. Japan had the US semi-conductor industry on its knees. 😁😁 US had its way with Alstom of France. US jailed the executive, Altom paid a hefty fine, and GE acquired the subsidiary at below market. Huawei CFO was a different story altogether. Huawei is still standing.

[@geoff9858]

Global Guardian... 😂😂😂 Global Hagemon is the more correct term.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I gotta give China credit. They are progressing at very monumental rates. All factors aside, just their willingness to produce and build so much is facinating and Sidenote, their infrastructure project commitment I wish we could be doing here. It seems like when China is improving infrastructure they just do it no matter what they don't care about the cost to go that extra mile of complexity, they just do it and that I admire. Hopefully they do build power plants that cut their emissions down a ton because thats a huge thing that's impacting the entire globe. I'm glad they are building nuclear energy because that really is the best option for the backbone of the power grid for stability and leave room for the use of alternative power sources with the rest of the progress. Nuclear energy has advanced so much since the era most of society is traumatized by and I really hope this will show a new chapter to a new era of nuclear energy, now that we have advanced so much with technology, engineering, material science, safety understanding, computer tech, sensor tech, programming systems, different types of nuclear reactor designs and multi stage safety implements, Etc.

[@TheLifeOfKane]

...wow You just called ethnic slavery "willingness to work"

[@忆甜甜]

提高清洁能源在国家电网中的比例是未来发展方向，实现碳中和目标

[@karmarleekl]

China manufactures products to supply the needs of countries in the world. Therefore, it has been accused of carbon emissions by western countries. So western countries can only enjoy cheap products. They will not refuse to accept them. There is no inflation. At the same time, they accuse China. They are not responsible for carbon emissions. What a beautiful western world. I think China also wants to join the so-called Western values. (Enjoy and accuse others)

[@heart584]

@@TheLifeOfKane I am sad to see a brainwashed man.I am a Chinese and all the workers around me work voluntarily.They get paid for their work and live contentively.

[@jinye6222]

China designs its 3.5th and 4th generation of nuclear power plants, which auto detects issues within the system that will initiate an auto shutdown. China is planning for a total of 150 new reactors, all 3.5th/4th generation nuclear reactors.

[@ronaldronald8819]

I am sorry to say, The Chinese are way smarter and effective in achieving their goals. The Chinese have a long term vision. Something the U.S. because of their political deficiencies and power struggles are not even able of formulating.

[@dovecat]

That’s one of the benefits of being a dictatorship

[@freemanol]

Pros and cons. Corruption is definitely harder to tackle in an opaque system. But the rest of us should not blindly think that more democracy is the answer to all problems.

[@kaichiohno]

@@BristolBerg Inflation actually isn't an issue in Chinese markets right now. At least not comparable to the US, there are no supply chain deficiencies nor the consumer spending to cause over inflation. The property market, yes. But the property market's predominant issue is debt, which isn't as concerning as it may seem, as the majority of it is debt denominated in the RMB.

[@darkchocolate3390]

China's long term vision is overrated. Building things just for the sake of building doesn't make you smart. Also having a backwards policy that is going to cut their population in half is also not long term thinking.

[@teeskcirtap]

you're giving them too much credit....CCP military positions are bought, not earned, they can have any vision they want, but when rubber meets the road....

[@yu-jd5jg]

From recent China's History, especially since 1840 onwards, China was constantly being invaded by outside countries because the Qing Dynasty near to its end was very weak. So-called China's 100 years of shame. When you are poor you will face hunger and when you are weak others will bully you. The last few decades saw China with the efforts of its 1.4B hardworking Chinese under the leadership of the CPC keep moving forward, towards a more prosperous stronger united future. With a modern military well-equipped well-trained well-disciplined ever-ready to defend the beloved Motherland and its people

[@ajidwork5393]

US manufactured weapon of genocide now is smiling ....hahah and investot now dancing...

[@lilyroseblume167]

They should shame about corona virus and the still dictature in our alredy 22 century and the same for Putin. VIVA democraci and peace all over the gl🌍be🙏 Dictature come frome narcissistic people. Narcissists are soul helness.

[@thoughtfull9398]

its enough to be able to defend. russia and china is building to attack. yes attack, look at ukraine, chechnia, syria,

[@zll9846]

History has fully proved that backwardness will be beaten. Strengthening the construction of national defense forces is a solid backing for the party to lead the people in building the motherland.

[@VancouverVince]

China should set up nukes in Cuba and Venezuela pointed at Imperial America. LOLOL

[@shuaige3360]

You « forgot » to say that China spend quite small percentage of their GDP in military… and that they basically only increase the military spending at the same speed as the GDP increase.

[@妮姆芙-o3z]

China's military expenditure is very low after apportioning it to 2 million soldiers

[@RySu-ux1ev]

@@妮姆芙-o3z new data, just 1 million

[@hidefreek6905]

@@妮姆芙-o3z Military needs upkeep cost after all.

[@opporancisis5834]

they literally said that in the beginning of the video

[@bl5752]

Yet... the US's military spending is still more than the next 9 highest military spending combined (including China). So what's the point of this video? The Second or Third most powerful military is still nothing compared to America's military might (nor does anyone have more bases). Also, the US has its NATO allies, among others, meaning it still has more military capacity than any other nation in history. Also, talking about the potential for "wartime production" is ridiculous. Every serious military analyst since the 1980s can tell you that any global war would be a Come As You Are War, meaning there would be no time for mass production because any global conflict between nuclear powers would quickly spiral into a nuclear war. This whole report is ridiculous. People trying to rationalise global war as if nuclear weapons don't exist.

[@panglilla868]

The point here is to Make you feel the fear and want to support the one side narrative by western medias, the fact is that China never invaded any other country.

[@kiebee5411]

The military spending is mostly irrelevant side by side. China spends about 500 billion in PPP terms, which is all that matters when it manufactures its own equipment, and similarly has no where near the commitments of the US.

[@k.k.c8670]

China builds a state of the art destroyer (type 055) for 600m and in record time. The US needs 3B to do the same.

[@TheBooban]

Taiwan is not protected by the US nuclear umbrella so your comment is ridiculous.

[@svenvdw4894]

@@panglilla868 Tibet, Vietnam...

[@oceanrem6531]

I am not quite sure "Taiwan will be China's Vietnam." Remember, During the Vietnam war, military supplies from both China and Soviet Union continued to pour into Vietnam without any interruption. Furthermore, China warned the U.S. (through a third country) that if the U.S. ever cross the 17th parallel, then China would intervened (just like during the Korean War). As a result, the U.S. was fighting a protracted defensive war. Taiwan, unfortunately, is an island. If there is going to be an invasion, Taiwanese are pretty much on their own. Given what is going on in Ukraine, I am not sure the U.S. would intervene militarily (remember sinking one aircraft carrier = roughly 5000 lives). The question for the U.S. is simple: is Taiwan worth World War III? Probably not. The most the U.S. and its allies would do is to impose the most severe economic sanctions against China.

[@bighands69]

American whipped the Vietcong's butts and there was nothing China could do about it.

[@TKDLION]

Taiwan makes our computer chips, so I'm not sure that we could afford to let Taiwan fall to China.

[@drbalbon7332]

Taiwan wouldn't be another Ukraine though. The US can't be forced in most situations but given it has and of itself committed to helping Taiwan it will have no choice but to do the honorable thing in the event that China invades, otherwise the country ceases to be a power really. After the disaster of Afghanistan a gentle approach won't be tolerated.

[@linustehminus]

@@bighands69 oh? is that why we lost the war?

[@4Serviceplan]

China are coward little boys

[@风清扬-p1i]

希望未来的世界，是美国 中国 印度 欧盟 俄罗斯形成的多极世界，和平友好，正常的商业性竞争

[@wangjutao]

想都不要这样想。要是这样下去20年，你看看西方世界还能剩下什么？和平对西方来说意味着死亡，你说它们会跟我们和平么？

[@limitspace-rp9zr]

正解

[@kraja2510]

I hope China and Russia will become super power of the world and bring peace.. usa and nato need to get thrown out of any peace deals

[@dengxiaopinggaming5500]

I'm so impressed what China has become, it's like watching an empire grow in real time.

[@eddiefly1839]

just getting worse and worse

[@zhui937]

@@eddiefly1839 in your dreams

[@eddiefly1839]

@@zhui937 Just you wait young padawan

[@eddiefly1839]

@@crystal2000x okey? Idc about that. Meant that its a dictator ship leading country that hates human rights.

[@amari2509]

impressive they are using naz! ww2 strats 🤣🤣

[@jerrylin2044]

The US is too focused on other countries problems instead of itself, while China doesn’t have this problem to worry about, at least not as much.

[@garyp4374]

they have been brainwashing adults to buy their toys for 20 years and now the dumbing down of the world is complete and they're making trillions of dollars out of it which is why they released the virus so everybody was trapped at home and could only spend money with them

[@Trgn]

It's just Western elites trying to cover up failure, incompetency, misleading their own people, shifting away attention and from bearing any responsibility by blaming it on external countries. Before China it was Japan, Russian, Iran, North Korea bla bla. And their citizenz are of no better culture, enjoying and festering in any toxic, warmonger politics they are fed with, to feel dignified and fake superior. It's a heavily brainwashed toxic culture and society. West dooming itself but still try to blame on others like they always do, so funny

[@Trgn]

@@garyp4374 You a fine example of US education. I see. Try learn any another language to see the world better perhaps haha

[@Trgn]

@@garyp4374 Pandemic could start anywhere. By your logic US must also released Spanish flu and Swine flu to the world right? Seem conspiracy is gaining more ground in the West and no rationality left.

[@garyp4374]

@@Trgn do not insult me i am not american

[@nicholascharles9625]

Saying America won world War 2 as if the soviet union never existed

[@yangalways9571]

America raises interest rates, harvests the world, builds more aircraft carriers

[@bryanlowsengteck3784]

Harvesting with their army and warmongering poor /small country haha 🤣 shut up westey U are full of BS.

[@TAIWAN_PROVINCE_CHINA]

The US military spending is more than the rest of the world. And you don't worry about the US military?

[@gloria1559]

Solve inside problems before exaggerating outside threats.

[@freemanol]

Easier to scare people than to fix real problems

[@brianhsieh7984]

Agreed China should totally do that.

[@youmemeyou]

@@brianhsieh7984 did your brain cells forgot it should be US instead of China?

[@tinaandro1178]

With the inside problems I agree but I don't think they are exaggerating the threat although I hope so.China will not attack US but they might attack Taiwan ( tensions are really bad atm between them) and because of the Agreement US will be involved which puts them on the battlefield.There are also a lot of protests happening because of China in some Asian countries and now we all have a problem...I really hope they are exaggerating but to be honest I didn't believe anyone saying Russia will attack and now...In my opinion it's better to expect the best but prepare for the worst.

[@brianhsieh7984]

@@youmemeyou Forget* LOL the irony

[@havanascp9602]

China Russia invest in hypersonic missiles. Usa let’s keep building carriers. Lol

[@drbalbon7332]

China's military is very impressive but the Ukraine situation has proved that while you can invade a country in the 21st century without external military retaliation, it doesn't mean much if your economy is systematically obliterated. I think China enjoys being an economic power. Russia apparently didn't.

[@romeolajh1602]

you cant invide country with 40+ mill with max 200 k soldiers whom gets millitary help from usa and EU...but with 500 k you can ...that is moral of the story

[@--ican7288]

that's right

[@audenchu6558]

Ukraine is not part of Russia, but China declare that very clear Taiwan is part of China, so any sanction on China for taking back Taiwan would be consider as invasion on China, China would start the war on the century who have sanction on China

[@theophrastus3.056]

I think that's an unwarranted assumption. Historically, countries that build huge militaries use them.

[@wilfredoortiz3820]

Until US falls as superpower, then sanctions wont do much...

[@donl1279]

US spent 4x budget on military than China, which is also problematic.

[@isoboy2125]

With less than a third of China's population. 🙃

[@jahlahbrine843]

@@isoboy2125 nope The largest country population of China in the world

[@SC-bc2yh]

It spends more on mugs

[@tylersoto7465]

China can produce things a lot cheaper and larger scale. US military is stretch out to over 800 military bases in the world so that's why US military is getting stressed and that US society is degrading fast and economy worn out etc , policing the world for peace and stability is expensive to keep . China does have the advanced economic industry, infrastructure, resources and technology to police the world by using it's big defensive navy by building dozens of small navy bases to defend the area around them keeping the peace and stability in the world and building air force bases too can help with places inland that ships cant reach etc

[@SoCalFreelance]

A Taiwan contingency is nothing like Vietnam. China is only 100 miles from Taiwan so logistics and quick decisive action is not a problem. China has the home field advantage and has set up militarized islands to act as a buffer zone to any potential aggressors pushing back valuable capital assets like aircraft carriers. China and Taiwan speak the same language and share the same traditions so COIN is much less of an issue.

[@voidvector]

They can do what Russia is doing right now, just deport all the local residents to mainland, so guerillas have no support base.

[@doujinflip]

Russia has a fence between them and three sides of Ukrainian flatlands, and are still bogged down. Now try to cross an open Strait where everyone can see you coming to try landing on a mountainous fortress that hasn't been successfully invaded since before the airplane was invented. Oh and the population is entirely hostile, has multiple powerful friends, and has been preparing for your arrival for decades. Plus you're running low on supplies with a collapse of seaborne trade, your treasury is empty paying for overland alternatives, and there's a rising uproar back at home from all the families who lost their only son.

[@youzanzi]

@@doujinflip 太搞笑了，台湾武装能坚持72小时就不错了，高超音速导弹先打一波摧毁地面主要基础设施，基本就瘫痪了.外援？到时你日本和美国干爹物资能过的来吗

[@tetojulolita1349]

@@doujinflip wow the world must learn from you the best richest country on earth, pinoy general

[@asianamericancasestudies6434]

Dr. Sun, the founding father of Taiwanese government ("Republic of China," which escaped to Taiwan as a "province" of China, according to Taiwanese constitution), would be very disappointed that some Taiwanese forgot the goal of Republic of China, was for a strong united "China" where foreign forces could no longer interfere.

[@洪志忠-e8g]

" United we stand " isn't just a slogan for any Chinese to sacrifice and protect the MOTHERLAND !

[@MTechnikM]

This is what kurzgesagt was referring to in his videos. Competition is the key factor in advancing to the next stage of civilization. In the grand scheme of things, competing against each other is crucial.

[@empyrionin]

Yes! Which is why the following things are detrimental to humankind: 1) complete world peace without so much as an inkling of conflict 2) NASA, ESA and all space agencies working together instead of competing (this includes private ones!) 3) the degradation of sports by forcing everyone to be equal (see t.r.a.n.s sports) or combined women/men sports. 4) awards for participating in anything

[@chrisrosch4731]

if we do not destroy ourselves in the process either by nuclear war or AI weapons systems then yes

[@thesauce1682]

@@chrisrosch4731 nuclear war aint gonna destroy human, there is just not enough to bomb all cities and human live vastly from city, village and country side. only boomer who don't know anything about AI would say it would end us, that only happen in movies.

[@gogudelagaze1585]

@@thesauce1682 Wow, way to show you know nothing about either of those topics xD Look up nuclear winter and AI singularity.

[@spidey885]

I read it in his voice

[@cinpeace353]

China's military budget is only 1.7% of her GDP, relatively low compared to a lot of countries. US 3.7%, India 2.9%, France 2.1, Australia 2.1.

[@johndawson6057]

A gdp of 14 trillion tho

[@jeremiahhandcock1795]

@@johndawson6057 what about the US ?

[@neolan2565]

@@johndawson6057 Did you study percentages in your schooling days? Do you understand why people use percentages for comparison? Apples to apples?

[@dirwanedy8919]

@@johndawson6057 wow info from pluto you get? 19 trilion nkt 14 trilion

[@diyagurung6512]

GDP 17.3 trillion US 22 trillion US debt 30 trillion 😆😆😆😆🤣🤣

[@wonderland2016]

the video sounds very odd to say china is about to change the status quo on Taiwan. I live in this society for 40 years. I haven't heard a single official word about taking Taiwan by force no matter what. the talking point has been no changed - taking Taiwan by force only if Taiwan declare independance first. In contrast, the United State is seeing China's growth and started panic thinking one day they may lose the world dominant super power and started proactively challenging china on Taiwan by sending air force to visit Taiwan and highlevel officials to visit Taiwan... We cannot imagine 5-10 years ago. they all serve one single objective: use Taiwai as one of important tools to contain Chinas' growth.

[@艾尚臣]

China's GDP is actually larger than the official figure because several wealthy provinces underreported in order to pay less tax So the military expenditure is actually more than the official one. Considering the purchasing power, China's military expenditure is actually similar to the US or even a little more.

[@andrewdonis7995]

You can say the same for the United States and every other world power. GDP #’s and military size are definitely bigger than what they claim.

[@艾尚臣]

@@andrewdonis7995 According to China's system, there is no doubt that the gap between China's actual GDP and the official GDP is the largest.

[@loremasteringwion9930]

China literally fakes everything, including their GDP numbers. Even Chinese Communist Leaders admit to this.

[@santiagoh6228]

It's the economy, which decides your military, science-technology, education and every thing else. If u believe that the chinese GDP will surpass US in 10 years, u have to realize that China will be No.1 military power sooner or later. It's true that the recent chinese military expansion is quite impressive, but I believe that's the nature result of its economic growth, using only 1.4% of their GDP. Today China already has bigger industry capacity than US, and will be bigger than G7 all together soon. Now their automobile production is twice than US, shipbuilding is 50 times, and steel a 12 times more. So an arm race will be obviously useless, only force chinese to change their huge industry capacity into military expansion, and every body knows the result. Lost an economic competition is NOT that bad, but lost a war or only a cold war will be an absolute disaster!

[@dracoii1147]

Russia is stronger than china yet have a smaller economy than italy

[@chrisp7110]

Yep. My friend was telling me that even though the US spends more does not mean they are stronger than any other country. Just like how spending on the most expensive product does not mean it is the best product that you own or the most expensive food does not mean it is the best meal.

[@ExplodingPiggy]

That's until the world decides to stop using Christmas lights and knock off Nintendos 🤷‍♂️

[@camel-360]

所以你的意思是，军备竞赛是没有意义的对吗。我作为中国人也是这么认为。中国不好战，更不想做世界警察。我们只保卫自己的国家，我们不搞侵略

[@MandoMTL]

Zzzz. Ok Wumao.

[@enzhus]

Western countries had taught Chinese what would happen you if you don't have a strong military to defend yourself in between 1840-1949. After 1949, the western countries still showed them again and again that you are not living in a peaceful world, you are just lucky to be living in a peaceful country.

[@woodensurfer]

Not necessarily fast but growing is certain and cannot be prevented. This is the destiny of the early 21st century.

[@JohnT2088]

Lol it is fast. Even if usa is rank one in military might but within a few decades china has grow so fast , Much faster than the usa in economic growth and military growth. Took them less than 50 years to become a super power country. And a super power military might. Other countries have taken then centuries and still going no where. Look at china city infrastructure, its like new york city but in china in majority of its cities. Usa put so much money in their military but not into their infrastructure so it looks so subpar to shanghai city or other major city in china

[@ericc9570]

When the American thinks about you day or night 24/7 , you've arrived , well done

[@LaowaiDaveJCP]

Moral of the story: Let's legitimise more military expenditure with the American tax payer's money

[@brandistocker]

No. I think the message was: stop playing the world's guardian (money saved) and pay this money saved for technological researches, development.

[@johnsmith-cw3wo]

@@brandistocker money saved? - that money go exactly where they planned to... the military industrial complex. Many say 2-3 trillion lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, no... is not a lost... just for the roads, schools and hospitals in america, those trillions made some people connected to the pentagon very, very RICH.

[@井蛙坐井观天]

Okay, ladies and gentlemen, today is China's military threat, Tomorrow's show is China is about to collapse.

[@davidferrari7543]

China is now the new global leader along with the Russians big time!

[@brendakayyy]

Yup there is just nowhere in between

[@JIANGTG]

China's military is growing fast ; Self-defence is a must ,

[@jumbomuffin1316]

Hello VPN user or someone who doesn’t even live in China cuz wants freedom and democracy

[@JIANGTG]

@@jumbomuffin1316 FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF SOCIAL CHAOS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DO NOT EXERCISE SELF-DISCIPLINE AND ARE LACK OF ETHICS .....

[@jumbomuffin1316]

@@JIANGTG where do you live then? 🤷‍♂️ China? Using VPN and claims freedom is the cause of problem.. 🙄

[@tforaodg]

@@jumbomuffin1316 We support China

[@ilhambenih]

While US teenagers dancing tiktok and identified themselves as iphone, more Chinese teenagers are studying rocket sciences 😅

[@SAIND20242___d]

Exactly 💯😅 So called modernity

[@amorosogombe9650]

You know what I would consider a truly great society? A society with no poverty, no crime, no injustice and no pollution. How about we change our definition of greatness into sane, humane, rational goals?

[@jean6030]

The world would be a safe place to live for all of us..

[@teckchuonting4582]

Absolutely 👍

[@oo--7714]

Stop it, you are looking for a utopia hardly rational Wars will always happen

[@tperm3195]

You know, that's impossible.

[@FifthGate]

Sounds like prey for societies existing in the real world.

[@souloriginal4280]

African for China go China go 🇨🇳

[@oceanman3996]

The screen you are looking at right is most likely made in China 🇨🇳

[@mansoorkhan9461]

Yes 😳 Hawaeii

[@letisriva8581]

Yes iPhone

[@tianshunzhao239]

Be confident, the whole product

[@Roero]

The cutting edge chips China need for developing critical military weapons (and much more then weapons) are made only thanks to US tech

[@Syae22]

yep

[@LEVILUP23]

US "China is growing too fast!" Also US, the country with over 1200 oversea naval bases

[@ANDRE19807]

Und diese Staaten blechen selbst dafür!😊

[@nedludd7622]

The US has 11 carriers and they are organized into groups with 5 or 6 supporting vessels. China has 2 and is building a third. Congress has even passed a law to require the 11. Built-in welfare for the military industrial complex.The US Navy wants to go to 500 ships, up from about 300 now. Another corporate welfare program. Don't expect Bloomberg to put things in perspective;

[@alrizo1115]

Carriers are floating coffins if hypersonic missile is concerned. It's outdated and costly. Submarine carriers are better.

[@kalactose348]

The US can't afford that

[@tonglianheng]

@@alrizo1115 You think the military industrial complex corporate leaderships care? It is essentially geared towards putting the US tax payers money and all the money the US has printed into their pockets. This Bloomberg piece is just one of their Ads.

[@tonglianheng]

@@kalactose348 hence this AD piece by Bloomberg, to convince the US citizens that better schools and hospitals are less important than more military equipments. And that inflation and drop in their living standards is okay and necessary, it is okay to not be able to pay their electricity bills or lose their home just so that their government can print more money to give to the military industrial complex.

[@nedludd7622]

@@TheAgentOfDeath Your comment has nothing to with my comment. "missel"? Are you a church-goer? But even that should be spelled "missal". Then there is "you're". Your mistake and you're a mistake. I only counted 10 mistakes in your text.

[@hofmannwaves1525]

I like how quicktake started very nice and is slowly turning into bloomberg news

[@sjv9147s]

Of comment that "Taiwan might be China's Vietnam", I agree ... since South Vietnam had fallen to North Vietnam in spite of having had external & active war help from the US. China and Taiwan are of 1 race ethnically, 1 language, 1 culture, 1 country. Look at the cohesive unity of Vietnam today! Look at how united the Germans are today after the fall of the (artificial) Berlin wall!

[@verumverba5711]

Or “Taiwan might be China’s Vietnam” means that Vietnam was part of China then broke away…that’s what he meant in an obscure way because he sounded negative for China at the end.

[@呵呵哈哈-o3m]

@@verumverba5711 Vietnam was part of China?

[@kishaniramsey5913]

China must never grow arrogant like the UasSA and the West. Apply Sun Tzu's theory is important. Even during peace time the armed forces must be maintained and the weaponries be upgraded constantly. Not to fail like the West. Maintaining peace and prosperity for everyone Chinese and others must be an important foreign policies and minimise enemies. This way Chinese's prosperity and development will continue forward,

[@julietao2554]

It is apparently to many Chinese that if you want to get rich, you need to build bridges and roads first. That’s one of the reasons why China is successful on eliminating poverty in many areas. For the same reason, there are many countries wanting to follow the suits with helps from China.

[@thefighterboy6681]

china got that money from the west special USA money, now and very soon they going bankrupt the plan already been on execution see evergrande than you know how desperate is the communist GANGSTERS right now!

[@julietao2554]

@@thefighterboy6681 the reality is we build and you destroy.

[@thefighterboy6681]

@@julietao2554 you built what? you can just built if we allow you!

[@julietao2554]

@@thefighterboy6681 roads and bridges etc, it has nothing to do what you decide

[@julietao2554]

@snsproduc haha there are people who have called Chinese economy to collapse for many many years, still China is the only large manufacture country who has the trade surplus in the first half of this year. Though China faces huge challenges in the economy such as real estate and service industries, but it won’t lead to collapse because the true economic engine is the technology and green energy, which are growing rapidly in China

[@fjz8470]

Lol one of the most peaceful countries, compared to certain country that has been dropping bombs all over the world

[@gurumage9555]

So peaceful they threaten to invade a democratic country. And keep flying war planes into their air space.

[@lordjustice6994]

@@gurumage9555 you comparing that with dropping actual bombs on innocent sheep farmers?

[@JsJdv]

@@gurumage9555 Relatively, yes. Threats are still a part of diplomacy while using drones on civilians isn't.

[@常裔杨]

@@gurumage9555 你难道不知道台湾是中国领土的一部分吗？ 你的历史是怎么学的，请问台湾是一个国家吗？

[@fjz8470]

@@gurumage9555 bombs are not dropped though. and a "democratic" country is not more special than other types of countries nor more peace loving. Actually the evidence points in contrary.

[@Michael-Ray]

3:25 I'm surprised America's military budget isn't higher given that they spend $100 per roll of toilet paper. The suppliers are milking Uncle Sam's tax dollars like a cash cow.

[@stealth3206]

Nobody pays $100 per roll of toilet paper in the U.S What world do you live in?

[@irenmolnar221]

Because USA giving aid money away !!!!!

[@texaswunderkind]

My uncle is an auditor for the military. Nothing makes him happier than catching some sort of malfeasance in purchasing. Things aren't as corrupt as you might think. The real problem is that one branch of the military gets a new vehicle (Bradley Fighting Vehicle, F-35 fighter, etc.) and then the other branches want it too. Except they have different requirements. So then you have a VTOL version of the F-35, and a carrier version, and a ground-attack version. Each with few components in common. And the price skyrockets because of constantly-changing requirements for which it was never designed. Purchasing needs to be smarter, but if you look at the sheer volume, it is tough.

[@killj]

$100 toilet rolls but they also save money by using expired medicines for their service men so it all balances out.

[@Polynesie410]

The fact is that China has now made a huge leap forward, but this characteristic is common to all Asians with the special shape of their eyes. The USA has done everything to make them untrustworthy.