In 2020 there are more billionaires in Asia (799) than in North & South America (734) combined

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Alongside the rise in the billionaire class, billions of people have been able to escape extreme poverty.

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The x-axis on the graph is population, the y axis is dollars per day of consumption.
The area to the left of the dotted line shows those in extreme poverty.
Red = Asia, Blue = Africa, Yellow = Europe, Green = the Americas.

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China already has a larger economy than the U.S. in GDP/PPP terms but is growing 2.5x faster.

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Anonymous wrote:The hate is bubbling in this one^

Nope. I have worked with some Chinese nationals that are in this class of people, and they have explained to me how it works.

Also, fwiw, we have had many lovely dinners and I consider them friends. Unlike you, I just have no illusions about how the Chinese system works.

And, unlike you, I'm not going to pretend that the Uighurs don't exist:

https://www.vox.com/2020/7/28/21333345/uighurs-china-internment-camps-forced-labor-xinjiang

This is why POC do not trust white people, especially white women.

They act like they're your friends, they definitely want to eat your 'ethnic' food, but they have no problem sh*t talking about your entire race as a monolith behind your back.

But hey, it's okay because they have "fill-in-the-blank race friends".

How is disapproval of the Chinese Communist Party leadership structure "talking sh*t about an entire race?"

Sounds like you're the one creating stereotypes. If I criticize Hitler, am I "talking sh*t about the entire German race?"

It's always fun when the Chinese propagandists find an internet thread.

I still haven't seen any defense of the treatment of the Uighurs.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The hate is bubbling in this one^

Nope. I have worked with some Chinese nationals that are in this class of people, and they have explained to me how it works.

Also, fwiw, we have had many lovely dinners and I consider them friends. Unlike you, I just have no illusions about how the Chinese system works.

I think this is the first time I have heard the Chinese version of "I've got a black friend so I'm not racist."

We have been discussing how China and India have lifted hundreds hundreds of millios of people out of extreme poverty in the last 30 years. Yet you feel the need to shift the discussion to the Uighurs. No one said the Chinese government is perfect, but they have lifted hundreds of millions out of extreme poverty. That still remains a fact despite the fact that you have a Chinese friend.

I brought up the Uighurs because someone said it ridiculous to accuse the Chinese of using slavery to fuel their economy. When faced with the fact that they have forced a substantial portion of an entire ethnic group of people into slave labor in concentrations camps, the only defense is "nobody's perfect." Hitler made a lot of Germans rich, as well.

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Not just the Uighurs either. China is actively trying to erase ethnic Mongolian culture in Inner Mongolia as well.

[Anonymous]

Do you also go around threadcrapping all U.S. investment discussions because we benefited economically from slavery? If you don't have anything constructive to add related to money and finances pls gtfo.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you also go around threadcrapping all U.S. investment discussions because we benefited economically from slavery? If you don't have anything constructive to add related to money and finances pls gtfo.

NP

I think it makes sense to bring up ongoing slave work that is propping up an economy, if one is going to praise that economy right now. Don't you?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you also go around threadcrapping all U.S. investment discussions because we benefited economically from slavery? If you don't have anything constructive to add related to money and finances pls gtfo.

NP

I think it makes sense to bring up ongoing slave work that is propping up an economy, if one is going to praise that economy right now. Don't you?

Yes, I see that your outrage is selective.

And no, the Chinese economy is not propped up by slave labor dumb ass. That is an inhumane policy that I disagree with, but has nothing to do with that country's huge economic growth. In fact it is a mistake that is a headwind against its economic growth.

Why don't you take it up in a discussion of human rights somewhere other than here?

[Anonymous]

Alot of wealth in Asia. We just don't believe it because we think the US has the richest people. That's how egotistical we are. We think we are better than others and nothing compares.

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Anonymous wrote:Alot of wealth in Asia. We just don't believe it because we think the US has the richest people. That's how egotistical we are. We think we are better than others and nothing compares.

Lmao, it's funny watching the ccp troll talk to themselves and keep bumping this useless thread.

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No, I do think there is a lot of wealth in Asia. Of course! And it's great that there are many fewer people in extreme poverty.

I'm not sure that I'd be focused on the number of billionaires, as that is likely to be reflective of income disparity, and there have been ongoing issues with some pretty ruthless intellectual property issues. but that does NOT mean China (and Asia as a whole) has not been getting wealthier. I assume that goes with increased standard of living, which is also to be celebrated.

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The Uyghur enslavement probably is tied to economic concerns. It may not be a large part of the GDP for China, but it's both hard to tell because of the secrecy, and it is very real.

Outsourcing is the economic move, which also explains why 85% of China’s cotton is grown in Xinjiang [which is almost half Uyghur]. These companies have not only escaped accountability, but have also veiled the unethical means that facilitate production. Oppressive measures against the Uyghurs is based on economic incentive, making ownership of labor a critical component of the hedonistic struggle.

“I think money and land—especially land—play a crucial role in trying to maintain tight control over the region,” said Aydin Anwar, a Uyghur American and Outreach director of the Save Uyghur campaign. “East Turkestan is an occupied nation with incredibly rich minerals and resources that the Chinese Communist Party has been exploiting since the latest occupation in 1949. The existence of Uyghurs, their culture, their faith threatens China’s ability to maintain control of the land—because it’s clear that the culture, language and presence of East Turkestan is in fact not Chinese.”

https://depauliaonline.com/47500/opinions/opinion-how-chinas-oppression-of-uyghurs-is-linked-to-economic-convenience/

[Anonymous]

You have nothing but selective outrage.

California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas were not part of the U.S. until they were taken by force. Why do Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe and San Antonio not sound like American names? Because we took the land. The existence of Mexicans, their culture, their faith threatened the U.S.’s ability to maintain control of the land. FTFY

Also, what claim did European settlers have to Native American lands? Europeans used alcohol and guns as weapons to steal land promised in signed treaties to Native Americans while "controlling" the population with massacres.

The entire economy of the South was dependent on cotton and tobacco plantations which were the primary driver of the U.S. economy until the Industrial Revolution all on the back of slavery.

But I don't see you arguing that the fruits of the U.S. economy are tainted.

If China doesn't have a claim to the Uyghur lands, what claim do European settlers have to the lands that constitute the U.S. today?

There are countries in the world that can point their finger at China. The U.S. is not one of them.

Yes you're a racist and not a very smart one at that.

[Anonymous]

Apparently the IMF confirms that China now has the world's largest economy by one sixth under purchasing power parity.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/china-now-world%E2%80%99s-largest-economy-we-shouldn%E2%80%99t-be-shocked-170719

"Measured by the more refined yardstick that both the IMF and CIA now judge to be the single best metric for comparing national economies, the IMF Report shows that China’s economy is one-sixth larger than America’s ($24.2 trillion versus the U.S.’s $20.8 trillion)."

-- Graham T. Allison is the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is the former director of Harvard’s Belfer Center and the author of Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?

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That’s because China has 1 BILLION human beings living in it. If the entire world (all 195 countries) were a party, every sixth person would be a citizen of ONE nation. People have no idea how enormous the Chinese population is.