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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had similar thoughts after spending time in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 2019. Felt light years ahead of us - and they've done it all in such a short amount of time.  Really changes your perspective [/quote]

I am Chinese.  The thing is there's a LOT of labor.  I mean everyone has a housekeeper.  Everyone has a nanny.  Labor can be found easily and thus, shit gets built in like a day literally :)  I agree that it's impressive, I'm just saying from a practical perspective, it's not that hard to do when you have a zillion people working on a project anywhere, anytime :)  Here in the US, labor is NOT easy.  I am a professional corporate recruiter and yeah, it's not easy to hire for anything, from truck drivers to CPAs.  People here have expectations.  [/quote]

That labor often doesn’t get paid well.  And that ‘labor’ often gets treated very poorly.  Same story in India.

Not a very robust OSHA to be found in China.  Workers are seen as dispensable.  As we saw what happened in Qatar.  [/quote]

Singapore runs on the backs of foreign workers too.  The helpers and foreign laborers aren’t treated well.  The foreign laborers were kept in virtual prison during COVID as they weren’t allowed to leave their dorms. It is awful.[/quote]

As if Americans can speak out on this subject when the US imports millions of illegal workers from south of the border who work in slave like conditions for low pay. This is glass houses....[/quote]

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