Be afraid, America, be very afraid!

[Mosiah]

Fast train, big dam show China's engineering might

By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer – Tue Oct 26, 9:33 am ET
HANGZHOU, China –

China rolled out its fastest train yet on Tuesday and announced that the Three Gorges Dam, the world's biggest hydroelectric project, is now generating electricity at maximum capacity — engineering triumphs that signal the nation's growing ambitions as its economy booms.

The successes demonstrate how, after decades of acquiring technology from the west, Beijing has begun to push the limits of its new capabilities, setting the bar higher on mega-projects as it seeks to promote the image of a powerful, modern China. But many of these initiatives have come at great human and environmental cost, and some have questioned whether the country fosters a sufficiently innovative spirit to compete on the next level.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101026/...eering_marvels

[Gamma]

sounds like a good partner to have at this time if you ask me...

[Mosiah]

But many of these initiatives have come at great human and environmental cost, and some have questioned whether the country fosters a sufficiently innovative spirit to compete on the next level.

The only people with these questions are the nervous Americans. Dem can stay deh feel say China going to copy and stop right there. I know some Chinese students in my grad class who were not copying from anyone! Plain geniuses, or at least, extremely hard workers. When we got a project to do for a week, these students were handing in mini-thesis papers!

[Me]

Many Americans have accepted that China is much more than that. There is a reason why Arnold Schwarzenegger was in China discussing California's high speed rail plan.

[Mosiah]

Hey, give dem wi road, gi dem every striking ting fi wuk pon!

As a matter of fact, I was handed a document last week to do a little write up on, and to my surprise the general contractor was indeed a Chinese company. I doubt many people know they are involved on this particular project, but it nuh matter. Gi dem!

Yes, Maudib, unnu gone clear wid di China link!

[Don1]

Many Americans (and aped by many Jamaicans) have very little clue of the big changes going on in the world.

Reminds me of that parable about the frog.... put one in boiling water and it WILL jump out immediately.

Put a frog in cool water but with a flame under it...dat deh frog stay inside dat wata an get hotta & hotta til im BUSS...LoL!

Ignorance is a hell of a thing

[Me]

Is that not the case for most countries?

[Don1]

what... frogs bursting?

[Me]

many people having little clue about what is going on elsewhere in the world?

[Don1]

That may be true...but it doesn't mean (to me) that when gross ignorance is encountered that it should not be challenged with reality

[Muadib]

Mi hear seh Merica land a man on di moon in the 60s !

While China catching up.. Merica working on next gen.. the gap is just too large.. unfortunately population size does not determine pace of innovation..

Good analogy: China a rollout 2G while Merica working on LTE

[Mosiah]

Mi hear seh Merica land a man on di moon in the 60s !

While China catching up.. Merica working on next gen.. the gap is just too large.. unfortunately population size does not determine pace of innovation..

Good analogy: China a rollout 2G while Merica working on LTE

now yuh have mi confused. i thought the chinese was the best thing to happen to jamaica since...manley! and now yuh waan come buss dem bubble!

[Muadib]

?? Wi depending on Chiney fi technology ???

[Don1]

now yuh have mi confused. i thought the chinese was the best thing to happen to jamaica since...manley! and now yuh waan come buss dem bubble!

the guy is lost... trapped in a Babylon-induced Quantum Singularity

[Islandman]

Yeah but I think that Americas middle class is more ignorant of the rest of the world than the middle class in most other countries. Only countries them fighting war with them have a little knowledge of.

Maybe its simply because they have been dominant for so long , and they have not had to know or care.