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Gothamist was very excited to see that Matt Lauer was in Shanghai, for his November sweeps month get-me-away-from-Katie working vacation/ biological clock experiment, Where in the World is Matt Lauer? To make scary, Communist China accessible to the West, Matt explained that Shanghai is growing so fast, and referred to a graphic showing that there are twice as many skyscrapers in Shanghai than New York, 4000 to NYC's 2000, even though Shanghai is a relatively young city (around the same "age" as Los Angeles). Yay, morning world urban history! Then we turned to Fox 5 to see where Mike Woods might be, given his Where in the World is... Mike Woods? spoof on Good Day New York. But, alas, Mike was not in Chinatown or Flushing, but in Chelsea, making chocolate with Francois Payard. And, augh! The Today show has set Maria Meneunos on the people of Shanghai, doing a lifestyle piece - we're sorry, Shanghai.
Since the Today show team only had a couple hours in Shanghai, we doubt that they will get to experience China's glittering waterfront city, but you can, in a way, by reading our site, Shanghaiist. Why, only yesterday the police announced they were concerned about terrorists bombing hotels and the day before Shanghainese had to battle through huge tennis balls on the streets. The NY Times also has an interactive feature about Shanghai.
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Why do we deal with the evil ChiComs? Sadly the answer is capatalist greed - think Walmart.
The ChiComs have a human rights record that makes Dick Cheney and his gang look like Canadians. Also, the ChiComs don't care about the environment, so big bad companies like Walmart deal with them so they can get low prices for stuff they can sell in their destructive stores since the goods had lower overhead, since who needs health, safety, and enviornmental regulations?
I am sick and tired of all this poorly produced ChiCom crap that floods the US - just try to get a quality waffle iron, for example.
And of course, FREE TIBET!
Are you ranting about Chinese Companies specifically, or free market, capitalism/globalization in general? Your "points" have been made by for years, starting with Japan, Taiwan, now China. This is just pure economic principals, labors and manufacturing always shift towards the least expensive cost of production. I have nothing against big corps like Walmart making a profit because that's what they do, and have to do to. If it's not China, you don't think there'll be other countries willing to make the cheap craps that you see in Walmart? If it's not for cheaper products to replace new technologies, and the need for continuous innovation, we'll still be spending over $1000 for a 13" b&w TV right now. Environmental and safety concerns will eventually catch up in time as China's labor cost grow, and the middle class demand stricter regulations. Japan and S Korea are good examples, their products are top notch and definitely not cheap. 10 to 20 years down the road you'll be complaining the same thing about cheap African products flooding Walmart.
As for Tibet, I seriously doubt that there'll be a free Tibet in the immediate future, so don't get your hopes up.
Wow vin. You really brightened my day up.
$1000 for a 13" b&w TV? Dubious, and also, so what? Like big TVs are what makes life worth living.
While the 20th may have been the "American century", it appears the 21st will belong to China.
Nathan, I was making a point with TV as a hypothetical example, not commenting on whether TV purchases make anyone's life worthwhile or not.
Right now the biggest obstacle in the way of Chinese cooperate dominance is the Chinese government themselves. Corruption is everywhere and the government tends to get too involved in their company’s affairs and forces them to make decisions that hurt the companies financially.
Even at China’s current rates of growth compared to that of the United States, they won’t catch up with us for a long time. Besides, they have lots of growing up to do, especially on the Human rights and Economic issues.
Why can't Matt Lauer pay a visit to HELL??
Its nice and warm there year round.
Do they still eat dogs?
Yes, Amol, I believe that they do, and cats and rats too.
I Think cat and dog eating is more of a stereotype that has to do with Koreans.
But don't knock it till you tried it.
Chinese eat dogs too, especially in rural areas where they are raised and sold in markets for consumption. I wasn't knocking on their eating habits eithee, it's just a fact.
Vin-And I was just saying: so what? So what if TVs and CD Players and the like are expensive?
Nathan, so what is exactly your argument here? I could have said without capitalist competition medical equipments would still be more, making them less accessible to the poor, if that example will make you feel better. But what example I give is irrelevant to my point, which I don't think you got.
one of the driving factors that has allowed more families to purchase computers is the majority of chipmakers manufacturing in China rather than Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and Korea
...anyways, before we criticize other country's for their human rights issues, we should really be looking at ourselves first
Shanghai is a young city? Please, what a load of crap. NYC is a young city, only several centuries old. Shanghai's been around more far longer, as are most cities in the old world. What a load of crap.
I'd love to visit Shanghai one day.
But I don't want to find myself in a bathtub filled with ice, and with a hole in my back where my kidneys used to be.
But I think its worth the risk.
"without capitalist competition medical equipments would still be more"
ha ha. have you seen how much medicine and medical instrumentation costs in capitalist countries?
cuba may have a lot of bad things: dictatorship, human rights, but their medicine is top notch for a per capita income measure.
wake up: competition is NOT the solution to everything.