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If you ask some Chinese, they're unlikely to be happy with the results. Just look at just how horrible smog is in Beijing. How they're destroying the savings of

• pen2l 10y ago
  > Just look at just how horrible smog is in Beijing. Huh? Have you looked at it recently? Beijing has made incredible strides in solving air pollution problems. They turned around the situation quickly to pretty decent results -- give them some more time and I'm sure they'll do even better. China is not doing that bad. And I think one of the reasons why is in fact that high amount of STEM-educated folks in the politburo.
  • Eridrus 10y ago
    They did let it get pretty bad though, I was only there once in 2008 after the games and it was already pretty crazy back then.
    • pen2l 10y ago
      It was pretty bad around 2008. Now, 2017, it's not perfect but it's much, much better. They're on the right track. Separately, I want to say: judging per capita they're not doing bad.
• mistermann 10y ago
  As was most any country going through their industrialization phase. And China has gone from a third world country to second biggest economy in 20 or so years.