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It looks like the rapid hospital building was basically a PR stunt - once they were "finished" they remained mostly empty despite the region struggling for hosp

by makomk 7y ago

It looks like the rapid hospital building was basically a PR stunt - once they were "finished" they remained mostly empty despite the region struggling for hospital space, whilst distracting from the problems China was having setting up the makeshift hospitals in existing buildings that they've ended up relying on. This only works in a country like China with a tightly muzzled press because journalists would see through it elsewhere.

Udik 7y ago
They built two hospitals in 10 days, and 6 days after the construction was completed they only hosted 1200 people [1] instead of the full capacity of 2600. How lame are these Chinese lolz! [1] https://www.businessinsider.nl/wuhan-coronavirus-hospitals-not-filling-beds-data-2020-2?international=true&r=US https://www.businessinsider.nl/wuhan-coronavirus-hospitals-n...
- JudasGoat 7y ago
  I wonder how much the Chinese people will have to endure before they get a better government.
  - Udik 7y ago
    The government of China gave them forty years of peace and breakneck economic growth. To the point that Americans have gone all nationalistic because China is surpassing the US in various fields of technology. Besides that, while I understand that freedom and democracy are important, it's not like Chinese are living under stalinism. World tourism destinations are packed of happy Chinese tourists, US and European universities and companies are full of Chinese nationals (many of whom say they want to eventually go back to China to "give back" and contribute to its growth), and Chinese have access to all the consumer goods that make our lives happy. This is more than you can say of many countries that started from where China started only a few decades ago.
bangboombang 7y ago
Yeah sure, they waste money on building these things and then not bother to put people in there for quarantine. Great that these claims always come with no links to any halfway credible source. Just like a few days ago this guy claiming in another thread that the hospitals weren't actually newly built but just some re-purposed resort facilities, with the construction videos being fake. Suuure.

by makomk 7y ago

Udik 7y ago

They built two hospitals in 10 days, and 6 days after the construction was completed they only hosted 1200 people [1] instead of the full capacity of 2600. How lame are these Chinese lolz! [1] https://www.businessinsider.nl/wuhan-coronavirus-hospitals-not-filling-beds-data-2020-2?international=true&r=US https://www.businessinsider.nl/wuhan-coronavirus-hospitals-n...

JudasGoat 7y ago
I wonder how much the Chinese people will have to endure before they get a better government.
- Udik 7y ago
  The government of China gave them forty years of peace and breakneck economic growth. To the point that Americans have gone all nationalistic because China is surpassing the US in various fields of technology. Besides that, while I understand that freedom and democracy are important, it's not like Chinese are living under stalinism. World tourism destinations are packed of happy Chinese tourists, US and European universities and companies are full of Chinese nationals (many of whom say they want to eventually go back to China to "give back" and contribute to its growth), and Chinese have access to all the consumer goods that make our lives happy. This is more than you can say of many countries that started from where China started only a few decades ago.

bangboombang 7y ago

Yeah sure, they waste money on building these things and then not bother to put people in there for quarantine. Great that these claims always come with no links to any halfway credible source. Just like a few days ago this guy claiming in another thread that the hospitals weren't actually newly built but just some re-purposed resort facilities, with the construction videos being fake. Suuure.