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Do the Chinese view this as a race...? I've seen no indication that they see it in these terms. They've been pretty low-key about their progress. To me it loo
by contrarian1234 1y ago
Do the Chinese view this as a race...?
I've seen no indication that they see it in these terms. They've been pretty low-key about their progress.
To me it looks like the US obsession with reframe everything in terms of a "new cold war". From the US perspective, in end you look stupid if you lose, and you look stupid if you just spend a ton of money to repeat what you did last time
- oreally 1y agoIn world history, it's a common case that the number 1 is always inclined to stay at number 1 while beating down would-be contenders. China has always been insular, and they don't think about space glories that much at the moment. It would take a couple more generations for them to care about something like that.
- contrarian1234 1y agoI just think it's about framing. "Glory" can exist without comparing yourself to others. When they built the three-gorges dam they probably weren't thinking "our dam is better than those American dams". It's just impressive in its own right They can be working on going to space without constantly bringing out the proverbial measuring tape to compare themselves to the US. I'm not totally in the loop with the Chinese zeitgeist, so my post was a genuine question. Maybe they are comparing, maybe not. Both seem sensible reactions
- oreally 1y agoWell if anything the general chinese working culture is to keep your head down and work diligently. If they do have to compare it's because of how connected everything is nowadays. The US comparatively does boast a lot more that it's a bit of a meme on chinese social media.