Up the Yangtze! - trailer

Up the Yangtze! - trailer

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• 2007
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[SteveI72]

In the last 30 years, China has lifted over 300 million people out of poverty. This pace of development is unprecedented in human history. In the last 50 years, life expectancy has gone from well below 50 to well over 70. In 1950, the literacy rate in China was less than 20%, but today it is over 90%. Footbinding and concubinage are gone, and women have more rights than ever. China still has many problems, but right now is THE best time ever to be an average Chinese person living in China.

[laowai888]

Madness? How exactly do you propose to power a rapidly developing country of over a billion people while controlling pollution? More coal fire power plants?

[legendmove]

@DrMMHMD LOL what did u say? 20+ replies to u but I can't find your original comment.....

[legendmove]

@SteveI72 So what is your point? Many ppl do agree China is growing rapidly. Just saying before the communist party took over there were no where close to 1B people. I don't know much about foot-binding/concubinage . IMO as long as women are not forced to do so(aka if they choose to), I am cool with it. Best time ever? I guess people in most countries are living a better life than 50 years ago......

[iamprettylolz]

we watched this in geography in today and had to answer questions about it...

[da5families]

@DrMMHMD Then you obviously need to read the news more and keep yourself informed.

obviously not, with a enormous population like China, how would that be possible within the next few decades? Thanks for the obvious statement.

[SteveI72]

@DrMMHMD , your facts are completely wrong. First of all, according to the World Bank, the average income in China (2006) was $2,025, and this has gone up considerably since then. Last year, the average income for a farmer was over $800, and income in rural areas lags far behind those in cities. Also, your claim that the literacy rate in China is 25% is laughable. If you honestly believe most Chinese can't read a newspaper, you are delusional. China's literacy rate is about 95%.

[da5families]

@DrMMHMD with massive corruption in a country of 1.3 billion, yeah, it would help. it takes time for serious change to occur, learn to read; it takes time.

[rusebbb]

@DrMMHMD so maybe you should start teaching them Chinese.... And try asking the govt to help....but they are busy putting ppl like Ai Wei Wei into prisons.... it's not about how much money they have, it's about how greedy the corrupted officers are.

[rusebbb]

@DrMMHMD and the fact that you keep telling others how shitty China is doesn't change the fact of how poor and illiterate some Chinese people are, maybe you actually should go do something about it if you really want to help the people, maybe you should teach them how to read English so poverty and income might be lifted up because they have more knowledge. I know you might already be helping, and I hope your purpose is to get the words out and get others to help this country too.

[rusebbb]

@DrMMHMD OK...So you don't think other countries do that...? And how do you help by making sure everyone knows about the myths that you keep talking about??? Chinese people can't even go onto youtube, they will never know about this deception and lies, and even if they do, that wouldn't help their life to get any better. It just gives me a feeling that you just keep talking shit about China instead of giving a helping hand to the situation while you leave all these messages.

[rusebbb]

@DrMMHMD so...what's the whole point of pointing out who a 3rd world country China is? To make the world a better place, maybe people should start publishing books on how to make a better world for each other... instead of telling how shitty China is to the world, maybe you could actually be part of helping to make it a better place.