China's incredible detail to organization

[Kaido]

Blows my mind :Q

 

[ViviTheMage]

very cool

 

[techs]

You would have really loved the Nuremburg rallies.

Oops. Time warped. OP below.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

if you watched the 2008 olympics opening ceremony, you know they're capable of it.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Blows my mind :Q

Picture number 15 is cool

 

[Kaido]

Ullllllllllllllltra widescreen!

 

[theknight571]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Ullllllllllllllltra widescreen!

Perhaps that was the prototype for the one they put in the new Dallas stadium.

 

[Svnla]

Me :heart: #8

and what the heck are the boxes on the amored vehicles (#26)? Fortune cookies? LOL

 

[Gunslinger08]

Very weird to me how much money China spends on "looking tough and rich" when a lot of their people live in poverty.

 

[Nik]

Too bad they don't spend that level of attention and money on human rights.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Very weird to me how much money China spends on "looking tough and rich" when a lot of their people live in poverty.

Totalitarian dictatorships tend to do that.

I like this pic a whole lot more

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Very weird to me how much money China spends on "looking tough and rich" when a lot of their people live in poverty.

It gives the population a sense of pride at least... for a little anyway until they go back to the reality of working 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 

[LTC8K6]

http://inapcache.boston.com/un...10_01/c08_20570691.jpg

Anyone want to be invaded?

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Very weird to me how much money China spends on "looking tough and rich" when a lot of their people live in poverty.

You could say the same thing about the US.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
http://inapcache.boston.com/un...10_01/c08_20570691.jpg

Anyone want to be invaded?

Those are troops I'd like to get behind.

 

[IronWing]

I was reading about the celebration. Every person in the stands is there by invitation only. The general population was locked out of the area during the rally and could only watch it on TV. So of like the Dem and Rep political conventions here.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Very weird to me how much money China spends on "looking tough and rich" when a lot of their people live in poverty.

You could say the same thing about the US.

not exactly a fair comparison. china has 3-4 times more people in poverty than the united states has people. When was the last time the united states put on some asinine parade like this?

 

[RapidSnail]

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Very weird to me how much money China spends on "looking tough and rich" when a lot of their people live in poverty.

You could say the same thing about the US.

Actually not.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: ironwing
I was reading about the celebration. Every person in the stands is there by invitation only. The general population was locked out of the area during the rally and could only watch it on TV. So of like the Dem and Rep political conventions here.

The difference, however, is we can still go to the conventions and protest. No so much there.

 

[Yongsta]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Very weird to me how much money China spends on "looking tough and rich" when a lot of their people live in poverty.

You could say the same thing about the US.

not exactly a fair comparison. china has 3-4 times more people in poverty than the united states has people. When was the last time the united states put on some asinine parade like this?

China's poverty rate was less than 10% in 2004 (according to World Bank estimates) and it's only improved since then. 10% of 1.3 billion = 130 million. USA's population = 307 million.

 

[RedArmy]

Map
https://www.cia.gov/library/pu...-factbook/geos/ch.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/pu...d-factbook/geos/us.htm

 

[mwmorph]

I understand the Beijing and Hong Kong celebrations, but what is up with the Empire State Building in pic 38?

Originally posted by: RedArmy
Map
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html">https://www.cia.gov/library......tbook/geos/ch.html</a>
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.htm">https://www.cia.gov/library......ctbook/geos/us.htm</a>

For some reason, a lot of people on ATOT have a view of china as it was in the 1960s or something. It's like they have absolutely no clue, what the rest of the world is like after the end of their middle school history books.

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: RapidSnail

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Very weird to me how much money China spends on "looking tough and rich" when a lot of their people live in poverty.

You could say the same thing about the US.

Actually not.

Actually yes. The homeless rate is increasing. Poverty is at 17%. This isn't including people who actually have a roof but can't make ends meet.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: ironwing
I was reading about the celebration. Every person in the stands is there by invitation only. The general population was locked out of the area during the rally and could only watch it on TV. So of like the Dem and Rep political conventions here.

The difference, however, is we can still go to the conventions and protest. No so much there.

No, you can go to a little designated area a couple miles from the convention and protest.

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: RapidSnail

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Very weird to me how much money China spends on "looking tough and rich" when a lot of their people live in poverty.

You could say the same thing about the US.

Actually not.

Actually yes. The homeless rate is increasing. Poverty is at 17%. This isn't including people who actually have a roof but can't make ends meet.

how much of that 17% can't make "ends meet" because they bought $4k rims for their car. our problem is man-made poverty from mismanaged finances.