They did not plunder the rest of the world like we did through colonialism. On the contrary, they have been victims of our own colonialism.
Typical European self-hatred. Pardon, but I am pretty sure, that Japanese colonialism during the Pacific war was far more cruel than any period of Britain, French or German colonialism.
So were they plundering back when they made all those advances? If not, what is different now? Why did they stagnate?
While I am sure to someone like you the Japanese and Chinese are all gooks, they actually are different peoples.
Rubbish, Japanese or Corean women are much prettier than most of the Chinese women. Does not change anything that it wasn't Europeans who established the most bloody colonial regime. It does furthermore not change that even the Japanese terror regime was nothing compared to the killing fields, the genocides, the devastatations, starvations and all the horror under Mao.
Gee, I guess that only leaves culture as the primary variable then eh? They cant blame their lack of advancement on the evil foreign powers. Europe itself was colonized over and over again by different parts of itself (and Asia) and did not seem to have a problem passing up China either. When did I deny it? I brought up gunpowder myself earlier in the thread. China's obvious lack of progress is not because of the Chinese. Its lack of progress is because of the inferior government that is holding the People back. The only reason CCP-controlled China is advancing at all is because they can purchase or steal foreign technology. Cheap labor alone is not going to allow Red China to dominate the world.
Blame Mao all you want, he was still better than your nazi scums. Communism has passed the test of time, while Nazism is but a fart in human history.
Look, an American who wants to lecture us about his superior culture. Wake up, you are cultural retards. Tis time to face reality and truth.
The first reason is an external - the opium wars at XIX century and the subsequent plunder of China by the European empires. The second reason is an internal - the backward feudal elite which braked development of this country for 200 years. When you will understand that the history is cyclic? The periods of prosperity are always replaced by the periods of decline. The history of China is the good proof of this cyclicity.
I say nowadays it's difficult to say, where an international successful product is designed, because many of them are made by international teams. Even in cases where there is no international team behind it, developers are inspired by products from other countries.
So predictable, for communists "my" "nazi scum" is responsible for the state of China in the 80ies. Of course Germany initiated a terrible civil war in China, we, they let 30 million non-revolutionary Chinese starve to death in the 50ies, they initiated the Corean war and ordered former Cuomintang fighters to storm into US machine guns to the millions, it was Germany with a plan to get rid of the non-revolutionary birds leading to an unpredictable plague of insects causing a next famine (so it was Germany who ordered import birds from the SU). It was Germany organizing the cultural revolution, the purges, the show trials, the torture and the mass killing of Mao's rivals. It was also their idea to occupy Tibet, kill 50% of its inhabitants and leading war for decades without interruption. So you have found the political correct reason for China's situation in the 80ies. The nazis!!! Congratulations! Yes, of course, there is no doubt that all people in the world want to follow the shining North Corean and Cuban example, the communist regimes left. Their cultural impact, their unlimited power, their economic success and the freedom of their peoples leaves a deep impact to all human beings all over the world. I am not sure, taking into account that there is no doubt that Nazis are responsible for the miserable situation of China until the 80ies, that they are without any doubt responsible for bad weather with their devilish weather machine and your problems with premature ejaculations, you never should underestimate it.
...who have become the wealthiest and most advanced culture in the history of the human race. If we are retards, what does that make the rest of you?
Yes, the Romans did it in some locations. Köln even has the colonial part in the name and they are a million now there. Napoleon Bonaparte did not try to colonize. Adolf Hitler tried, but it only lasted a few years.
Oh, those Americans with their high self-esteem and self-important ... What is your culture? In Hollywood? Thank the French!
By which standards? Financially, perhaps. But it has not nade them happy for the most part, and their culture and morals are empty yawning chasms of nothingness.
