Monopolies can arise in free perfectly unregulated markets.
Example: Microsoft.
Some regulations poorly affecting the marketplace only proves that those specific regulations were poor and should be replaced with better regulations.
Historically governments until very recently have all been one party rule. There is a reason why modern democracies (republics) succeeded one-party-systems.
What China has is an information age meritocracy. From the 1st Emperor, China has had various progressions of meritocracies (meritocracy were an innovation back then). A meritocracy has no anti-corruption controls and fall to corruption.
China's rural population is over 700 million (700,000,000). A fact which remains relatively mis-understood with foreigners who have only experienced China's western-class cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, or viewed the magnificence of the Olympics.
The rural population makes the back-bone of China's cheap work-force. These people literally self-sustaining living off the land growing their own rice, pigs, chickens, cows, vegetables, etc. Their homes have no modern-heating nor refrigeration, flooring is minimal, and often roads unpaved.
They work in factories so as to accumulate enough wealth to return home, get married and raise a family; or to support their own family members.
A lot put much pressure (and money) on their children to do well in school so they can get a desk-job, and find a good husband/wife.
So far, China has done a great job in improving their lives. For example a decade ago, the rural population would have been larger by 150 million people.
The only way to improve the lives of these people is through the development of China's economy, infrastructure and education system. Over the coming 30 years, many of these factories will be relocated to poorer-countries or automated as the rural population continues to shrink.
So stupid. Apparently. porn is bad but outright prostitution is okay.
China has such a massive prostitution industry, high-end brothels literally in major city centers with bright neon lights. They are sex KTVs, sex showers, sex massage, sex 'barber shops' and advertised call girls services. Places ranging from $50USD all the way up to $1000USD and beyond.
If by IT you mean working for an IT department I suggest you get out now and stop picking up IT jobs.
IT departments are notoriously inefficient and run by lazy morons who realize they fail at life and whose one hope is to deceive their technological illiterate higher-ups into feeding them more resources. There will be a day of reckoning (read: downsizing) for IT.
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Personally, I prefer seeing skyscrapers and pavement which stretches to the horizon.
Monopolies can arise in free perfectly unregulated markets. Example: Microsoft. Some regulations poorly affecting the marketplace only proves that those specific regulations were poor and should be replaced with better regulations.
Let's build these million dollar pieces of equipment in inaccessible areas with extreme weather conditions. How could this go wrong?
April fools jokes aside, this isn't a bad idea.
Historically governments until very recently have all been one party rule. There is a reason why modern democracies (republics) succeeded one-party-systems. What China has is an information age meritocracy. From the 1st Emperor, China has had various progressions of meritocracies (meritocracy were an innovation back then). A meritocracy has no anti-corruption controls and fall to corruption.
Of which no one (including notables like Warren Buffet) knows how to analyze.
I personally know six people from one of the top CS universities in the world who interned at Microsoft. And they all refuse to go back.
Lithium-Ion batteries lose 20% of max capacity per year. Especially with laptops, where the heat further damages the battery.
p.s. these are a real bomb on airplanes!
China's rural population is over 700 million (700,000,000). A fact which remains relatively mis-understood with foreigners who have only experienced China's western-class cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, or viewed the magnificence of the Olympics. The rural population makes the back-bone of China's cheap work-force. These people literally self-sustaining living off the land growing their own rice, pigs, chickens, cows, vegetables, etc. Their homes have no modern-heating nor refrigeration, flooring is minimal, and often roads unpaved. They work in factories so as to accumulate enough wealth to return home, get married and raise a family; or to support their own family members. A lot put much pressure (and money) on their children to do well in school so they can get a desk-job, and find a good husband/wife. So far, China has done a great job in improving their lives. For example a decade ago, the rural population would have been larger by 150 million people. The only way to improve the lives of these people is through the development of China's economy, infrastructure and education system. Over the coming 30 years, many of these factories will be relocated to poorer-countries or automated as the rural population continues to shrink.
What about print to file?
The Chinese do not plan in 4-year mandates. They plan in chunks of 20 or 50 years. At the same time, they do not tend to improvise as much.
Couldn't be farther from the truth!
China has had, and continues to have, a series of five-year plans which are essentially the mandated objectives of the PRC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-Year_Plans_of_China
So stupid. Apparently. porn is bad but outright prostitution is okay. China has such a massive prostitution industry, high-end brothels literally in major city centers with bright neon lights. They are sex KTVs, sex showers, sex massage, sex 'barber shops' and advertised call girls services. Places ranging from $50USD all the way up to $1000USD and beyond.
If by IT you mean working for an IT department I suggest you get out now and stop picking up IT jobs. IT departments are notoriously inefficient and run by lazy morons who realize they fail at life and whose one hope is to deceive their technological illiterate higher-ups into feeding them more resources. There will be a day of reckoning (read: downsizing) for IT.