Regular readers might get the idea that I am pro-Chinese and anti-American when I point out things like the tremendous economic advantage we, the US, have given China by becoming their financial serfs for the next hundred years or so.
I am not pro-Chinese, but I feel I am reading the writing on the wall better than many are these days.
A few years ago I t a businessman who had spent a large percentage of his life developing a technologically advanced product … much of it with US government grant money … a product sorely needed by US railroads.
No one would buy. My friend felt for a year or so that he had just wasted 20 years of education and then lab work, and doomed himself to economic failure.
Then, from out of the woodwork came a customer. A cash customer. A customer who wanted all the product he could produce for the next several decades at least.
Who, you might be asking? Simple. The national railroad agency of China. In China, instead of “moaning” about global warming, and complaining about the price of oil, they are doing something … economic stimulus package ahead … building national infrastructure instead of national debt …
“The high-speed train is invincible on this route,” said Tom Lin, 30, a civil servant in Guangzhou, who opted to travel by rail. “There’s no doubt it’s more convenient for trips to the cities along the line. Airlines can’t compete with trains for the spacious seats.” Read more on FlightBlogger
So what does this have to do with the Philippines and living there? Maybe not much, but then again, maybe rather than looking for a job it would be smart to trade English online education with a Chinese willing to teach Mandarin? Might as well prepare for the future, eh?
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