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[–] platypode@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

“Colour corrected”

Makes them white

🧐

[–] Smackyroon@lemmy.ml 3 points 59 minutes ago

Better than the "piss filter" rofl

[–] 64bithero@lemmy.world -1 points 1 hour ago (4 children)
[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 31 minutes ago* (last edited 27 minutes ago) (1 children)

China certainly has many problems. They build whole cities for millions of people that are functional ghost towns. They build incredible bridges in record time, while nearly 20% are closed or collapsed within 10 years. They're nearly as nationalist and xenophobic as most of the worst regimes in history.

But it's also true they've been killing it economically. And performed what was thought impossible over the last 40 years.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 minutes ago

you had to do one search to find most of what you've said is false

Underoccupied developments in China are mostly unoccupied newly built property developments in China, and frequently referred to as "ghost cities" or ghost towns. The phenomenon was claimed and recorded as early as 2009 by Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan and subsequently reported by news media over the decades.[1][2][3][4] Although a feature of discourse on the Chinese economy and urbanization in China in the 2010s, many developments that were initially criticized as "ghost cities" in China have since become occupied and are now functioning cities.[5][6][7][8]

China's government has set a goal to raise the nation's urbanization rate to around 75% by 2035, which may require the construction of an estimated 40 to 50 million new housing units to accommodate this shift.[9] Some observers argue that China's so-called "ghost cities" are better understood as ambitious urbanization projects built ahead of demand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underoccupied_developments_in_China

they don't have "ghost cities" they have something called planned economy. in a planned economy the state plans to improve the lives of the proletariat. so essentially they are creating house for people to live instead of them being used for upping some numbers on a spreadsheet.

[–] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 2 points 50 minutes ago

Ahhh another propagandized one...

[–] Smackyroon@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Ahhh a .world zionazi

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)
[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Out of extreme poverty (less than $1.90 per day). It's a good news for sure, but India did the same thing without gulags.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

China has never had gulags, the GULAG administration was a part of the early-mid Soviet penal system. Further, India is absolutely not combatting poverty nearly as effectively, purchasing power in 2022 was 25 times higher than 1978 in China. Do you know what the poverty alleviation campaign looked like in practice? The building of mass infrastructure, job creation, and directly building up rural economy.