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[Bellum_Romanum]

There is a substantial portion of the population of Vietnamese that is still very pro U.S, and would welcome CIA, MI6 or Mossad in their country to help topple the current government. It also does not help that many of the top communist leaders see the U.S in such a positive light, as this also undermines their own party's legitimacy in the eyes of the people indirectly and subconsciously. I speak fluent Vietnamese, and upon speaking to many of them coming to the United States, in record numbers, either under work visas or school visas, they are very pro U.S despite living under a communist regime--many often tell me the corruption and injustices by their Communist party are a burden to their life expectations and aspirations--therefore, work to get entrance to the U.S. In fact, many upon coming to the U.S often tell me they have no problem if the U.S topples their government; something they can not say back in Vietnam. If I were the CIA, I would start seriously recruiting many of them and use them to infiltrate the Vietnamese government, because it is literally a free "give me" for the U.S intelligence services, as Vietnam is an even easier target than Iran for the U.S to create mass insurrection.

That's an interesting observation, but it's literally no different from what folks from the "democratic Philippines" say and express all the time!

People like the ones you described are expressing the absurd understanding that good governance equates to democracy = prosperity, when all they had to do was observe the lived experience and the living standard of this literal American puppet—with its copied-and-pasted system of governance and constitution—and see where it ranks in all meaningful barometers.

 

[Thecore]

I saw in Skyscrapercity that funding for Urban Local Bodies in India has gone up. I hope that starts to fix their horrendous cities which IMO massively contribute to their abysmal standards of living and reputation.

There‘s the full document:

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but there‘s no sign of municipal reforms which means that the dysfunctional of nature of management would remain.

Also one overlooked part of India is their north/south divide. Their southern states are pretty much carrying their economy while all the bad stereotypes come from the north. Tamil Nadu for example has a GDP per capita of over $5000 and boasts a GDP growth over 10% last year. India ought to pay more respect to the South and learn from them.

50% of this funding will be soaked up by bribes and graft and the other 50% will go into making infrastructure marvels like this.



Also, Tamil resentment of northern control and influence from an increasingly hostile Sri Lanka means that parts of southern India will break away in the next 20 years.

 

[uguduwa]

50% of this funding will be soaked up by bribes and graft and the other 50% will go into making infrastructure marvels like this.

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Also, Tamil resentment of northern control and influence from an increasingly hostile Sri Lanka means that parts of southern India will break away in the next 20 years.

True but they also have roads like this:



i have to research deeper into what‘s causing this. So far the explanations I got are lack of municipal reforms and corruption. This video explains some:

As for South still being bitter about Sri Lanka, you have any source on that? No one from Tamil Nadu has ever told me anything about such a thing and if you go to Sri Lanka, the country itself has forgotten about the war and there are barely any signs of a war having been taken place.

Although once I have seen a north Indian girl talking down to a south Indian girl and I find southerners are more silent hard working types. North should be learning from the south.

 

[A potato]

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I feel the people who say this are usually
1. Local born Chinese (in Canada/USA) whose parents were from HK (or maybe Taiwan) and can't read a lick despite promulgating about "Chinese culture"
2. Never actually travelled to mainland China because "CCP are evil" or something (50/50 on travelling to HK or Taiwan)
3. Probably will talk about all of this, then unironically put on a "I AM NOT CHINESE, I AM HONGKONGER/TAIWANESE" T-Shirt.

It's funny because HKers and Taiwanese also say they're more CHinese than Mainland China like make up your minds.

 

[Chevalier]

It's good to know that Vietnam won't be used like Ukraine against China. They have 100 million people they could have done significant damage to China if war actually happens

The analogy of Vietnam to China being Ukraine to Russia is spot on, even down to population size.

How the Indians are going to compensate for the lost of Russian oil imports. Iran is out the question and Venezuela oil production is just a fraction of Russia and their is even more expensive. They have a shrinking pool of suppliers that will charge more for an essential good for the India economy.

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All oil purchased from Venezuela gives a cut to Trump, to his direct bank account in Dubai.Thats why he’s making a big deal of wanting to do Venezuelan oil business with China and why China is having none of it.

 

[tokenanalyst]

The analogy of Vietnam to China being Ukraine to Russia is spot on, even down to population size.


All oil purchased from Venezuela gives a cut to Trump, to his direct bank account in Dubai.Thats why he’s making a big deal of wanting to do Venezuelan oil business with China and why China is having none of it.

Venezuelan oil is horrible, their production is horrible, It will require a decade of investment to even be remotely decent, it cannot even compensate for a fraction of the losses from Russia. The only way would be to increase purchases from other Middle East countries that they are already strained and will have to increase their prices. My guess is that Indians think that China will follow up so they both will take a hit at the same time.

 

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[Thecore]

True but they also have roads like this:

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i have to research deeper into what‘s causing this. So far the explanations I got are lack of municipal reforms and corruption. This video explains some:

As for South still being bitter about Sri Lanka, you have any source on that? No one from Tamil Nadu has ever told me anything about such a thing and if you go to Sri Lanka, the country itself has forgotten about the war and there are barely any signs of a war having been taken place. Although once I have seen a north Indian girl talking down to a south Indian girl and I find southerners are more silent hard working types.

Patched up already after only a year since phase 1 has been finished? Impressive.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mumbai/comments/1iup5fi
Btw, here's a closer photo of that island on the left side of your photo (Haji Ali Dargah). Maybe Mumbai can increase employment by hiring some trash cleaners here and there? Just a thought.

 

[uguduwa]

Patch up already after only a year since phase 1 has been finished? Impressive.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mumbai/comments/1iup5fi

That‘s bad…….

Like I said corruption, same goes to the video I posted. I hope they improve it.

Also I am here for a productive discussion but taking cheap pot shots to feel superior about yourself is just giving small D energy. Not good.

 

[Thecore]

That‘s bad…….

Like I said corruption, same goes to the video I posted. I hope they improve it.

Also I am here for a productive discussion but taking cheap pot shots to feel superior about yourself is just giving small D energy. Not good.

Sorry you're right. Picking on India is like picking on the special needs kid at school. Not honorable.