China News Thread

[henrik]

Most historic large cities were built in such places to begin with. If you aren't close to a major body of water like a river how are you going to provide water for the local population? And a lot of them are near the sea as well.

That is why Indonesia is moving its capital city. Are they doing it with China's BRI help?

 

[drowingfish]

That is why Indonesia is moving its capital city. Are they doing it with China's BRI help?

Jakarta is too overpopulated and could no longer support itself. the notion of moving capital to support the development or defence of another area of the country has been practiced before. not sure of the details but i think it is safe to assume that China is deeply involved in the constructions.

 

[supercat]

A nice single and multiple-family neighborhood in China:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1783401084259565583

A Canadian bride talks about her first visit to China.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1783531791069901104

 

[horse]

You can sense a sigh of relief for this person talking in this video. It was like she wanted to get something out of her system and had to confess about her misconceptions, but in a twist, she absolutely loved it there.

She was so shocked, she had talk about it.

 

[supercat]

Russians in China:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786340170641637565

Americans in China:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786241279489430001

On the screen, it says "I just want to kiss this Chinese."

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786239518427000944

Labor day in Shanghai:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786383985897345533

 

[_killuminati_]

Jakarta is too overpopulated and could no longer support itself. the notion of moving capital to support the development or defence of another area of the country has been practiced before. not sure of the details but i think it is safe to assume that China is deeply involved in the constructions.

Egypt is also moving its capital Cairo, due to overpopulation.

China is especially unfortunate due to the size of the Yellow River flood plain and the extreme amount of sediment deposited by the Yellow River due to the Loess Plateau, coupled with climate change contributing to water stress in North China. Not all cities built close to rivers suffer from this soft soil issue, for instance the ground below New York is primarily hard rock. It's just geography/geology, there is nothing you can do but deal with it. I'm sure China has plenty of engineers that are capable of coming up with a solution.

Isn't the main problem the pumping of too much groundwater that the subterranean aquifers collapse? If yes, the ideal solution would be to acquire water from elsewhere.

 

[AndrewS]

Egypt is also moving its capital Cairo, due to overpopulation.

Isn't the main problem the pumping of too much groundwater that the subterranean aquifers collapse? If yes, the ideal solution would be to acquire water from elsewhere.

@drowingfish

Theoretically, they should make a profit from moving the capital city.

The existing land and buildings would be worth a lot, if sold to a developer.

In comparison, the new capital city would be built on low-cost, empty land and have lower construction costs.