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We must forever honor the generations of laborers that rebuilt China.
Half the men in my extended family in China have disabilities due to manual labor. Sad to just think about it.
Giving up 1 inch of Chinese territory would dishonor these individuals. Let the Westerners and Indians and the aliens from the other galaxy know what's at stake.
Labourers in China have finally started getting paid what they deserve and the recognition too. Well that's started around 2010 when their salaries began shooting up. Chinese society just undervalues labourers because it's associated with having no education. While that is relatively true and often due to poor family circumstances, at the very least the financial rewards have become more commensurate with what these people deserve. Unfortunately wages are still rather low due to the huge supply of manual labour. The supply and pace of development also mean many work with less than ideal health and safety conditions. That's definitely something to address despite already massive improvements over the years.
These people not only suffered in their working years, but also in their childhood.
Leaving aside the 100 years of humiliation. Our parents generation suffered some of the worst times in Chinese history, especially if they were in rural areas. Dad still cries when he watches those shows about the 60's and 70's.
It wasn't until 2000's that Chinese lives really started to get better.
Chinese must make it clear to the world what they went through so that they know how much more they are willing to endure.
It is very comfortable and safe thinking for the Chinese elite, but what is the relationship of a practically useless land with the exploitation of your relatives by pollical/economical leaders ?
People don't fight for Chinese leaders to defend the motherland, they fight because those lands were handed down by our ancestors for our safekeeping and are expected to pass further on to our descendants, and the leaders just happen to also have the same goal as the people.
That same logic also applies to infrastructure work. We are expected to pass China to our descendants in a better state than when we got it. Dujiangyan was built by our ancestors more than 2000 years ago and still furfills its function today and will continue to do so as long as each generation of Chinese continue to look after it. And so by the same token Chinese people alive today should aspire to build works that will benefit our descendants 2000 years from now.
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Actually, the arecibo telescope has suffered a huge accident. The 900t receiver platform has colapsed into the dish, causing huge damage. What a pity. I remember when i was a child, of seeing a picture of this telescope and becoming fascinated with it.