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Comment · 7 years ago
As an aside, Huawei poured a lot of funds in R&D, and those scientists and mathematicians they hired from Russia/France etc,. helped significantly to their breakthroughs.
Comment · 7 years ago
Same here, and some definitions named by people's names. I totally understand the need to attribute and respect people's work, but a more descriptive name is almost always easier to remember and talk about.
Comment · 7 years ago
China was a pure communist country before the reform.

To keep the name, they had to attach it to a different interpretation.

when it comes to respecting the authority,

「王侯將相,寧有種乎!」is a pretty common value to Chinese people. can be partially translated as "When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?--John Ball".

Comment · 7 years ago
Well, seems to be in accordance with the fact that the British never gave HK democracy.
Comment · 7 years ago
The guy was bashed by a lot of people on social media.

Class mobility will stagnate even more if English was not studied at public curriculum.

I would say everyone need at least trying another language to gain a different perspective, it does work. And it has net benefit for the mass to against propaganda, slanted media reports and xenophobia etc,.

Moreover, It seems we lose the ability to do something without completely understand that when we grow up, learning languages helps us sort of regain that kind of skill.

Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
> I highly doubt that one day this minority just decided to start attacking people randomly

you must know that that happened quite a few times in last ten years, like 2009, a lot of innocent people died.

Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Although China is a vibrant place it is still a developing country. not on par with stable developed countries. Speaking of guanxi, many new rich had gotten almost none but their tech talent.
Comment · 8 years ago
That strategy is not uncommon for big companies, think about Facebook, Microsoft.
Comment · 8 years ago
The reason that world has fewer full-fledged wars now is major powers have mutual assured destruction, US-leading doesn't come close as that.
Comment · 8 years ago
You must know Chiang never acknowledged Taiwan's independence instead he had been trying to get back mainland and maintain ROC. It's more complicated.
Comment · 8 years ago
Unlike U.S., Most good hospitals in China are public, but that doesn't change the fact that it's still expensive with the basic care if someone is in serious situation. More and more people are going towards buying some insurance nowadays.

Sometimes I wonder if universal healthcare works in big countries like U.S., China, India etc,.

Comment · 8 years ago
I have to say, most Chinese don't know this crap till today. So nobody would say this is a fully homegrown web browser.

It's more like someone wanna wash their cash..

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