The Country Which Has Had The Most Impact on The Modern World

[PanzerJaeger]

@PJ: Sure, but in turn they come with their own unique set of issues that don't point at "too much of a good thing" but "too little of another good thing". If you take Japan as an example of a country which was largely driven to success in much the same way, it morphed into a country which is almost addicted as a society to escapism and it breeds very nasty social issues. South Korea has very tough problems related to a persistent corruption and the extent to which government and a couple of powerful families/concerns are intertwined, also in the way how the less fortunate South Koreans are treated ...

I am certainly not suggesting that the Asian nations are flawless. Indeed, each comes with its own unique set of issues. However, as a whole, the region is comparatively better positioned for growth and advancement than the West at this point in history.

Those cities and chinese products have a habit of falling apart or exploding.

That is nothing compared to some of the shoddy construction and poor products one could find in cities like New York, Chicago, and St. Louis near the turn of the 20th century and even in rapidly industrializing Britain a bit earlier.

Too much to respond to but this is basically right. Chinese progress is built on an unsustainable bubble, particularly in regards to their housing market. Really, who builds cities where no one lives?

Ever heard of ghost towns?