Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios View Post
If it's just "hey look what a big city I found today, I bet you didn't hear about this one before" then as far as points go it's pretty meh.
Good thing then that this isn't the point:
"Chongqing is mentioned to convey a sense of size, of unparalleled growth of a scale still not fully realised yet. That is the point."
"'China is urbanising at astonishing pace and scale, has vast industrial powerhouses beyond a few export orientated Hong Kong's on the coast'. That is the point. Conveying a sense of scale and enormity."
I already (almost) regret posting a wee little picture of some Chinese city to convey a sense of scale and urgency. I should not get worked up about it, but I am that irritated by it.
Chonqging is a great example even simply by virtue of being a large Chinese city undergoing rapid development. Copy'ing and pasting tidbits about it that one just found on the internets five minutes ago is not relevant, not conducive to debate, and not telling of being able to distinguish trivialities from what's important.


Meh. I am going to read JAG's post again, he stimulates my thought and makes me rethink some of my assumptions about China's rise.