We are a worthless species wrote:
China basically has health care for all of its citizens though.
USA ….
This is the dumbest post I have ever seen.
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Yes, Singapore is a country of 6M people, but it's basically just a huge city.
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tob1909 wrote:
On a related side note, the road national record in Singapore a country of 6m people is only 14:44 for 5k and 4:19 for a mile. Although that's more explainable by being hot all year round.
I think it's mostly genetic and China doesn't see medal hopes in athletics so likely doesn't fund them as well. People mention Japan but Japan hasn't been a thing in running for decades since the E Africa rise. The best Japanese 5k runner is 51st on the 5k world rankings for example. They have their own internal running culture but they're not internationally competitive.
Japan is internationally competitive at the marathon. They are right there with the few Americans and Europeans getting crushed by drugged up East Africans. With proper testing, they would be competitive.
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China: We seek to become the world’s economic leader by 2035. Behold our advances in quantum computing! Ride our 500 kph maglev trains! Marvel at our clean and modern cities! My children are getting advanced degrees in science at no charge! We are shaping the future!
USA: I gots real low taxes and there are a half dozen high school boys that can break four minutes for the mile! Also, we made it illegal for boys to race girls and imma get me a job in a factory that might get built in 10 years! Gotta get to Publix and use my SNAP card before the gumming shuts it off. Also meeting a guy to buy my car on account of I owe the hospital money ‘cause my wife has cancer and Medicaid got cut. But, I gots freedom and cheap fireworks! USA all the way, baby!!!
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wowwz wrote:
If the US had that popluation, we'd have like 500 sub 4s a year.
Without the collegiate system US would have no sports starts at all.
Without government funding for low paying sports, like Athletics, swimming etc you'd see very few people at the Olympics.
Governments will also only fund events they think they can gain medals from
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wowwz wrote:
If the US had that popluation, we'd have like 500 sub 4s a year.
I think they are to busy building stuff for the American consumer.
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I second this. I am the only non-collegiate runner in my generation (Chinese American, 10 cousins).
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Seb Coe.. wrote:
China is terrible at sports. 1.4 billion people and they are infatuated with Basketball yet they have produced literally one basketball player of note in their entire history (Yao Ming).
It's true, they are obsessed with basketball. Mao made every soldier learn to shoot free throws. I was at the 2008 Games in Beijing, and their fandom for basketball was ecstatic, even though they performed a lot better in other sports. Surprising they haven't produced a few more NBA greats.
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National Priorities wrote:
China: We seek to become the world’s economic leader by 2035. Behold our advances in quantum computing! Ride our 500 kph maglev trains! Marvel at our clean and modern cities! My children are getting advanced degrees in science at no charge! We are shaping the future!
USA: I gots real low taxes and there are a half dozen high school boys that can break four minutes for the mile! Also, we made it illegal for boys to race girls and imma get me a job in a factory that might get built in 10 years! Gotta get to Publix and use my SNAP card before the gumming shuts it off. Also meeting a guy to buy my car on account of I owe the hospital money ‘cause my wife has cancer and Medicaid got cut. But, I gots freedom and cheap fireworks! USA all the way, baby!!!
Sure, but there are few places and times you'd rather live in history than in the US right now. And say what you want about our building, but still no other country compares in terms of entrepreneurial culture and financial support for smart risk taking. That's why the US hosts the creation of individual companies that by themselves are worth more than all of the publicly traded companies of many developed countries combined.
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Yes China has 1.4 billion people with a 7% of obesity rate. You americans are 350 millions with a 43% of obesity rate.
You are good at cyber bullying chinese people for not being great runners (they are not culturally keen on track running) but ordinary chinese people do more physical activities than many of you. Their children do physical activity since they are 6 y.o, while yours grow up watching TV and eating at McDonald.
China is a more developed country than USA, cleaner and more advanced in technology.
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China ain't clean
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Wezzy Wesbourne wrote:
They had those women in the 90s that most people would assume were doping. Why didn't they have the same program with men?
Androgenic steroids have a SIGNIFICANTLY stronger effect on women than men
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The USA is no longer a serious country. It chases quarterly profits, entertainment, and has no real desire to help the middle class.
China is ascending and is pursuing a long game strategy to become #1 within a generation. They are creating a middle class for productivity and prosperity.
When you step back and take an honest look, both nations have an entrenched ruling class based on business and family connections. Those with the right connections get wealth and power, everyone else has to scrape out an existence with little help. One lets you pretend that you can become an oligarch someday if you work hard, the other gives the masses some nice things so that life is more bearable. Essentially, the USA and China are the same. One population foolishly believes itself to be free while the other strives to fly under the radar. Both love propaganda and slurp the pablum up like good little drones.
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whathewhat wrote:
China ain't clean
China actually has a plan to decrease emissions, has already implemented it, and has already seen results with emissions down 1 percent.
arstechnica wrote:
China has been installing renewable energy at a spectacular rate and now has more renewable capacity than the next 13 countries combined, and four times that of its closest competitor, the US. Yet, so far at least, that hasn't been enough to offset the rise of fossil fuel use in that country. But a new analysis by the NGO Carbon Brief suggests things may be changing, as China's emissions have now dropped over the past year, showing a 1 percent decline compared to the previous March. The decline is largely being led by the power sector, where growth in renewables has surged above rising demand.73 -
renowned metric proponent wrote:
Guessing they dont race the mile. Who even uses miles anymore, basically us and uk.
They don't race the mile, but the pro circuit does. If they had world class 1500m runners, they would have sub 4 milers. Apparently Chinese are just really bad at that distance?
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whathewhat wrote:
China ain't clean
China ain't clean but the US has more emissions per capita. So the US is factual dirtier.
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It’s cultural. I visited Beijing for a few weeks and saw maybe two people running the entire time. If it gained popularity you would obviously see huge performance jumps.
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Same Except for Name wrote:
The USA is no longer a serious country. It chases quarterly profits, entertainment, and has no real desire to help the middle class.
China is ascending and is pursuing a long game strategy to become #1 within a generation. They are creating a middle class for productivity and prosperity.
When you step back and take an honest look, both nations have an entrenched ruling class based on business and family connections. Those with the right connections get wealth and power, everyone else has to scrape out an existence with little help. One lets you pretend that you can become an oligarch someday if you work hard, the other gives the masses some nice things so that life is more bearable. Essentially, the USA and China are the same. One population foolishly believes itself to be free while the other strives to fly under the radar. Both love propaganda and slurp the pablum up like good little drones.
My 1st biz trip to China was 2004.
Shanghai to Ningbo in the old trains took half a day! By 2010 bullet train took about 1.5 hr.
But what was impressive was there is a bullet train leaving every 15- 20 minutes !!!!
Today there are 180 bullet trains going from Shanghai to Changzhou 165km from 6am to 11pm !!!!!
USA #1....what a load of BS Trumptards
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National Priorities wrote:
China: We seek to become the world’s economic leader by 2035. Behold our advances in quantum computing! Ride our 500 kph maglev trains! Marvel at our clean and modern cities! My children are getting advanced degrees in science at no charge! We are shaping the future!
USA: I gots real low taxes and there are a half dozen high school boys that can break four minutes for the mile! Also, we made it illegal for boys to race girls and imma get me a job in a factory that might get built in 10 years! Gotta get to Publix and use my SNAP card before the gumming shuts it off. Also meeting a guy to buy my car on account of I owe the hospital money ‘cause my wife has cancer and Medicaid got cut. But, I gots freedom and cheap fireworks! USA all the way, baby!!!
Yet you live in the USA
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