So you think China should spend nothing on space until the average quality of life is up to western standards?
BiscottiGelato 發表於 2010-10-4 13:20 
Not up to western standards, but most certainly something better than what the poor rural people currently have. When you still have tofu buildings and human-caused major environmental disasters (mud slide in Western China due to shoddy safety measures), why would you want to blow millions and billions into aerospace tech?
When Japan and New Zealand have 7.x Richter scale earthquakes, hardly anyone died. Now try that in China and see what kind of casualty numbers you'll see!
However the socialistic policies in general as fronted recently in the US, can you say all of them were for the greater good for the country? I'd willing be the devil's advocate that more of them than otherwise were meant to win votes from the peasants, rather than meant for the greater long term goods of the country.
BiscottiGelato 發表於 2010-10-4 13:25 
I would not object to the belief that the Obama government was doing healthcare reform with the intention of using it to keep themselves in office. However, the important thing is not their original intention, but rather the results. At the end of the day when the healthcare reforms have been implemented, the general public are the ones to reap the benefits. That is the important thing.
Now tell me, what does the general public in China gain by having the Chinese government pursue in aerospace R&D? They get to watch the non-real time launch and landing on tv, and then they get to cheer 中國加油 for a while, after which they return to their normal, everyday harsh lives. So tell me, what benefits does aerospace R&D brings to the general public when they are still living in poverty?
-Lik
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