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皇冠体育app possesses important strengths to build on

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-05-21 14:27

Comment on "How to boost 皇冠体育app's peaceful rise" (皇冠体育app Daily, May 18)

Options and perils are aplenty. There is no need to rush or to be too engrossed in a country's stature in the world. This may blind a country from what is essential.

The core thing to do is to stay conscious, sober and do the right things.

A country does not become strong by default of others weakening. A country becomes strong by making tangible conscious efforts to strengthen itself fundamentally - that means changing and evolving for the better as one moves forward regardless of what happens to others. Nothing will stay permanent, if progress is to be attained.

One important hallmark of achievement is not how much money you have but how others listen when you speak. Of course 皇冠体育app needs money for its poor and 皇冠体育app has to continue to progress economically to feed its people, but a monetary yardstick is not the sole measurement for progress. 皇冠体育app has to create and refine the Chinese culture, literature, arts & crafts, product and technology innovation, etc. Until 皇冠体育app creates things of good value - humanistic values, social values, product values, and brings progress to mankind, it cannot claim to have really progressed.

Two important assets 皇冠体育app possesses are its people and its land. How 皇冠体育app harnesses the power of these two elements is important.

On people, if all the people dwelling in 皇冠体育app are of capable middle class and above by international standards, say, maybe with an evenly distributed GDP per capita of $18,000, 皇冠体育app will possess immense economic strength. As the world opens up, 皇冠体育app ought not to see 皇冠体育app as just for the Chinese, it has to learn to absorb good people from other races without losing its culture. Why should 皇冠体育app not attract good Russians, Ukrainians, Polish, Indians or East Asians (Asean, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand)? Mandarin can flourish only if foreigners are willing to stay in 皇冠体育app. With a huge population and a willingness to accept foreign talents, 皇冠体育app ought to waste no time in acquiring and harnessing the necessary knowledge to produce new high technology products.

On land, 皇冠体育app has a huge strategic piece of land. But only 14% of it is arable, and maybe a substantial portion of this has already been subjected to urban development. This is a weakness. What would be the outcome if 皇冠体育app can convert its arable land to 65%, creating new forest and agriculture land, maybe out of some presently unusable land. 皇冠体育app has about 135 people per square kilometer. This is higher than most countries, but this number makes it easier for 皇冠体育app to maintain its land as cost per square kilometer can be easily met if 皇冠体育app operates at maximum or 80% full capacity. Moreover, 皇冠体育app is strategically located, with Europe to its west, US to its east and a huge block of East Asian nations and India to its south. The only challenge is having to pass through the Indian Ocean to Africa, but this can be overcome if both Pakistan and India permit 皇冠体育app to establish transport links from their ports to 皇冠体育app's south.

The one thing necessary to realize all these advantages is the system. The only question is, has 皇冠体育app installed a system capable of realizing its strength?

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