China used to copy US. Now we (try to) copy them.

中国过去模仿美国。如今轮到我们模仿他们了。

Shenzhen, China went from copying the West to building the future. Fake Eiffel Tower, Huaqiangbei, drone food delivery and a luxury penthouse. They used to copy. Now we wish we could accomplish a fraction of what they have.

I travel the world to understand where capital is going. In Europe, the smartest opportunities I find are in Spain.

中国深圳，从照搬西方模式，走向开创未来。这里有仿造的埃菲尔铁塔、华强北，有无人机送餐服务，还有高端顶层豪宅。他们从前只会模仿。现在我们只求能做到他们成就的一小部分就很不错了。

我走遍全球，去探寻资本的流向。在欧洲，我发现最有潜力的机会在西班牙。

深圳从一个小渔村飞速变为中国的现代化大都市，这种爆炸式的增长堪称奇迹。深圳世界之窗在 1994 年建成，里面有缩小版埃菲尔铁塔等 130 处世界景观，早年是复刻世界地标，供没法出国的人参观。30 多年过去，角色发生转变，如今反倒有很多国家来学习深圳的发展模式。

深圳原本只是一个约 30 万人口的边境小镇，1980 年被划为中国首个经济特区，依靠外资、优惠政策快速崛起，诞生了 “深圳速度”，传说早期楼房三天就能建好一层。现在深圳常住人口接近 1800 万，规模远超迈阿密 - 戴德县，高楼数量是纽约的两倍，是全球首个拥有 200 多栋 200 米以上高楼的城市。

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SOSlife-xv9ty
China is not just the future… it’s the present, they’ve already surpassed the US in almost everything

中国不是等以后才会强大，它现在就已经很强，几乎在所有领域都超过美国了

 

MaxMagisterPlus
yet the Chinese still study and work in the US/Canada ... what means

但还是有不少中国人去美国、加拿大读书、工作，这该怎么解释？

H2O-720
@MaxMagisterPlus those who are not good enough to get into top university in China will come to US and study and work...thats why.

 很多是在中国国内考不上顶尖大学的，才去美国读书工作，就这么简单

 

MaxMagisterPlus
not good enough but somehow wealthy enough

这些人的成绩跟不上，家里倒是很有钱

H2O-720
@MaxMagisterPlus rich from parents, yes, there is a difference. And no, just because parents are wealthy, it does not mean children are guaranteed to do well academically. And no, not all Chinese abroad are wealthy. That is a very old stereotype.

钱都是父母给的。家境好，不代表孩子学习成绩就一定好。而且并不是所有出国的中国人都有钱。

JohnThomas-x7q
@MaxMagisterPlus That's not good enough. They must be both wealthy and better than their compatriots they left behind. Otherwise, the US will always be no. 2 or further behind. And the way I see it, that 's where the US is destined to be ...... further and further behind .... a consequence of their sense of supremacy, arrogance and lies ..... and their unGodliness

 光这样还不够。这些人得既有钱，能力又胜过留在国内的同胞才行。不然美国永远只能排在第二，甚至名次更低。在我看来，美国注定会走到这一步，差距越拉越大。这是因为美国总觉得自己高人一等、傲慢自大、满口谎言，背弃信仰。

 

Anil_Dikshit
There are also tons of Western foreigners who study in China

也有许许多多西方人来中国留学

 

christinalin5658
If you look at the trend, studying abroad has become far less popular and valued among Chinese students than it used to be. Another reason is that for those who struggled with China's college entrance exams, studying abroad is often viewed as an alternative or even an easier way to continue their education, since admission can frequently be secured through financial means.

从趋势上能看出来，现在中国学生不再像过去那样追捧出国留学这条路了。还有一点，对于高考很难考好的学生来说，留学是另一条出路，甚至是门槛更低的升学方式，很多时候花钱就能拿到录取资格。

 

ShiHoa-k4q
My dream is to Live in China

我的梦想是在中国生活

 

classicalmusic9683
The US has not the skill base or the regulatory framework to copy China.

美国既没有配套的技术基础，也没有合适的监管体系，根本学不来中国的模式。

 

willengel2458
the donor class and deep state determine the direction of empire goes, not the people. voters vote, and congress carries out what's best for the country is a pile of manure they foisted on us for decades.

真正决定这个国家走向的，是金主阶层和深层势力，不是普通民众。几十年来，他们一直哄骗我们，说选民投票、国会会为国家谋利，这全是假话。

 

bagasn1945
China is the place where paper, the compass and gunpowder were invented. China can advance because they develop their own technology

造纸术、指南针、火药都起源于中国。中国能不断进步，是因为坚持自主研发技术。

 

jimmyneutron9876
China invented money too

钱也是中国人发明的

JohnThomas-x7q
@jimmyneutron9876 China did not invent money. Money as a concept had been around for a long time. As an example, huge rocks were used in the South Pacific as money. However, China did invent the paper currency.

 钱并不是中国发明的。货币这个概念很早就出现了。举个例子，南太平洋地区曾经把巨石当作货币。不过纸币确实是中国发明的。

 

Asparas-d7t
They also invented printer

他们还发明了印刷术

 

MaxMagisterPlus
BS. they copied everyone as any smart people would. then they improved the model. now they are wng in most fields, as they've historically done
China has been the most relevant country in the world in 1750 of the last 2000 human years

不对。中华文明和所有其他文明一样，也会借鉴别人，之后再改良升级。现在他们在大部分领域都领先，历史上他们本来就是这样。过去两千年里，有1750年，中国都是全球举足轻重的国家。

bagasn1945
@MaxMagisterPlus China was a superpower in all centuries of humanity except the 19th and 20th Century.
Where both centuries were stolen by England and America .
And now we return to the original position.

 除了19、20世纪，在漫长历史里中国一直是强国。那两个世纪，中国的发展成果被英国和美国掠夺走了。如今中国正在重回原本的位置。

 

beammeup8458
I lived and worked in Hong Kong could see Eiffel tower .... i could walk across border...

我以前在中国香港生活工作，能看到（深圳的）埃菲尔铁塔仿造景观，还可以过境走动。

 

vincentloo7520
CYD Copy Your Dream. Don't copy blindly.

追随你的梦想，不要盲目照搬。

 

chickaboomboom2726
MY FORMER RESIDENTS I'M COMING BACK TO SHENZHEN GUANGZHOU & SHANGHAI NEXT YEAR.

我以前在这边住过，明年我要重回深圳、广州和上海。

 

tyoong719
The west also copied papermaking, the compass, gunpowder, and printing from China!

西方当年也从中国学走了造纸术、指南针、火药和印刷术！

 

joezhou8197
Before the China Qing Dynasty, more than half of all the inventions in the world were made in China. However, the backward ethnic group Manchu established the Qing Dynasty after Ming Dynasty and began to rule China, they prevented the promotion of education, prohibited technological development，which led to China’s lagging behind for two hundred years. Now the real China is back, the truth will be seen in the next few years. You may refer to Joseph Needham:《Science and Civilisation in China》, Robert Temple:《THE GENIUS OF CHINA》.
You can even see some evidence provided by Westerners in the BBC documentary: “Ming dynasty at that point was the greatest power on earth... They'd made the great inventions with which the west would later dominate the world.” This quote comes from “The Ming”, Episode 4 of the six-part documentary series The Story of China, co-produced by the BBC and PBS.

清朝之前，全世界一半以上的发明都出自中国。明朝之后，思想保守的满族建立清朝，不让普及教育、限制技术发展，让中国落后了两百年。现在中国在复兴，接下来几年大家就能看清事实。你可以参考李约瑟的《中国科学技术史》、罗伯特·坦普尔的《中国的天才》。

BBC纪录片里还有西方学者给出的佐证：“当时的明朝是世界上最强盛的国家，那些伟大发明，后来成了西方称霸世界的基础。”这段话出自BBC和PBS联合制作的六集纪录片《中国故事》第四集《明朝》。

 

thinkingaloud5379
Credit must be given to the chinese for transforming China from a poor backward country into a modern industrialised nation.

中国这个国家值得肯定，把贫穷落后的中国建设成现代化工业国家。

expatsinandorra
If you like it so much why don't you move there??

既然你这么看好中国，怎么不直接搬过去定居？

 

productivelyfocused6410
Now WE try to copy. banger . still people from other countries don't want to live there .

现在轮到我们学着抄中国了，说得真好。可还是有很多外国人不愿意去那边生活。

 

MaxMagisterPlus
it's truly remarkable what they have achieved

他们取得的成就，真的很了不起

 

aha-f9h4h
So what? Chinese don’t care whether people from other countries want to live there or not; unlike the US, China is not an immigrant country. It always has 1.4 billion people. Modern China is built by the Chinese for the Chinese people to live a better life, you got it?

那又怎么样？中国人不在乎外国人愿不愿意来定居。和美国不一样，中国不是移民国家，本来就有14亿人口。现代化的中国，是中国人建设出来，用来让中国人过上更好日子的，懂吗？

 

kimmeelee9758
If you know, you know...

懂的人自然懂

 

BeeRose in China:
I NEVER Expected This To Happen to Me in CHINA | From Tourist to FOREVER

博主BeeRose在中国：我从来没想过，我会在中国迎来这样的人生，从在中国旅行的游客变成永久定居中国的人