People voting to voluntarilty pay 16 cents per ride so they're not a burden on the young?
Even more impressive, it's specifically done to not burden the largely working-class residents.
“As most of the residents here are working-class, there is pressure on them to bear this cost,”
And look at their level of democracy:
According to a local regulation, Hangzhou housing communities can install elevators if a vote among at least two-thirds of all residents yields 75% approval or higher. In Biguiyuan, over 80% of the residents signed a petition to add elevators to their buildings.
best way to defuse the current geopolitical tension is to write a single giant expose detailing the levels of corruption involved in the american and chinese housing markets.
world peace will be achieved after zillenials on both sides of the pond read the article and collectively rise up and murder their respective property developers and bankers in the single largest wealth transfer since the beginning of civilization.
A resident uses her face to pay for a ride in a “public transit elevator” in Hangzhou, May 17, 2021. From @钱江晚报 on Weibo
Pure dystopian capitalism :ancap-good:
If I were being charitable I'd say it might be coming some day, but I'm afraid that they're already so far down the liberalization rabbit hole that they're more likely to do what the USSR did and just flop after a good but too short run :sicko-no:
But don't worry, Latin America is working on picking up the slack :sicko-yes:
Yes, but China is actively undergoing liberalization, while (admittedly, some, not all) Latin American nations are actively trending socialist at an aggressive pace. It's more about where they're headed than where they're at.
It was an attempt to discredit the source because the news makes China look bad.
China's building codes say any building of eight or more floors requires an elevator. So, naturally, developers built forests of 7 story buildings. No elevators required. The apartments on the upper floors are cheaper.
These buildings are six floors, and I guess they have a lot of elderly residents. So, someone came up with an innovative idea about how to get some elevators in there. I like it, personally. They even used Chinese democracy to make it happen, by mobilizing the residents and voting for the change.
starting from wikipedia all the sources about Sixth tone are just american.. it's just a neat little circle so definitely could be an op unless someone here from China could confirm
From 'about us', they mention they started in 2016 too. Yeah super sus for me. Mostly anti china stories written by Americans? OP wanna say anything? You've posted a bunch from them.
Only that I've not read a single anti-China story from them?
Also, on the Wikipedia page listed, it literally says the following:
Sixth Tone is an online magazine owned by the Shanghai United Media Group, a state media company controlled by the Shanghai committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is published in English from China, and its readership is intended for people in Western countries.
So like, unless you're arguing that the CIA is funding CCP...
maybe China is an op. not even the nation, but the geographical territory itself
Dengists face the reality that China isn’t a hecking wholesome 100 communist paradise challenge 2021
