What is the biggest irony of China?

Answer: Apologies in advance to any Chinese who may find this answer irritatin.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You What is the biggest irony of China? Chris Mackay, lived in Shanghai Updated Oct 28, 2019 Apologies in advance to any Chinese who may find this answer irritating or offensive. It's just my 'out of the box' perspective as a confused foreigner. I spend a lot of ti... Read More » Was it ever determined if Gus Grissom blew open the hatch on the Liberty 7 capsule or was it a malfunction? Keith Burton, lives in Philadelphia, PA Updated Mar 30 Yes. The Liberty Bell 7 capsule was recovered in 1999. The button to fire the hatch explosive bolts was a type that pushes in and then latches in-place. To save a tiny bit ... Read More » Who were the most feared individual warriors of pre-firearm warfare? Jean-Marie Valheur, political aficionado & former journalist Written Mar 12 In 1515, a rebellion began in the Germanic region of Frisia, against the Habsburg rule. The leader of this rebellion was a man by the name of Pier Gerlofs Donia. He was a s... Read More » What will China be like after 20 more years of Xi's dictatorship? Zhao Dashuai, lived in China Updated Jan 9 Westerners often view Chinese politics starting from 1949. they ignore the rest of the 5000 years of history, as if that was a different country. All that history gets ignor... Read More » Is America falling behind in education? Students in Asia are taking these extremely hard exams to go to these extremely competitive universities. What is setting apart American students and why are American universities the best in the world? Robin Daverman, Learning Updated Jan 24 Is America falling behind in education? Students in Asia are taking these extremely hard exams to go to these extremely competitive universities. What is setting apart Amer... Read More » What is bad about living in Thailand? Arkaneh Urairat, lived in Bangkok Updated Jun 6, 2019 What makes Thailand a terrible place to stay or live in? …..what a question! When The Tourism and Sports Ministry first launched the "Amazing Thailand slogan in 1998 I never... Read More » Why is China one of the few countries that remained consistently powerful since ancient times to present? Thomas Pauken II, B.A. from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (1999) Written Sep 22, 2020 BEIJING: Chinese civilization has endured for over 5,000 years in good times and bad. A few other countries can lay claim to similar feats, including the Israelis and Egyptians. ... Read More » If Chiang Kai-shek had defeated Mao, would the government and economy of China resemble Taiwan? Hua Liu Written Oct 24 Westerners don't understand China, and it can be seen from this. The main reason why Mao Zedong defeated Chiang Kai-shek was economic. In fact, before the outbreak of the Civ... Read More » Who are some actors that were replaced because they overestimated their importance? Aditya Simha (आदित्य सिम्हा), I have read lots about various actors and actresses Written Sat Do you remember Sharona on the television series, Monk? Sharona was played brilliantly by Bitty Schram, and was so fun to watch on the show. She suddenly disappeared from t... Read More » Why is it said that China is the oldest civilization in the world that has been found since the fifth century BC, and does not say that Yemeni civilization is the oldest civilization which started since the 10th century BC? Matt Riggsby, MA Archaeology, Boston University Written Jun 11, 2020 This conflates a lot of different inexact and incomplete positions. For example, there's a common claim in Chinese historiography that China has the oldest continuous civili... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/