This used to be US

[Melvin]

Shanghai 1990 and 2010

[Zombie Steve]

Quite true...

[Byte Stryke]

just wow...
nice to see they are spending our money well

[Kraven251]

used to have a pic like that for Mumbai

[hatidua]

That's the result of outsourcing. -if you are where things are being sourced from now.

[bogie]

I see your point, but they hide the $hit-smeared rubble well. And how about this more accurate picture of Shanghai when the breeze isn't blowing... They destroy as well they prosper...

[KestrelBike]

I see your point, but they hide the $hit-smeared rubble well. And how about this more accurate picture of Shanghai when the breeze isn't blowing... They destroy as well they prosper...

I don't understand how they can pump that much smog/smoke into the air to make it like that. Is the city ringed by tire-burning factories??

[Clint45]

I don't understand how they can pump that much smog/smoke into the air to make it like that. Is the city ringed by tire-burning factories??

They have nothing like EPA, or OSHA for that matter, regulating pollutants.

[dwalker460]

They have nothing like EPA, or OSHA for that matter, regulating pollutants.

Not entirely true. They have regulations, and again, they are currently the world leader in clean air technology.

Look folks, I have been over there and done business with them. Do bribes happen? Hell yeah, same as they do everywhere else in the world. Only when ya get caught, its not a slap on the wrist.
Are they polluting? Sure, same as we are. Big difference is that instead of wasting thier tax dollars on bullshit like solar energy, electric cars that no one wants or even work, etc. they are spending those dollars on reconstruction, technological advances that actually work, etc.
Do they have issues? Oh yeah, big time. Would I want to live there? Not really I have an apartment there and my wifes family owns a couple more, but since I am a Southern Tennessee Hilljack I dont really fit in over there, although I have a good time when I visit.

[hatidua]

They destroy as well they prosper...

The Chinese are using up resources and creating pollution at a good clip to be sure, but the U.S. is the LAST nation on this planet that has the right to point a finger at them in that regard. We took the gold medal in that sport, they are just clamoring for second place.