In the eyes of the world, are China, the United States and Russia the real big powers? What is the difference between other countries?

[Beijingwalker]

Yes, this skyline is an example of US help..which is underestimated by PDF members

Why do you say you help them build those tall buildings? US sucks at building infrastructure.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Why do you say you help them build those tall buildings? US sucks at building infrastructure.

LOL! Your pathetic population of "engineers" were mostly in the fields in sandals or bare feet behind an oxen team while those buildings in São Paulo were going up.

São Paulo 1930s (Sorry no Chinese engineers in sight..no matter what Chinese members here think) BTW notice they have cars and are not using horses.

Meanwhile..

China 1930s

Don't think for one second Chinese engineers were doing anything other than watching in amazement as skyscrapers went up.

 

[Beijingwalker]

LOL! Your pathetic population of "engineers" were mostly in the fields in sandals or bare feet behind an oxen team while those buildings in São Paulo were going up.

São Paulo 1930s (Sorry no Chinese engineers in sight..no matter what Chinese members here think) BTW notice they have cars and are not using horses.

Meanwhile..

China 1930s

Don't think for one second Chinese engineers were doing anything other than watching in amazement as skyscrapers went up.

This is why I say you always live in the past, when our ancestors created sophisticated civilisations, your ancestors still lived in trees.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

This is why I say you always live in the past, when our ancestors created sophisticated civilisations, your ancestors still lived in trees.

Dude you are the one making the ignorant Brazil/Sao Paulo reply not me.
Don't get offended if Sao Paulo's building history has nothing to do with "Chinese engineering".

You know much of the world was modernized way way way before China....and it wasn't by Aliens or Chinese engineers...

 

[Beijingwalker]

Dude you are the one making the ignorant Brazil/Sao Paulo reply not me.
Don't get offended if Sao Paulo's building history has nothing to do with "Chinese engineering".

You know much of the world was modernized way way way before China....

So the city was built by you? and after 1930s the city just stands still never develops again? are you for real?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

US gave free aid and global leadership for decades.

So the city was built by you? and after 1930s the city just stands still never develops again? are you for real?

So you think it was more likely built or financed by China? Are you for real?

US sucks at building infrastructure.

Most of the top tallest buildings in China were designed by US architectural firms...not Chinese. As usual some Westerner has to hold your hand first because you completely fear making a mistake and "losing face".

Here are 9 of the tallest buildings in China

1. Shanghai Tower, Shanghai: Designed by Gensler, an American architecture, design, and planning firm.
   
   
2. Ping An Finance Centre, Shenzhen: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), a prominent American architectural firm.
   
   
3. CTF Finance Centre, Guangzhou: Also designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).
   
   
4. Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, Tianjin: Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), another leading American architectural firm.
   
   
5. China Zun (CITIC Tower), Beijing: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) in collaboration with TFP Farrells.
   
   
6. Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).
7. International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).
8. Guangzhou International Finance Center, Guangzhou: Designed by WilkinsonEyre, a British firm, in collaboration with Arup.
9. Suzhou IFS, Suzhou: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).

 

[Wood]

Most people only think of US and China as big powers. EU would be in the same league if it was a real country instead of whatever it is right now

 

[BHAN85]

Russia is past world power.
USA is current world power.
China is future world power.

 

[Beijingwalker]

So you think it was more likely built or financed by China? Are you for real?



Most of the top tallest buildings in China were designed by US architectural firms...not Chinese. As usual some Westerner has to hold your hand first because you completely fear making a mistake and "losing face".

Here are 9 of the tallest buildings in China

1. Shanghai Tower, Shanghai: Designed by Gensler, an American architecture, design, and planning firm.
   
   
2. Ping An Finance Centre, Shenzhen: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), a prominent American architectural firm.
   
   
3. CTF Finance Centre, Guangzhou: Also designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).
   
   
4. Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, Tianjin: Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), another leading American architectural firm.
   
   
5. China Zun (CITIC Tower), Beijing: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) in collaboration with TFP Farrells.
   
   
6. Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).
7. International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).
8. Guangzhou International Finance Center, Guangzhou: Designed by WilkinsonEyre, a British firm, in collaboration with Arup.
9. Suzhou IFS, Suzhou: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).

When did I say it was built by China? it was you who credited yourself for it.

 

[Beijingwalker]

of the top tallest buildings in China were designed by US architectural firms...not Chinese. As usual some Westerner has to hold your hand first because you completely fear making a mistake and "losing face".

Here are 9 of the tallest buildings in China

1. Shanghai Tower, Shanghai: Designed by Gensler, an American architecture, design, and planning firm.
   
   
2. Ping An Finance Centre, Shenzhen: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), a prominent American architectural firm.
   
   
3. CTF Finance Centre, Guangzhou: Also designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).
   
   
4. Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, Tianjin: Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), another leading American architectural firm.
   
   
5. China Zun (CITIC Tower), Beijing: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) in collaboration with TFP Farrells.
   
   
6. Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).
7. International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).
8. Guangzhou International Finance Center, Guangzhou: Designed by WilkinsonEyre, a British firm, in collaboration with Arup.
9. Suzhou IFS, Suzhou: Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF).

Many designed by foreign firms, not only Americans. China is like a boss hiring them to work. why they don't work for US to update your pathetic infrastructure?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Many designed by foreign firms, not only Americans. China is like a boss hiring them to work. why they don't work for US to update your pathetic infrastructure?

Face the facts...China didn't possess the brainpower to figure out how to engineer such skyscrapers on its own. Always the Westerner to your rescue in times of need.

Just think when little children point at such buildings dotting various Chinese skylines for the next few decades and marvel at such achievement little will they know there were

minds behind their designs. BTW this building above was also by an American architectural firm...no shocker.



Hey let's take a look at superpower Russia

now

8 times

Well..well..well..it looks like the US to the rescue yet again...

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

This is the real power the US wields...something never ever seen in the history of mankind. We literally are almost dictating the entire lifestyle direction of the planet.

 

[Menthol]

The biggest different between USA and China...

USA is the new superpower.

For the first time in their life, they enjoyed becoming the world's greatest country.

While China is an ancient superpower.

Who has experienced 2200 years of up and down.


It can be seen in the government structure, society, and behavior between USA and China.

China is far more mature compared with USA.

USA is still fighting between capitalism vs socialism, while China is already fixing it to create harmony between them.

USA lets the elites to overpower the government, while China is already fixing it too, by creating harmony between the elites and the poor. China knows the danger of the elites to overpower the government, if it happened, it won't be fair to the poor and one day it will become a huge problem (even an empire can be taken down by the power of the poor).

And many, many more.

 

[xiao]

嘿，让我们来看看超级大国俄罗斯 现在

Let's look at the current situation in the United States, where the total US debt is 34 trillion US dollars, and the 7.5 trillion US dollars that will be repaid recently. The 08 financial crisis had China's help, and now what? The world's major powers are de-dollarized, Saudi oil can be used in yuan, Chinese goods can be used in yuan, Russian energy can be used in rubles, and now, most of the world's essential resources do not need to be settled in dollars, so is there still a need to create dollars? What's more, the U.S. sanctions against Russia have made the world no longer trust the dollar, and the U.S. military, which now complements the U.S. dollar, is now even more waste, and the merchant ships of the U.S. and its allies were blown up by the Houthis, see what the U.S. military did? Don't dare to do anything! Don't take other countries, let's compare the United States 20 years ago with the United States now, 20 years ago 911 The United States could go directly to Afghanistan, and now? The Houthis hit the merchant ships of him and his allies in the face of the US military, what did the US military do? US military bases in the Middle East were attacked, see what they say? Concussion? , what did the United States say after its ally Israel was struck by Iran? Ask Iran to let Israel strike? Just a few FPVs?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The world's major powers are de-dollarized,

You mean both their currencies are finally not considered complete sh*t to each other and they are willing for the first time in 75 years to actually use one of their own for trade instead of using a third party's currency like the US dollar or Euro?

Why this shows unbelievable power!