Indian Origin Republican and prominent supporter Donald Trump Vivek Ramaswamy feels that the average Chinese student is “four years ahead” of an average American.
Responses to a viral contribution to the X -Social Media Platform (formerly Twitter), where users noted the speed and power of Chinese engineering, and lamented that the United States once controlled infrastructure space, and the millionaire accused education for the US.
Vivek Ramaswamy suggests repairing K-12 education in America
“75% of the 8 comparators in America are not proficient in mathematics and the average student in China is 4 years before the average US student. It is time to seriously repair K-12 education,” he wrote, quoting the post saying, “American used to be capable.”
China opens the highest bridge in the world
The discussion was jumped out of the viral post from Collin Rugg to X, where he noted that China had officially opened Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge – “The highest bridge in the world and completed the project in less than 4 years.”
Standed 2,050 feet above the river and covering 4,600 feet, cutting two hours drive for two minutes. According to RUGG, the bridge “has a restaurant above, an incredible 2600 ft above the river… The amusement park with glass Skywalk, a high -speed glass elevator and a waterfall from the edge of the bridge that visitors can jump”.
Netizens React: “A built Empire State building in 18 months…”
One user joined the choir that America used to be a leader in infrastructure, which stated: “The Empire State building was built in 18 months”.
Another added that bureaucracy prevented the development and added: “It is no longer possible, too expensive. Although money is not a problem, there are too many policies, endless debates, multilayer approval from all parties.”
One user also appreciated the Chinese for their timeliness and said, “This is absolutely beautiful and incredible. They built it in 4 years and in some places your local city takes until it repaires potholes.”
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