Obligatory xkcd https://xkcd.com/977/
Africa Dwarfs China, Europe and the U.S
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Re: Africa Dwarfs China, Europe and the U.S
#12This has come up before on hn, but I always find it interesting how hard China is pushing into Africa economically: http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/2163955... http://thediplomat.com/2015/01/china-embracing-africa-but-no... http://qz.com/217597/how-a-million-chinese-migrants-are-buil... (that third article is probably the most interesting)
They don't have the baggage of all the atrocities of the past, they aren't overtly racist on principle, and they have no qualms taking advantage or the situation and participating in the corruption and exploitation. How is that surprising?
While all you say is true, don't forget that by doing this China is slowly building itself a reputation for UN votes. A major goal is to enter the permanent council and/or preventing Japan from having one.
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#13Blog spam (sorta). Original source: http://kai.sub.blue/en/africa.html
While we’re talking about map projections, I’ve long been partial to Cahill’s octahedral maps. Gene Keyes has some derivatives and a comprehensive website about the subject. http://www.genekeyes.com/B.J.S._CAHILL_RESOURCE.html
I’ve recently been trying to make some better Cahill spinoffs of my own. Here’s a conformal version: http://i.imgur.com/RhZL1FN.jpg
Re: Africa Dwarfs China, Europe and the U.S
#14Blog spam (sorta). Original source: http://kai.sub.blue/en/africa.html
Thanks for the link. But I don't know that I would call Scientific American a blog. Personally I think SciAm's version of the graphic gets the point across better, since it shows the curvature.
Re: Africa Dwarfs China, Europe and the U.S
#15I didn't read the article but the first thing that jumped into my head is why are they comparing the size of a continent to sizes of countries?
People seem to compare the US with Europe all the time.
Edit: My favourite being an, apparently serious, assertion by an HN user than Europe would fit in Texas... :-)
Re: Africa Dwarfs China, Europe and the U.S
#16I didn't read the article but the first thing that jumped into my head is why are they comparing the size of a continent to sizes of countries?
Because most people have no idea that Africa is as large as it is due to the way we represent our planet's maps and globes.
Seriously have this conversation several times a year. People really think Greenland is almost as large as Africa. I than state that we can fit these countries into the area of Africa and people are shocked.
BTW US is the third largest geographical country in the world.
Re: Africa Dwarfs China, Europe and the U.S
#17I wonder why they don't compare it to Russia? :)
Re: Africa Dwarfs China, Europe and the U.S
#18Obligatory xkcd https://xkcd.com/977/
This might be the best xkcd in terms of informational and being funny at the same time.
Re: Africa Dwarfs China, Europe and the U.S
#19I wonder why they don't compare it to Russia? :)
Africa doesn't dwarf Russia necessarily, depending on the definition, but it's size is still almost twice as big as Russias.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
They don't have the baggage of all the atrocities of the past, they aren't overtly racist on principle, and they have no qualms taking advantage or the situation and participating in the corruption and exploitation. How is that surprising?
While all you say is true, don't forget that by doing this China is slowly building itself a reputation for UN votes. A major goal is to enter the permanent council and/or preventing Japan from having one.
China is already a member of the permanent council.