Capitalisation

As a frequent traveler to China I can’t help but notice as to how focused they are on stats.

They love counting stuff like how many bikes there are in Beijing. As a result they are pretty good at it.

Chan, my old Taiwanese mate who is a home grown philosopher, reckons that this habit is very old and developed over millennia of centralised imperial rule.

They needed this habit because they were controlling a very large country in the days before instant communications.

The communist picked the habit up and further accelerated it.

Lately I suspect it is starting to fade. Maybe it’s a good thing to monitor for the ‘capitalisation’ of China.