Chairman Mao's Underground City

[Batmaniac]

http://nmvsite.com/underground-city

 

In 1969, Chairman Mao commanded the construction of a second Beijing beneath the surface of the original city, designed to accommodate all six million of its then inhabitants so that if nuclear war did kick off, folk would still have somewhere to hang out and play Mah Jong while the rest of us burnt to death in a shower of atomic rain. War never came, but the city is still there.

 

So who wants to go wade through some of this slop next time you are in Beijing? ewwwww

[Batmaniac]

And here's a Youtube video. This must be the tourist entrance that has closed down. Looks cleaner.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF6Fh0P9y58

[GDBILL]

http://nmvsite.com/underground-city

 

In 1969, Chairman Mao commanded the construction of a second Beijing beneath the surface of the original city, designed to accommodate all six million of its then inhabitants so that if nuclear war did kick off, folk would still have somewhere to hang out and play Mah Jong while the rest of us burnt to death in a shower of atomic rain. War never came, but the city is still there.

 

So who wants to go wade through some of this slop next time you are in Beijing? ewwwww

 

At least Uncle Mao considered all the residents of Beijing. The nuclear bunkers in Washington are designed only for the president, his cabinet and a handful of congresscritters and buddies.

[Tony_onrock]

The construction is still on going, at least the collection of money for it. Under most city codes, B2 level underground is used for civil defense purposes. Developer has the right to use it, but title rests with the city. In cities where there is no need or no possible for build B2 civil defense area, the city collects a fee for it anyway.

[knloregon]

...and then there is the "Third Line.." Mao's massive exodus of China's manufacturing capacity to far western China in the 1950's/60's.... Specifically, Chengdu, and Chongqing. Worth noting that the fear of nuclear attack during this time ---- was from Stalin's Soviet Union ---- not the US ---- and on this point, Mao was probably not that paranoid.

 

What a long term---wasted opportunity--- for American statecraft that was ! And all because of our own paranoia/racism against China, and belief in the "domino theory" of international communism... Stupidly bringing us into Vietnam for one... and probably an unnecessary, and dangerous ICBM build up..

[shenzhen]

That is one whacky website without any point it seems other than being a sarcastic whack...

[rogerluli]

http://nmvsite.com/underground-city

 

In 1969, Chairman Mao commanded the construction of a second Beijing beneath the surface of the original city, designed to accommodate all six million of its then inhabitants so that if nuclear war did kick off, folk would still have somewhere to hang out and play Mah Jong while the rest of us burnt to death in a shower of atomic rain. War never came, but the city is still there.

 

So who wants to go wade through some of this slop next time you are in Beijing? ewwwww B)

 

At least Uncle Mao considered all the residents of Beijing. The nuclear bunkers in Washington are designed only for the president, his cabinet and a handful of congresscritters and buddies.

 

Funny one Bill... Is this the same Chairman Mao who didn't worry about losing a few hundred million Chinese in a nuclear war and is the greatest mass murderer in history...

 

The worst genocides of the 20th Century

 

Mao Ze-Dong (China, 1958-61 and 1966-69, Tibet 1949-50) 49-78,000,000

Jozef Stalin (USSR, 1932-39) 23,000,000 (the purges plus Ukraine's famine)

Adolf Hitler (Germany, 1939-1945) 12,000,000 (concentration camps and civilians WWII)

Leopold II of Belgium (Congo, 1886-1908) 8,000,000

Hideki Tojo (Japan, 1941-44) 5,000,000 (civilians in WWII)

Ismail Enver (Turkey, 1915-20) 1,200,000 Armenians (1915) + 350,000 Greek Pontians and 480,000 Anatolian Greeks (1916-22) + 500,000 Assyrians (1915-20)

Pol Pot (Cambodia, 1975-79) 1,700,000

Kim Il Sung (North Korea, 1948-94) 1.6 million (purges and concentration camps)

 

http://www.scaruffi....ics/dictat.html

[Guest Tony n Terrific]

In 1969 China and the Soviet Union was in a shooting war on the Ussuri River. Russia wanted the US to attack China and run along with the Russians a concurrent nuclear strike on China. The US said no way.

Mao got wind of this and he actually sought out the US for a Alley. This gace Nixon his chance to get 'China Back" . It also helped Russia go bankrupt by trying to keep up the arms race with the US and keeping millions of troops on the Manchurian border. The Geo-political chess game changed with this move.

 

http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/99/0927/ussuri.html

[knloregon]

Great article, Tony, most westerners didn't realize that from about the mid-50's on---there was no viable "domino theory" of international communism.

[Guest Tony n Terrific]

Eisenhower warned us to beware of the military-industrial complex in his Presidential farewell speech in 1961. Kennedy tried to prevent the Vietnam War from escalting by reducing the US commitment there. Anyone over 50 knows what happened in Dallas November 1963.

[Smitty]

That's seventy eight million, not seventy eight thousand!

[GDBILL]

That's seventy eight million, not seventy eight thousand!

 

True. Thank you for pointing that out.

[tsap seui]

That's seventy eight million, not seventy eight thousand!

 

True. Thank you for pointing that out.

 

That Smitty!!! Ya can't sneak nutthin' by him, and the man especially has a sharp eye for figures, I tells ya...why I bet he hasn't missed a siingle hour glass figure that walked past him in the past 20 years.

 

tsap seui

[Kyle]

Let's remember to exercise some cultural sensitivity when touching on potentially hot topics. Thanks!

[knloregon]

Looking at the numbers, hard for me to figure how they got 78 million dead under Mao---- the famines between 1958---61 account for a broad figure, liberally applied, of 30 million. Policy was horrible, but there were also drought conditions during those years. But where are the other 48 million?