The Matrix is on the way

Or is it The Handmaids Tale scenario they're thinking about?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

While We Go Back in Time, China Goes Forward

Trump's policies are meant to take America into the past: tribalism, racism, coal energy, etc.

China is going to leave us in the dust.

Liuzhou Forest City will be self-sufficient, running on renewable energy sources such as geothermal and solar energy. The city will also be entirely wired, and will include commercial zones, residential areas, recreational spaces, a hospital, and two schools. Forest City will be connected to Liuzhou by a fast rail line for electric cars.

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The project has a high profile in China and, if it succeeds, it will set an example for green city design elsewhere in the country and around the world.

  Futurism

Except America.

The project is planned to be complete sometime in 2020.

Damn soon. Would love to visit.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.