I’ve been off-topic since the Olympics ended, so I guess it’s time to bring China back into this blog. But what should I write about? There’s just so much!
The Financial Crisis and China’s Bailout Plan
I’m not a big fan of the government jumping in and ’spending’ a country out of a recession. I mean the government is inefficient and though the CCP gets things done faster than the American Congress, they’re also a little corrupt so who knows how many pockets will be lined when this bailout plan is implemented. However, with that said, China’s economic growth has long neglected the western half, so maybe it’s necessary for the government to step in, build infrastructure, and ’spread the wealth around’. I mean 16% of China’s GDP is a lot of money… it can’t all be wasted on government official banquets and tacky landmarks, right?
So Gong Li changed her nationality to Singaporean. I remember during the Olympics, the ethnic Chinese Singapore ping pong team got some praise because they were ’second tier’ players exporting Chinese culture to the outside world. So why are they hating on Gong Li? I mean she’s been making pretty shitty movies since ‘To Live’ came out so it’s not like they’re ‘losing’ somebody awesome like Yao Ming. Jeez, they’re not even losing her. It’s not like she’s changing her ethnicity to Japanese or something…
A bunch of people are being moved out of their houses because the government is building something shinier on top the land so people decided that they don’t like that and they got a bunch of people to join them to protest and a lot of people came to watch and the police came and then there was yelling and shouting and possibly some singing and then after it was over the local government said that the incident was caused by a few trouble makers because 99% of the residents love them. Yay.
Chinese Girls Get Beat up and Videotaped While Walking Around Naked
There has been a few posts on the internet with schoolgirls getting beat up and humiliated by other schoolgirls. This is pretty rare in the US, not because it doesn’t happen, but because it’s usually not put up on the internet since they’re afraid of getting identified and charged for sexual assault. These schoolkids are too naive and for some reason put it out there and now they’re all getting arrested and stuff. If only they listened to their parents and retained the Cultural Revolution mentality… though I guess it’s better that they didn’t since now they’ll get caught and will get punished for not playing nicely.
Eh… writing about the news is kind of boring. I’ll think of something more interesting to write next time.
I do not find politics boring at all. There are people who work to make politics boring so that the general public will not pay attention. You can hide millions in stolen money in dense layer of prose that no can read all the way through. A typical bill can be over a thousand pages. Do you really thing the average congressman has the time or the capability to read through and understand the entire bill. then consider the number of reports that come over their desks and you can see the nature of the problem.
As for China considering Gong Li a traitor, that just seems foolish. She is a natural ambassador for China wherever she goes. Did China condemn Jet Li when he became an American citizen? If Chinese officials did I missed it. When an American family adopts a little Chinese baby, that family becomes an ally and supporter of China and Chinese officials are well aware of that.
As for the financial crisis in China, I am afraid it may get much worse. I believe that a lot of figures have been fudged and the the truth will start coming out now. I do hope I am wrong on that.
Good luck in the coming year.