Fool’s Mountain: Blogging for China愚人节山：博客中国的

Many of the headlines have focused on许多头条新闻，侧重于 Denmark being ranked the happiest country in the world丹麦排名最快乐的国家在世界上 after a US funded global survey was released at the beginning of this week.之后，美国资助的全球性调查发表在本星期初。 So where are the Chinese people ranked?那么，是中国人民的排名？ And what about the two countries often used for comparison/contrast with China (ie Russia and India)?和什么有关两个国家常常被用于比较/对比与中国（即俄罗斯和印度） ？

Rank, Score, Country/Region职级，评分，国家/地区
48, +1.83, Taiwan 48 ， 1.83 ，台湾
54, +1.64, mainland China 54 ， 1.64 ，中国大陆
63, +1.16, Hongkong 63 ， 1.16 ，香港
69, +0.85, India 69 ， 0.85 ，印度
89, -1.01, Russia 89 ， -1.01 ，俄罗斯

Note: a negative value means a majority of the population being unhappy.注： 1负价值是指占人口绝大多数的被不满。 And remember, these are just statistics…请记住，这些只是统计…

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When we started this blog less than a month ago, our intention was to convey an image of China recognized by ordinary Chinese people.当我们开始此博客不到一个月前，我们的意图是传达一个中国形象承认中国的老百姓。 We felt it was not the often rosy picture painted by the Chinese government, nor was it the habitually one dimensional portrait depicted in the western media.我们认为这是不乐观的，往往描绘由中国政府，也不是它惯常的一维的肖像描绘于西方媒体。
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