Fool’s Mountain: Blogging for China愚人節山：博客中國的

Many of the headlines have focused on許多頭條新聞，側重於 Denmark being ranked the happiest country in the world丹麥排名最快樂的國家在世界上 after a US funded global survey was released at the beginning of this week.之後，美國資助的全球性調查發表在本星期初。 So where are the Chinese people ranked?那麼，是中國人民的排名？ And what about the two countries often used for comparison/contrast with China (ie Russia and India)?和什麼有關兩個國家常常被用於比較/對比與中國（即俄羅斯和印度） ？

Rank, Score, Country/Region職級，評分，國家/地區
48, +1.83, Taiwan 48 ， 1.83 ，台灣
54, +1.64, mainland China 54 ， 1.64 ，中國大陸
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 ，俄羅斯

Note: a negative value means a majority of the population being unhappy.注： 1負價值是指佔人口絕大多數的被不滿。 And remember, these are just statistics…請記住，這些只是統計…

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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.當我們開始此博客不到一個月前，我們的意圖是傳達一個中國形象承認中國的老百姓。 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.我們認為這是不樂觀的，往往描繪由中國政府，也不是它慣常的一維的肖像描繪於西方媒體。
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