“For a communist country, CH is doing a bad job in making sure power and money are equally spread.
I guess they are relying on the legendary survival instincts of the Chinese people. ”

In China, this is called “socialism at its earlier stage”. What you see from the economical side is the result of market economy. People need economical motivation in order to get developed as a whole. China need a phase of wealth accumulation at people’s level as well as national level after losing almost all of it to the West and wars.

Guess you are from a small European country with a kind of utopia thinking. You apparently still don’t know China yet. There are some similarity between China and US since both are big nation, but not a lot.

A lot of Europeans here in China actually see a lot of similarities between US and CH political bodies: overtly state controlled media, brainwashing citizens with blind nationalism and ideology power rhetorics brandishing all critical voices as state undermining, huge state driven discrepancies of rich vs. poor, struggles between local vs. national political instances, military power as the ultimate right to defend national interests,…

For a communist country, CH is doing a bad job in making sure power and money are equally spread.
I guess they are relying on the legendary survival instincts of the Chinese people.

I tried to find : “The Gate of Heavenly Peace”, but youtube has been blocked for three weeks already. Moreover, a google search had as consequence google is each time blocked for 5 minutes. How can I find it?

Too bad my blogspot is also blocked. I would like to refer my readers to your site and 东南西北.

Whoa!

But damn, I didn’t know I am such a moderate … lol … on another forum I frequent, I am decidedly perceived as a China defender.

Bob, what can I say… you’re amongst friends now.

Total after adjustment: 4 * 1.1 * 1.05 = 4.62

* I don’t know what the heck is “posting for money” accusation in the first adjustment category, but I guess it relates to the labels/names people have been calling me. Considering those labels/names are quite consistent, I pick the factor of 1.1.

But damn, I didn’t know I am such a moderate … lol … on another forum I frequent, I am decidedly perceived as a China defender.

Within the context of Buxi’s comment, I believe his phrase of “the Chinese perspective” is entirely reasonable. There wasn’t that many instances in which a significant majority of the Chinese population, in or outside of the country, was so strongly unified in the perspective and feeling of a particular subject. It is rather evident in the surprises expressed all over the western media regarding the overwhelming outpouring of support from Chinese of all walks of life in every part of the world for China and the torch in response to the ugliness in the streets of London and Paris as well as most of the vocal media outlets.

I think you’re making a mountain out of a molehill here. Maybe he should have written “the perspective of a Chinese”, but there is nothing wrong with identifying the perspective as having a Chinese character, which is what I think he meant.

Let me give you the Chinese perspective

Do you see the irony in this statement — at all? You seem to say this over and over, even on a post in which you are seemingly trying to highlight the vast array of opinion in China. So did all Chinese select you as their representative or what? Why don’t you just say, “Let me give you my perspective” instead of constantly presenting your perspective as if it speaks for all Chinese?

That said, I would like to say that one shouldn’t get too attached to a script, as it is but a font. Well, something more than a font, but at the root of it (if you examine the historical development of the characters) that is what it is. Still, the Traditional Script has an entrenched role, and it is the preferred font for ceremonial settings. That isn’t going the way of the dodo bird! That’s an elevation to a high status!

I don’t think you have to worry though. It’s fairly easy to learn to read both form. Where I live, Canada, many thing are written in simplified, and many are in Traditional. Most of my friends are able to read, some with greater difficulty, some were more comfortable. Also, the internet should be of help. I have many friends from Taiwan, who reads Traditional, but can read simplified if they must.