tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051404717855702512.post4370185818333902073..comments2024-01-16T05:50:17.906-05:00Comments on The Best Blog In The Universe. Forever Vigilant For Confirmed Liars.: Chinabogofreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12426734836015773086noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051404717855702512.post-31984129666325291742011-11-20T18:08:17.515-05:002011-11-20T18:08:17.515-05:00They are still a repressive communist government. ...They are still a repressive communist government. What I look for is change. How were they 50 years ago and maybe ten years ago? Has there been significant change? IMO certainly so. <br /><br />There was also a strike at a Shanghai factory for a sudden closure of a plant that was highly profitable (reported in China Daily). The strikers were being joined by sympathizers. <br /><br />Still a bundle of animosity towards the Japanese. I spoke to one of our guides about "The Rape Of Nanjing" and he was really shocked that I knew about it. Burns deep.bogofreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12426734836015773086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051404717855702512.post-43734632807652783362011-11-20T11:35:58.210-05:002011-11-20T11:35:58.210-05:00Nice synopsis.
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Learning about freedom:
...Nice synopsis.<br />*********<br />Learning about freedom:<br /><br />In 1984 I had a Chinese professor, Dr. Who (not joking), while studying in Japan. He was the first in a cultural exchange program between China and Japan.<br />He was in his 80's and was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution for being an intellectual.<br />One evening 8 of us European and American kids invited him an apartment for dinner. He spoke to us for several hours, telling what it was like growing up in China during the 1900’s. <br /><br />At the end of evening I truly learned what it means to be free. He sincerely asked us not to repeat his stories. He was afraid he may be punished in China for talking to western kids in a Japanese apartment!<br /><br />********<br /><br />"Folks I talked with were open and honest about their opinions of their economics and government"<br /><br />Yeah but see what happens if they organize their candor into a group protest.<br /><br />*****<br /><br />Japan went from a feudalistic to an industrial society at warp speed. China is on a somewhat similar, thought flatter, trajectory.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Sanjay Gandhi tried forced population control (via sterilization) in India. It really backfired. One of many differences is that India is a democracy.Suo Mynonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807128266520858472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051404717855702512.post-26580139055987867952011-11-20T11:24:09.181-05:002011-11-20T11:24:09.181-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Suo Mynonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807128266520858472noreply@blogger.com