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March 19, 2010
Posted by Muhammad Cohen in: Business, China, Finance, Governance, Morality, The Pundit's Corner
 One comment February 21, 2010
Posted by Muhammad Cohen in: Accountability, Book Review, Books, Business, China, Commentary, Economic Crisis, Finance, The Economy
Leave a comment Wall Street thought leader Stephen Roach’s book The Next Asia shows how little thinking it takes to be recognized as a thought leader in [...] February 21, 2010
Posted by Will Liu in: China, Commentary, Creative Writing, Current Events, Freelance Author, Life Experiences, Lifestyle, Personal Experiences, The Writer's Corner
10 comments China Impression Chapter One: Differences Among Cities This Chinese New Year Season,something did surprise me. As a rule, every year this time, I must make the trip to the hometown of my wife, where her father still lives in. What astonished me is that I could not find anybody smoke in the bus! Just last year and before, [...] February 19, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: China, Commentary, Opinion, Personal Experiences, Travel
Leave a comment Transporting Goods – by Road – in China by Bob Grant About any time, day or night, in major Chinese cities you can see any type of vehicle – transporting all imaginable products – on the roads. There are trucks carrying ocean containers and Mercedes carrying people. I have traveled to England, Ireland, Holland, Italy, Canada, Mexico, [...] February 18, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: China, Commentary, Life Experiences, Opinion, Personal Experiences
One comment Flowers, Greenery, and Gardens by Bob Grant One of the aspects of my trips to China, that I truly enjoyed, was seeing all of the flowers, greenery, and gardens along the way. I wanted to specifically mention this fact, and state, the photos you might have seen of typical Chinese landscapes are true. In fact, there were [...] February 17, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: China, Commentary, Life Experiences, Opinion, Personal Experiences, Travel
4 comments Tolerance to Infinity by Bob Grant Wherever people normally congregate in groups – shopping areas, elevators, subways, airports, city streets, and the like – there are a lot more people in China congregating in those same places. Again, I can only use my own experiences – in these types of crowds in China – but I was [...] February 16, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Business, China, Commentary, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, History, Opinion, Personal Experiences, Relationships
One comment Are You Your Government? by Bob Grant On October 1, 1949 the People’s Republic of China was formally established in a speech given by Mao Zedong from the Imperial Gate at Tiananmen Square. I stood at the very spot where Mao gave his speech and took the photo at the right. From speaking with people – in [...] February 15, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Business, China, Commentary, Life Experiences, Opinion, Personal Experiences, Relationships
One comment Not All Factories in China are Sweat Shops by Bob Grant As I write about my personal experiences in China I again want to note that they are strictly that – my “personal” experiences. I am certain there are people – who have visited China – who could contradict everything that I have, or will, write. The [...] February 12, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Business, China, Commentary, History, Opinion, Personal Experiences, Travel
2 comments A Contradiction of Times by Bob Grant During my trips to China I wish I had taken more photos of the places I passed, to and from, the factories I visited. In lieu of those photos – I am going to mix some that I found on the Internet with those that I took. The one phenomenon that [...] February 11, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: China, Creative Writing, General Topics, Humor, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, The Writer's Corner
4 comments Below is something that I sent to my family and they all said they liked it. However, they are family and what else could they say? I have a manager/partner in China whose name is David – we have associates named Eric and Uncle Wong. I live in Missouri and my relatives live in Wyoming. This sets [...] February 10, 2010
Flying the Friendlier Skies in China by Bob Grant When I first started going to China I was warned not to fly on Chinese domestic airlines. I was told they were old cast off planes – or old military planes – and that people were crammed into each plane with barn yard and other animals. Before I [...] February 9, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: China, Commentary, Life Experiences, Opinion, Personal Experiences
3 comments I Ate no Dog – I Ate no Cat by Bob Grant When I first traveled to China I was warned about the food from many well meaning people – some who had traveled to China and some who had not. I was told that I would starve if I did not take food in my suitcase [...] February 8, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: China, Commentary, Family, Life Experiences, Opinion, Personal Experiences, Relationships
One comment They All Look Alike by Bob Grant One of our US government officials reportedly made a comment with the word “retarded” in it. There was also an attempt to make a joke using “Special Olympics” on a TV show in the past. Why do people say the things they do? Why have I said some of things [...] February 7, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Business, China, Commentary, Foreign Relations, Life Experiences, Opinion, Personal Experiences, Relationships
One comment I am not the Manchurian Candidate by Bob Grant How can you embrace an enemy of the USA? More important – why would you? If these questions have not been outright asked of me – they have been implied. Why I chose to speak highly of China, and its people, is something that I do willingly and [...] February 6, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Business, China, Commentary, Communism, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Opinion, Personal Experiences, Relationships, World Issues
8 comments I Never met a Communist in China by Bob Grant I have been traveling to China since 1998. I would not consider myself a seasoned traveler to that country – making around 25 visits total. When I traveled there I usually stayed between one and two weeks – never during any of my visits did I ever [...] February 5, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Business, China, Commentary, Life Experiences, Personal Experiences, Relationships
Leave a comment I have decided to write on my own site. I am not certain what I will be writing about – as with all amateur writers – I will write as I can fit it in or think of something that is of interest to me which I hope our viewers will enjoy reading. I am going [...] January 23, 2010
Earthquakes, Spoiled Formula and Kidnappings Two recent pieces in the news focused a spotlight on how most people in the West misunderstand China and the Chinese. On January 19, Time published a piece comparing China’s handling of its earthquake in May 2008 in Sichuan with the way Haiti is handling its current catastrophe. There were [...] January 18, 2010
The Reasons Why China is Studying Singapore I have a friend who often says America has the best political system in the world and no other country compares. Then he turns around and criticizes the government when a Democrat is in office. Let’s look at a few facts. America may be the richest nation on the [...] January 9, 2010
The World in the Hands of China Within decades, the Middle Kingdom will be rocking the cradle of world civilization—not the United States. While writing this, I thought of a friend I’ve known for more than five decades. He admires President George W. Bush and believes GWB was one of the greatest American Presidents. In [...] January 8, 2010
China Cleaning their Environment The evidence shows that China is waking up sooner than Western countries did after their industrial revolutions. China now leads the world in hydroelectric power providing 20% of the country’s power. China has made it a priority to use hydroelectric power to reduce pollution in the future. Chine also plans to [...] January 7, 2010
China in Transition, Where did all that Pollution come from? Before anyone criticizes China for polluting the environment, learn about the history that caused today’s problems first. The First Industrial Revolution took place in England after James Watt developed the steam engine in the late 18th century. Coal and burning wood played an important part in [...] January 6, 2010
Posted by Muhammad Cohen in: Cap and Trade, China, Commentary, Current Events, Environment, Environmental Issues, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Geopolitical Events, Global Warming
Leave a comment China and US have taken the lead in saving earth away from the UN and fellow travelers that were bungling the [...] December 18, 2009
Posted by Muhammad Cohen in: Business, China, Commentary, Current Events, Foreign Affairs
Leave a comment With all of Macau’s success under Chinese rule, why isn’t Beijing smiling? [...] December 8, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Cap and Trade, China, Commentary, Current Events, Energy, Environment, Opinion
Leave a comment A Vital Difference Today Between China and America By Alan Caruba “The joke among China hands goes like this,” says Michael Economides. “If the Americans and the Chinese start talking about a major project today, in two years the Chinese will be done and the Americans will still be talking and applying for permits.” Economides is an internationally [...] November 17, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Business, China, Commentary, Current Events, Economics, Energy, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Governance, Opinion
One comment China Will Surprise Obama By Alan Caruba President Obama loves to travel. He cannot wait to descend the steps from Airforce One to the sounds of welcoming bands, honor guards, and awaiting dignitaries. On his whirlwind November 13-19 trip to Asia, however, he is likely to be sternly lectured behind closed doors from Tokyo to Beijing and [...] November 8, 2009
Posted by Tim Roux in: African-American, China, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, History, Homeland Security, Islam, Journalism, Latino & Hispanic, Military, Morality, Politics, Religion, Republican, Sociology, Terrorism, Women's Rights
6 comments In Britain it is now a criminal offence to make any statement which might incite racial hatred. So, if you go around saying that all Irishmen are stupid or all Welshmen are thieves, then you may well find yourself helping the police with their enquiries and facing a sharp fine or even a term of [...] October 22, 2009
Economy Under Mao Zedong (1893 – 1976), China suffered for twenty-seven years. During Mao’s Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, thirty-seven million died—many from starvation. Mao’s form of communist socialism did not work. On June 30, 1984, Deng Xiaoping said, “Given that China is still backward, what road can we [...] October 15, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: China, Democracy, Democrat, Freedom, Republican, Uncategorized
Leave a comment In 2012, the new rulers of China will “all” have been educated in the West. After Mao died and the gang of four, responsible for the horrors of the Cultural Revolution, went to prison, Deng Xiaoping and his supporters “rebuilt” the government. The party instituted term limits, two [...] October 8, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: China, Commentary, Comments & Discussion, Creative Writing, Current Events, Freelance Author, Personal Experiences
2 comments China in Transition, Part One in a Series by Lloyd Lofthouse My wife landed in Seattle in 1984. She was born in China during the Cultural Revolution and was twenty-seven when she arrived in America. She came prepared for the worst with a suitcase full of toilet paper. The state controlled media in China fed the people [...] October 5, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: China, Comments & Discussion, Freelance Author, History, The Writer's Corner
Leave a comment Minority Treatment in China, Part 4 by Lloyd Lofthouse Many similarities exist between the way the emperors of old treated minorities inside China and the way the Communist government treats minorities today. The law now applies to all fifty-six minorities in two areas. The first law is that an elementary education is mandatory for all children. There are [...] October 1, 2009
Posted by Muhammad Cohen in: Books, China, Fiction, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Literature, Politics, Television, The Media, The Pundit's Corner
Leave a comment On a busy news day, CNN took two hours to wet kiss China’s rulers. [...] September 25, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: China, Creative Writing, Freelance Author, History, The Writer's Corner
One comment Minority Treatment in China, Part 3 by Lloyd Lofthouse If the minority king became powerful and caused unrest, the emperor proposed that this king marry the emperor’s real daughter, as if to say, “You will be a member of my family so stop what you are doing. Since we are soon to be related through marriage, there [...] September 19, 2009
China and Native Minority Treatment, Part Two by Lloyd Lofthouse Most of us have heard about Tibet and the demands by Tibetans in exile that Tibet be free from China to rule itself. We hear claims of recent brutal human rights violations taking place without much evidence to support the claims. Meanwhile, in the United States, news [...] September 14, 2009
China vs. America by Lloyd Lofthouse Atrocities abound in the history books concerning treatment of Native American Indians during the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. The Spanish destroyed the Aztec and Inca civilizations with disease and warfare. The [...] September 7, 2009
Posted by Muhammad Cohen in: China, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Geopolitical Events, Islam, Journalism, Minorities, Opinion, Politics, Television, Terrorism, The Media, The Pundit's Corner
One comment China allows international reporting on Uighur unrest because it suits China’s interests. [...] August 26, 2009
Mao’s Western Media Ghost by Lloyd Lofthouse Mao Zedong died in 1976. Yet, the Western Media often treats China as if Mao were still alive. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there were examples of this. I am going to use a few in this post [...] August 25, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: Accountability, African-American, China, Democracy, Freedom, Legal, Minorities, Politics, Social Classes, Social Issues, Uncategorized
One comment My wife grew up in China during Mao’s Cultural Revolution (it is estimated that thirty-eight million died because of Mao’s policies). When she was a teenager, she was sent to a labor camp. She arrived in the United States in 1984 at twenty-eight. At the time, she did [...] August 25, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: Accountability, China, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Islam, Terrorism
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A Clear Case of Bias–Connecting the Dots by Lloyd Lofthouse I have read many Western media pieces that clearly demonstrate a bias toward China when it comes to reporting the news. Here are two examples that were published in July 2009: On July 22, Time printed a news piece about “Afghanistan’s Deadly Export: How the [...] August 23, 2009
The Foundation of Chinese Morality by Lloyd Lofthouse They say ignorance is bliss. If that is correct than there are many people outside of China that are very happy with their ignorance concerning Chinese culture. I always find it interesting when the Western media talks about [...] August 22, 2009
China’s Unwanted Dance with a Devil (?) by Lloyd Lofthouse The devil speaks with a soft voice to seduce his victims. China’s battle with pagan cults reaches back nine-hundred years. The most recent cult China is struggling with is the Falun Gong. In December 2007, a member of this cult visited our home. My goal in this series is not [...] August 21, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: China, Education, History, Religion, The Writer's Corner
Leave a comment The Meaning of an Education by Lloyd Lofthouse Words are cheap. Actions speak loud. The best way to learn about another culture is by comparing and contrasting that culture with yours to see any similarities and differences. Emperor Constantine lived 280-337 AD. He ruled the Roman Empire and accepted Christianity as the state religion. From that time, Christianity, [...] August 20, 2009
The First of All Virtues by Lloyd Lofthouse I read ‘any damn fool can be a parent‘ in an e-mail recently, and it made me think that North America is not a comfortable place to be if you become a geezer. Geezer is the endearing term my seventeen-year-old daughter calls me. When I was a kid, youngsters [...] August 19, 2009
Honor by Lloyd Lofthouse We were visiting General Yue Fei’s tomb in Hangzhou. Hundreds of Chinese tourists were there. It was early October 2008. This was our third trip to the city in ten years, and I was watching people spitting on the kneeling, life sized metal statues of men dead for more than eight centuries. Those [...] August 18, 2009
Mandate of Heaven by Lloyd Lofthouse The Mandate of Heaven almost ended Communism in China after Mao’s death in 1976. The reason for that was because everyone in China suffered horribly. Thirty-seven million people died because of Mao’s Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. The [...] August 11, 2009
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Biography & Memoir, China, Creative Writing, Freelance Author, The Writer's Corner
Leave a comment Oyosa lives in China and wants to publish his manuscript in the United States. He asked if I would share some of his manuscript with our viewers and I am honored to do as he requests. I will post additional chapters as Oyosa asks that I [...] August 6, 2009
I like the Chinese People by Bob Grant I have been doing business in China for six years – with one of the other companies that I own. I enjoy my visits to China. I enjoy the associations I have built up in China. I like the Chinese People! Our Speak Without Interruption site has been in existence since December [...] July 18, 2009
IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA by Jack Rochester Part III Lijaing, Yunnan Province: Immersion in an utterly foreign culture can be wearing. You spend hour after hour, day after day, unable to read signs or understand what people are saying. Nor are they able to understand you. I have a slight advantage, since I am on tour with about 25 [...] July 17, 2009
IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA by Jack Rochester Part II From Shanghai to Shangri-La July 16, 2009
IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA by Jack Rochester Part I I’m sitting in my so-called five-star hotel room in Lijiang, a city of about 300,000 near the western border of China and Tibet, looking at a Yulong, or “Snow” Mountain, a 4,800-meter-high peak that we’re going to visit tomorrow. Just beyond it are the Himalayas: K2, Everest, India, are not [...] July 12, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: China, Congress, Current Events, Democracy, Economics, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Freedom, Geopolitical Events, Military, Morality, Motivation, Politics, Republican, Social Issues, Uncategorized
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Is China a danger to the world? This is a topic I have wanted to write about for some time. I suspect my motivation for writing this comes from being sent to Vietnam to fight in [...] June 30, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Cap and Trade, China, Congress, Current Events, Democrat, Education, Energy, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment America, the Silly Nation As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, we will hear about our Founding Fathers, about those who fought our wars to preserve and safeguard our nation, and other men and women who contributed to the nation’s greatness. It is good to look back, but future generations will look back as well [...] June 18, 2009
Posted by Jack B Rochester in: China, Current Events, Democracy, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Big Brother Redux in China By Jack B. Rochester Is it a coincidence that, within a day of the 60th anniversary of the publication of George Orwell’s prescient novel, 1984, the repressive, dictatorial, Communist Chinese government issues an edict that all imported computers must have its homegrown filtering software installed?
As if Vista wasn’t slow [...] June 16, 2009
Posted by Martin Shane in: China, Current Events, Freedom, Islam, Opinion, Terrorism
Leave a comment When it comes to my flag “these colors don’t run”. The banksters (gangsters) and private corporate interests are in control ( aren’t monopolies against the law?) They rob us to the brink of financial disaster, and then instead of bringing them to justice, Obama lends them money to pay back what they stole. War is [...] June 15, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: China, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Opinion, Politics
Leave a comment Communism Kills On June 16, a reception will be held to celebrate the launch of the Global Museum on Communism at the Romanian Ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C. Other events have preceded the effort to ensure that the millions of victims of Communism in the last century are not forgotten. I have no doubt that [...] June 7, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, China, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Governance, Homeland Security, Opinion, Politics, Terrorism
Leave a comment America’s Enemies Listening to President Obama one might think that America doesn’t have a single enemy that could not be turned into a friend if only he was given the opportunity to just talk to them. He is a great believer in diplomacy even though diplomacy has rarely stopped a war if one party [...] May 31, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Children, China, Current Events, Education, Entertainment, Motivation, Opinion, Social Issues, Television
2 comments Stupefying America If you have a suspicion that many of your fellow Americans are too stupid to trust with the great affairs of this nation, you might just be right, but you might not know why. Take a look at the choices television offers. Do you ever wonder why shows featuring stupid people or animated [...] May 26, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, China, Current Events, Democrat, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Terrorism
Leave a comment Nuke’m, Danno! The popular TV series, “Hawaii Five-O”, made the line, “Book’m, Danno”, famous as a signoff. The world has surely arrived at a point when we need to say, “Nuke’m” to nations like North Korea and Iran. There simply is no alternative. Well, not exactly. There is an alternative and it involves North Korea [...] May 17, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: China, Current Events, Economics, Environmental Issues, Foreign Affairs, Opinion, The Pundit's Corner
Leave a comment Our Nobel Prize Moron I know you’re thinking the title refers to Al Gore, but no, it belongs to Paul Krugman, an economist best known as a New York Times columnist, and winner in 2008 of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science. He is widely regarded as an expert in international economics and [...] April 2, 2009
Posted by schreiberapfel in: Accountability, Attitude, China, Communications, Current Events, Freelance Author, General Topics, Journalism, Opinion, Publishing, The Writer's Corner
Leave a comment I would like to post here an article written by a Hong Kong-based magazine columnist who labeled the Philippines as a “nation of servants”. “The war at home” by Chip Tsao March 25, 2009
Religion and China By Lloyd Lofthouse
The Chinese practice capitalism Chinese style, and those that claim to be Christians practice Christianity the same way.
My wife’s mother called herself a Christian. However, she never left China to visit a Western Christian country. It was not safe for her to belong to a religion during Mao’s Cultural Revolution, so [...] March 25, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: China, Current Events, Freelance Author, Governance, The Writer's Corner
Leave a comment Government Controlled Media in China
There are two Chinas, and I’m not talking about Taiwan. I’m talking about the Communist Party, the only legitimate political party in China, and its membership of seventy million compared to the rest of China, the other 1.3 billion Chinese that have little or no say in the daily [...] March 25, 2009
The Education Wars
America is losing the education wars to countries like China and India. The reason for that is that the Chinese and the Indians love almost everything American. India even has their own Hollywood churning out movies by the hundreds. It’s called Bollywood.
China and India have hundred of millions of people that [...] March 25, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: China, Current Events, Freelance Author, Minorities, Social Issues, The Writer's Corner
3 comments China & America Minority Treatment
Atrocities abound in the history books concerning treatment of native American Indians during the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Spanish destroyed the Aztec and Inca civilizations with disease and warfare. The Catholic mission system in California enslaved Indians. After the Civil War, the American military pushed west and drove native [...] |
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China Impression (Chapter Two: Chinese New Year)
China Impression
(2010-02-27 15:13:09)
Chapter Two: Chinese New Year
Now, more and more people, especially young people celebrate Christmas Day.Nevertheless,we still take the Chinese New Year as our major and overwhelming Holiday which we call the Spring Festival. Like the Christmas Season, we have a long Chinese New Year Season, typically the government approve a legal vacation of [...]