{"id":2918,"date":"2012-06-07T23:28:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T06:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/07\/some-china-issues\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T15:03:08","slug":"some-china-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/some-china-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"some China issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently returned from a couple weeks in China.\u00a0 On our travels we read the English language papers to keep up on the news and the latest propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some interesting Chinese perspectives on the value of life:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Cost of a Second Child\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/cost-of-a-second-child.jpg\">Cost of a Second Child<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Reprieve for Helping Mom to Die\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/reprieve-for-helping-mom-to-die.jpg\">Reprieve for Helping Mom to Die<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These articles illustrate the Chinese view of government revenue which they call &#8220;Capital.&#8221;\u00a0 The economic fallacies this view engenders have filled many volumes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Govt capital fuels green auto sector\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/govt-capital-fuels-green-auto-sector.jpg\">Govt capital fuels green auto sector<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"For the good of the people\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/for-the-good-of-the-people.jpg\">For the good of the people<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These four articles play up Chinese differences from the West.\u00a0 Western politicians do this in their own way too.\u00a0 To be sure, there&#8217;s nothing fundamentally different about Chinese and American people.\u00a0 The Chinese government really needs us to be different.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Xenophobia row belies love affair with the West\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/xenophobia-row-belies-love-affair-with-the-west.jpg\">Xenophobia row belies love affair with the West<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Less power and prejudice\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/less-power-and-prejudice.jpg\">Less power and prejudice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"US Memorial Day marked by excessive patriotism\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/us-memorial-day-marked-by-excessive-patriotism.jpg\">US Memorial Day marked by excessive patriotism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Us Still Playing Currency Card\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/us-still-playing-currency-card.jpg\">Us Still Playing Currency Card<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are a couple articles on Chinese censorship:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Facing up to Tiananman\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/facing-up-to-tiananman.jpg\">Facing up to Tiananman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"WSJ Google Tips Off Its Users In China\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wsj-google-tips-off-its-users-in-china.jpg\">WSJ Google Tips Off Its Users In China<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are a couple articles on Chinese revisionism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"An excuse to stir up trouble\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/an-excuse-to-stir-up-trouble.jpg\">An excuse to stir up trouble<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"WSJ Chinas Invented History\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wsj-chinas-invented-history.jpg\">WSJ Chinas Invented History<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This article gets a category all its own because it&#8217;s a yearly propaganda opus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Human Rights Record of United States in 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/human-rights-record-of-united-states-in-2011.pdf\">Human Rights Record of United States in 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These articles offer glimpses into the pervasive role of the state in Chinese and American life:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Regulatory and tax control\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/state-control.jpg\">Regulatory and tax control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Migrants are losing hope in a better life\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/migrants-are-losing-hope-in-a-better-life.jpg\">Migrants are losing hope in a better life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Commissioner Candidates Zone\" href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/commissioner-candidates-zone.jpg\">Commissioner Candidates Zone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\">~<\/p>\n<p 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