The quality problems of Chinese products show up almost every month. It is the experience of most developing countries on their way to a developed country. The last one is S. Korean which adopted a similar model as Japan. What have not been reported extensively are the improvement of the Chinese products and why Chinese will compete with the best in the world. The … [Read more...] about (Letter from TonyP4) The Chinese are coming!
(Letter) Did the Chinese government really tried to hide quake fatalities?
Recently GVO's Oiwan Lam accused the Chinese government of hiding figures and names of the 512 quake victims. But few searches on Baidu.com seem to contradict GVO's claims: 1) In the aftermath, casualty figures have been regularily updated and published by various government agencies including hospitals 2) As result, many media outlets in China have been able to create … [Read more...] about (Letter) Did the Chinese government really tried to hide quake fatalities?
China's Bold Visions for Universal Healthcare
The Chinese government announced a couple of days ago guidelines for an ambitious reform of the healthcare system (see also wsj report and danwei report). The government announced, By 2020, the world's most populous country will have a basic health-care system that can provide "safe, effective, convenient and affordable" health services to urban and rural residents.... … [Read more...] about China's Bold Visions for Universal Healthcare
Translation:Development is the best way to preserve Tibetan culture
Since this is the last day of what seems like Tibet month - I figure I'll squeeze in one more post on Tibet before the end of the month. Below is a translation by Allen of an article recently published by Han Fang Ming in Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao. Han is a member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). CPPCC plays an advisory role to the Chinese … [Read more...] about Translation:Development is the best way to preserve Tibetan culture
Perception vs. Reality?
I was reading an opinion column in the Washington Post that contained information I thought might be of interest to the group. It concerned a BBC World View poll showing how countries view each other, either positively or negatively and the percentages of each. It was interesting to see not only how countries viewed each other, but also how the view a country has of itself … [Read more...] about Perception vs. Reality?