In the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake, a "bottleneck lake" (堰塞湖) formed as a river was blocked by a landslide. Collapse of the dam posed a tremendous danger to those down-stream community, and the Chinese government spent huge resources and risked many lives to erase the lake. Guangdong provincial party secretary Wang Yang started a mini-landslide of his own, when 3 days … [Read more...] about Use Democracy to avoid a "Bottleneck Lake" in China
(Letter) 50 Cent Commentators Fueling More Protest?
Commentators paid by the Chinese government to influence public opinion on-line may have fueled the latest protest against Fox, says an insider at one Blog site. Rumors of Fox News anti-black message traveled quickly across the Internet, and has even garnered attention from celeberities. According the this source, after the alleged success of inciting a major incident over … [Read more...] about (Letter) 50 Cent Commentators Fueling More Protest?
(Letter from Bob) China to set up designated protest zones for Beijing Olympics
Saw on ESPN.com AP reports that Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month's Olympics ... Liu Shaowu, director for security for the Beijing Olympic organizing committee, said Wednesday that areas in at least three public parks near outlying sporting venues have been set aside for use by demonstrators. … [Read more...] about (Letter from Bob) China to set up designated protest zones for Beijing Olympics
Chinese extremely optimistic about nation
More released from Pew Global Attitudes survey. From the IHT/NYTimes: "Eighty-six percent of the Chinese surveyed said they were content with the country's direction, up from 48 percent in 2002 and a full 25 percentage points higher than the next highest country, Australia. And 82 percent of Chinese were satisfied with their national economy, up from 52 percent." … [Read more...] about Chinese extremely optimistic about nation
Add this to your "what if California is a country …" line at the next party
Wired recently reported some amazing statistics: … [Read more...] about Add this to your "what if California is a country …" line at the next party