Why China Will Never Rule the World, a new book

[Ed Lakewood]

Why not? Does it cause a rift in the space-time continuum?

Yes, one minute you're biting into your Whisby-soaked betel nut trying to get that extra buzz before jumping on your scooter and weaving in and out of traffic in, say, Zhonghe, and the next you're standing in line, 1879, waiting to have a bad tooth pulled by Dr. George Leslie MacKay. It happened to me; it could happen to anyone.

Ed

[Baas Babelaas]

Found a very interesting article written by a fellow called Murong Xuecun.

He calls for a gentler China:

http://tealeafnation.com/2012/07/translation-one-authors-plea-for-a-gentler-china/

A bit long but worth the read..

[finley]

Found a very interesting article written by a fellow called Murong Xuecun.
He calls for a gentler China:
http://tealeafnation.com/2012/07/translation-one-authors-plea-for-a-gentler-china/
A bit long but worth the read..

A thoughtful and well-written article that, if enough people were to read and understand, might set China on the road to becoming a real country. No doubt he'll be in jail before the end of the year.

[headhonchoII]

Good article, a few parts also sounded like Taiwan to be honest. Media personalities focused on money, society valued by money, the quick buck, the turning of the cheek and the bare faced lies when caught out.

At least there is freedom of the press and some level of choice for voters here. The major difference is lack of over arching patriotism and nationalism among regular Taiwanese.

[finley]

Yes, that's true: and the interesting part is that Taiwan has become (relatively) prosperous despite that. I think Taiwan lacks, or has managed to control, the short-term thinking that puts instant profits above all else. Taiwanese companies are (mostly) able and willing to build strong relationships with customers and do attempt to provide what the market wants. The typical Chinese approach is to bullshit and lie until the product is out the door and the money is safely in the bank. If the customer feels he's been burned and won't come back again, it doesn't matter; they've still made a few miserable cents, and the local gov't hoods might be around next week to shut the down next week anyway.

[StevenCrook]

This is good - A sarcastic Chinese view of the "backward US":
http://tealeafnation.com/2012/09/transl ... -generous/

[GuyInTaiwan]

Both great articles. That second one was very funny.

3. There are no fruit plates or beverages, no … expensive cigarettes … and this is the world’s number one economy, ha!

[headhonchoII]

Yes they are very good, the fruit plates and cigarettes and bottle of maotai on the table resonated.

I have to say though that Asians are good like that in terms of treating guests.

The Chinese officials and their families that move to the US and Canada must get a massive shock, they go from the top of the totem pole to being just another Chinese and no advantages, I'd say many would move back but they would probably be jailed lol.

[Ed Lakewood]

Got interviewed by Japan's NHK. They said they will use one of the videos on some live TV show tomorrow, Sept. 29.

Here are two links. One is badly edited. I actually said "what doing business in China entails," but they cut off the 'entails.' (Oh, well, they're dealing in a foreign language.)

They took a ten minutes interview and distilled it to about 40 seconds. Very efficient, the Japanese. (And polite, too.)

Q3 No.0105
http://www.nhk.or.jp/wisdom/120929/time ... index.html

Q6 No.0086
http://www.nhk.or.jp/wisdom/120929/time ... index.html

Movie List: http://www.nhk.or.jp/wisdom/120929/time ... index.html

AND... a late review, by the Epoch Times. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/china-n ... 92102.html

Apparently, all China's problems are attributable to the CCP. Oh, and I'm a racist. Why? Not sure. That seems to be charge you can level against someone without providing examples. Anyway, they've got their job to and I've got mine.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/china-n ... 92102.html

The article about America being a third world country was very funny. I especially liked the line about elementary school students not having lofty ideas and about the abusrdity of returning an item to a store without an argument. Great stuff. I taught a mature Korean student in Canada who couldn't believe we didn't turn the countryside into one giant factory grid. All the trees and farmland really seemed to bother her.

Ed

[anotherlaowai]

havent read through the 36 pages of this thread.
maybe long threads could be summarised every 10 pages so we get the main points?

But I think China has no intention of ruling the world.
They'll eventually like to return to the good old days, where they just exacted tribute from all their
neighbours to stop them from invading or causing trouble etc.
In return they used to send out cargo ships laden with goodies, and an occasional princess...

A suggested future tribute list:
USA: Treasury bills, USD etc.
Brazil: Soya beans
Australia; Iron ore, coal
Canada: oil
(Taiwan: Formosan black bears' paws...)
etc etc.