Olympic nightmare?

Li, thank you for your post. We are fortunate to have someone like you on this board who can speak about these issues from a local's perspective. I also appreciate your honesty. For what it's worth, I am glad the Olympics are being held in China. I think it will be good for China, and good for China's relationship with the larger international community. -Chris

Tree, where actually are you posting your info from? The reason I ask is I am wondering how you get away with posting things against the government when if we believe all the evils we here about your government, you wouldn't be allowed to say things so openly......

Hey Paul, Read with interest your comments re the new suits -- but with even more interest your jealousy for the young and the fast, I always felt that way about you! Tim Garton Hey stranger...where have you been hiding???!!! Talking with Al how its far past time for you to get back to the big time and really make some people jealous!!

I think the reason that you ask this question is that you are influenced by the media who sometimes publish very very extreme cases, sometimes publish fake stories, sometimes publish true stories but deliberately led the analysis into those stories to their direction, or sometimes the journalists report the true situation but only focus on the evil side of communist party while ignoring the whole picture, in particular, I think those journalists ignore the linkage between the government and its numorous predecessors, the fact that it is group-dictatorship political system, also they probably never ask why democracy or capitalism never happened in China. *Gasp* The media does this?! But I thought they were fair and balanced.:)

Tree, where actually are you posting your info from? The reason I ask is I am wondering how you get away with posting things against the government when if we believe all the evils we here about your government, you wouldn't be allowed to say things so openly...... I am typing all those words right from my desk in my company in Beijing. believe it or not, we can complain about the government in internet (but probably better not in newspaper. I do not mean that you would be arrested in you complain in newspaper. It indeed happened in the past but only in very extreme situations. Most of those who complain in newspaper are not living a great life any more, but OK. they are not in the prison), in private, or in semi-public. For instance, I can critisize the government in my office. No problem at all. I think the reason that you ask this question is that you are influenced by the media who sometimes publish very very extreme cases, sometimes publish fake stories, sometimes publish true stories but deliberately led the analysis into those stories to their direction, or sometimes the journalists report the true situation but only focus on the evil side of communist party while ignoring the whole picture, in particular, I think those journalists ignore the linkage between the government and its numorous predecessors, the fact that it is group-dictatorship political system, also they probably never ask why democracy or capitalism never happened in China. It is very easy to blame all the faults to the communist party. But based on chinese history that would not change things completely. I remember one saying: if a child does something very very badly we probably need to re-examine the whole society. the same with china. if we get these problems occuring again and again in our history then we need to re looke ourselves as a nation. Li

*Gasp* The media does this?! But I thought they were fair and balanced.:) Fox is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bolt:

Hey Paul, Read with interest your comments re the new suits -- but with even more interest your jealousy for the young and the fast, I always felt that way about you! Tim Garton