solhacehabravida

Jan 23, 2013 20:14

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If you continue to look at this issue as something about one person doing a stupid thing how will you ever change the ituation here in China. Do you really thing this issue is just about how to punish this one man. I have never daid this is a small issue. In fact, I have siad very little about this man. BECAUSE I ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 23, 2013 20:11

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MEIMEI WROTE: "you are going on and on about something people not reading." AND THEN MEIMEI WROTE :"you try to make small of it" Then how do you know what I am saying in my posts? MEIMEI, please slow down and take a moment to think about what you are writing. I mean, seriously, MeiMei, IF you are not reading what I ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 23, 2013 20:04

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MEIMEI WROTE: "you are going on and on about something people not reading." Then how do you know what I am saying in my posts? AND THEN MEIMEI WROTE:"you try to make small of it" MEIMEI, please slow down and take a moment to think about what you are writing. I mean, seriously, MeiMei, IF you are not reading what I ha...... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 21:12

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Okay, I have more than had my say - and very soon MeiMei is again going to tell me to be quiet LOL Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 21:11

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CULTURE IS NOT REAL/CULTURE IS ALSO A MARKET DRIVEN COMMODITY. I try to always remind myself that culture is not real . . . it is a a group of ideas and vended product that earns profit and is supported by vested interests.. The best thinkers in China are constantly reminding us that the cultural products they want ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 20:58

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I see it all the time, folks . . . and I am not trying to lecture anyone . . . we loose sight of who and what we really are under current Chinese law. All of our woes, as human as they are, if we hope to debate them, discuss thems successfully we have to stick to a few very basic concepts and remove ourselves from ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 20:52

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I do not agree with the writer who suggests there is nothing we can do. I believe that we must always keep foremost in our minds, when discussing or debating with Chinese people, that we are not seen as equals here in China. In essence, we are the teachers and they the students . . . we are here to demonstrate the go...... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 20:47

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YOU CAN'T PLAY BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE/HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO - The guy-who-scratched-the-cars, would never attempt to defend himself in a country that recognized the RULE of LAW because he would know that no matter if he accepeted the validity of the law, he had to abide by it. And we would never discuss the ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 20:43

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AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THE WRITER WHO SAID WE FOREIGNERS CAN DO NOTHING - THE PROBLEM IS WE TRY TO DO TOO MANY THINGS, IN A VERY UNCOORDINATED FASHIO. What we can do is talk, again, and again, and again, and hammer on, hammer on about very simple matters - if we choose to do anything, such as the RULE of LAW and we c...... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 20:38

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I have been hammering on about the RULE of LAW, about the relative lack of power given to the rule of law in China. And that is the general problem. The specific problem is related to the absence of what is called an "estoppel." In a legal system that recognizes the value of such concept it is impossible for ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 20:29

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Chinese drivers drive aggressively, not defensively. That is a normal outcome of the lack of personal power in China, and thus right stilll equals might. In Beijing, when I lived there, there existed an interesting contradiction: the current traffic law stated that crosswalks were intended to protect pedestrians but ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 20:14

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HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE IS TREATENING YOU? The international standard is: if the driver of a vehicle, and vehicle includes, car, motor-bike, bicycle, bus, etc, points the vehicle at you within the safe stopping distance of that vehicles, based on road condions, your speed, and the speed of the ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 19:28

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WHAT IS NORMAL/WHOSE NORMAL/THE FIRST CAUALTY. As well, when I look at the figures coming from this report I can not but think, again, that the folks doing the survey are using universal standards of matters such as promiscuity -or I assume they are, without adjusting for what is considered normal and possible in Chi...... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 19:04

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Good catch, "lightend" . . . yes, if the survey includes those below the legal marriage age the result would certaily be scewed. Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 18:49

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WE CHUCKLE A LOT . . . BUT. I'd like to comment a bit on a few matters raised here. Just my own experiences really. Yes, aborting females was a very common practice in this country, so common in fact, that many governments passed regulations placing a gag order on physicians so that they could not inform the parents ...... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 18:27

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I have a friend, here in Shanghia, who told me he knows a couple that had purchased an apartment. Two years later they were told by the government that within the next year their apartment building would be torn down so that the street could be widened. The local government informed all the households in the ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 22, 2013 17:17

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Ambivalentmace . . . why would securing one's legacy be different, even if all the people in the world had the same last name? Or are you just taking a moment to pock fun - which is okay, as far as that goes . . .. I mean I appreciate your pun but . . .. As I have remarked previously, you do seem anything but ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 21, 2013 17:54

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Dear Ambivalentmace - Why would you not "go through the trouble to get documents together for" your masters degree? That's seems really odd, that you would limit yourself in such a way prior to heading off to a foreign country, that you would not put all your tools in your tool box, that you would not arm yourself ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 21, 2013 17:41

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TO CONCLUDE, AND A BIT IN DEFENSE OF MYSELF . . . because I anticipate some of the negative feedback I will generate. I have been accused, elsewhere of writing too much. But see . . . it is my belief that we people, and especially people who comment on line, are guilty of "not seeing the forest for the trees" and ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 21, 2013 17:14

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ANOTHER LOOK AT A POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSE - ＭARRIAGE HAS OUTGROWN ITS VALUE I remember reading a couple of surveys, some time back, that suggested only 21% of married women in China were happy. That figure seems very much in line with the results coming out of the survey(s) referenced in the news article discussed ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 21, 2013 16:45

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I am not really up on the previous comments, made here, on this topic . . . so pardon me if I am covering the same ground. I certainly agree with the short list of possible contributing factors mentioned by "DaqingDevil." I am not sure, however, what this writer means by "invasion of privacy", unless this reference ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 20, 2013 22:27

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I have a question for you Guest 7816. Guest7816 wrote . . . "In my opinion, one man should not wield so much power that he could split, destroy, or kick out members of the community and what it represents based on his social behavior or worse. It is my belief that when this is all said and done, some good people ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 20, 2013 22:11

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Look, folks, I am sorry to have taken up so much of your time. But let's face it we live in a world of 'sound-bites' and twitter talk of 104 characters, do you think perhaps that has done something to effect your patience? Just a thought. Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 20, 2013 22:09

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The guy who scratch the cars what's Chinese people to follow Chinese laws in China where there is no RULE OF LAW. I spoke about modalities - "should" here in China" as compared to "Must" in countries that accept the RULE OF LAW. And I spoke about the common misconception, held my many people and particualrly common ... Full Comment>>

solhacehabravida

Jan 20, 2013 22:08

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And how is it not pertinent to make sure that this discussion continues with a clear understanding that in China, within the ideals of Communism, there is no such thing as LAW. There my be laws, but those laws, in China, are always secondary to the traditions of Chinese CULTURE and COMMUNIST Ideals. It is because ... Full Comment>>