China Segment

The news in China is a complete joke. The main nightly news just finished Shanghai TV. Let me summarize it.
First, fifteen minutes of self-congratulatory pats on the back for how great Shanghai is. Report after report on how the city has made so many improvements for the 2010 Expo, such as new [...]

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I’ve been silent for a long time about the quake.  I should write something but I suppose I’ve been soaking it in. People outside of China may have a difficult time understanding the impact this disaster is having here. It’s more or less equivalent to a Katrina or 9/11. Canadians don’t really [...]

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“Any trivial matter multiplied by 1.3 billion will become a big problem;
Any astronomical figure divided by 1.3 billion will become a tiny number.”
一个很小的问题，乘以13亿，都会变成一个大问题；一个很大的总量，除以13亿，都会变成一个小数目。
— Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (温家宝)
“A little kindness multiplied by 1.3 billion will become an ocean of love;
A great problem divided by 1.3 billion will become a trivial matter.”
一点很小的善心，乘以13亿，都会变成爱的海洋；一个很大的困难，除以13亿，都会变得微不足道。
— Wen’s quote as altered [...]

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This is how fucked up China is right now.
The first two news stories on tonight’s prime time news on 东方电视台 (Oriental TV Channel):
A) a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck at 2:28 p.m. local time, 90 kilometers northwest of Chengdu, one of China’s largest cities, and was felt throughout almost the entire country. Surely entire villages [...]

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