What do you think about China?

abbywhite

:)I had this lesson on my Enlish book when I was a middle school student.

uh~ The lesson was like this.

Han Meimei: Hi, Jim, what do you think about China?
Jim:Hi, Han Meimei, I think China is good.

After many years, Now I am a worker and an adult. I find the world is not simple as the book.
China develops quickly these years, we get much, and we also lose a lot.
As a Chiese, I love my dear country, well, who isn't?

But it's sure we do not know clearly about our country.
As I find not so many countries respect China.Dear friends, I hope any one could tell me.

What do you think about China?

RichieC

great bunch of lads.

Hal Emmerich

Where's the spam?

Potential-Monke

It's a bit pricey and i woulnd't feel comfortable eating a steak off it tbh.

Chuck Stone

It's hard to have an opinion on such a large land mass with diverse flora and fauna, with a rich national and social history, and 1.2 billion people that doesn't fill a room full of servers.

Pass.

mackg

Tbh I could never figure out why her and Triple H never worked out, she had all that lovely muscle and Stephanie Mac is a bit of a bitch IMO.

Balfie

some of the food turns your arse red raw!

Leaves Toilet paper looking like a Japanese Flag.

Leeg17

There's Sum Ting Wong with those lads.

I don't like their ****ty Shwimp either, bleh.

DrGreenthumb

Sykk

abbywhite wrote: »

As a Chiese

Hey there, I'd like to introduce you to my friends.. Chicken fillet and baguette. You guys will go well together.

DrGreenthumb

Sykk wrote: »

Hey there, I'd like to introduce you to my friends.. Chicken fillet and baguette. You guys will go well together.

your on a roll tonight

celtictiger32

once upon a time there was two chinese.......................... now look how many there ****in is

TiGeR KiNgS

abbywhite wrote: »

:)I had this lesson on my Enlish book when I was a middle school student.

uh~ The lesson was like this.

Han Meimei: Hi, Jim, what do you think about China?
Jim:Hi, Han Meimei, I think China is good.

After many years, Now I am a worker and an adult. I find the world is not simple as the book.
China develops quickly these years, we get much, and we also lose a lot. ?
As a Chiese, I love my dear country, well, who isn't? me

But it's sure we do not know clearly about our country.
As I find not so many countries respect China.Dear friends, I hope any one could tell me.

What do you think about China?

Maybe you should of learnt from the book instead of pondering the nonsense examples that that were given.

BTW, The Chinese are a great bunch of lads. Give yourself a pat on the back, dear friend

Killer Pigeon

abbywhite wrote: »

What do you think about China?

An bhfuil tusa ag labhairt liomsa?

Sindri

All hail overlord Mao.

I was in Tienanmen square and there was a 4 hour queue for Overlord Mao's 'tomb'.
And a huge portrait of him over the entrance to the Forbidden City.

I remarked to my brother as we passed through the gate that I was, 'Mao entering the forbidden city'.

Johnny Foreigner

abbywhite wrote: »

:)I had this lesson on my Enlish book when I was a middle school student.

uh~ The lesson was like this.

Han Meimei: Hi, Jim, what do you think about China?
Jim:Hi, Han Meimei, I think China is good.

After many years, Now I am a worker and an adult. I find the world is not simple as the book.
China develops quickly these years, we get much, and we also lose a lot.
As a Chiese, I love my dear country, well, who isn't?

But it's sure we do not know clearly about our country.
As I find not so many countries respect China.Dear friends, I hope any one could tell me.

What do you think about China?

Enlish book? Chiese?
I think you mean English book and Chinese.
Perhaps if you had studied harder you would be able to spell.
Nice attempt at trolling.

44leto

The Borg, your job will be assimilated.

I am suspicious of CHina's long term goals.

Hannibal Smith

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

abbywhite wrote: »

:)I had this lesson on my Enlish book when I was a middle school student.

uh~ The lesson was like this.

Han Meimei: Hi, Jim, what do you think about China?
Jim:Hi, Han Meimei, I think China is good.

After many years, Now I am a worker and an adult. I find the world is not simple as the book.
China develops quickly these years, we get much, and we also lose a lot. ?
As a Chiese, I love my dear country, well, who isn't? me

But it's sure we do not know clearly about our country.
As I find not so many countries respect China.Dear friends, I hope any one could tell me.

What do you think about China?

Maybe you should of learnt from the book instead of pondering the nonsense examples that that were given.

BTW, The Chinese are a great bunch of lads. Give yourself a pat on the back, dear friend

Oh the irony....

abbywhite

I C

you do not like China.

abbywhite

forget this post


I don't care

abbywhite

I did care some years ago.


lol.

Beruthiel

I finished reading Wild Swans last week.
What a book!
I believe it was banned in China when it was first published. Is it still?

Zebra3

abbywhite wrote: »

What do you think about China?

Odd it having just one time zone.

biko

China has a lot going for it and a lot that I have issues with, just like with the US and several other countries.

The Chinese are great businessmen/women and a lot points to them overtaking the US in a not too distant future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft_2FhTgwlI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz0bhb5m3pQ

Wibbs

I'd be concerned about it's political stability down the line. I'd also be concerned about it's economic stability. When I hear the words "economic miracle" I tend to step back and think "economic bubble". Yes it's had huge growth, but that huge growth hasn't applied to a huge percentage of the population.

44leto

Beruthiel wrote: »

I finished reading Wild Swans last week.
What a book!
I believe it was banned in China when it was first published. Is it still?

No

The follow up was a disappointment. But it was more about Mao's China then modern China. What a lunatic and what craziness one man can achieve. Hard to accurately determine but some estimates say he was directly and indirectly responsible for 100 million deaths. Stalin only scored 60, so Mao wins.

Oranage2

China hard to know really - They have some disgusting human rights policies but nobody can fault their economic power house.

The girl run over earlier in the year and other stories involving corrupt officials still makes me think, though unfair to judge 1.1 billion people on the actions of a few.

yeppydeppy

It's the only thing to drink tea out of! If you haven't tried it and you like tea, you should give it a go - it makes a huge difference but I can't explain it?

Interceptor

I wish the Chinese would stop using all my oil to make stuff for Tesco that I don't need.

Otherwise carry on.

'cptr

44leto

yeppydeppy wrote: »

It's the only thing to drink tea out of! If you haven't tried it and you like tea, you should give it a go - it makes a huge difference but I can't explain it?

China is a western product first made in Britain. The British pottery makers copied the style of Chinese porceline and called it China. We still call it that, but now it is probably made in China like every other western product.

The things you learn from BBC4.

Wibbs

Oranage2 wrote: »

though unfair to judge 1.1 billion people on the actions of a few.

You could say similar of their economic power base.

Fascinating history to the place. Their list of innovations in science and philosophy is long(though not printing, that was Korea IIRC). They had great leaps forward followed by long periods of stagnation. Probably down to culture and lack of competition.

China is less a country more an empire(A Han Chinese one) and this explains a lot and asks more questions. Some like to imagine what would have happened if Imperial Rome never fell. I reckon it would have looked like China. Monolithic, centralised, innovative at times, but mostly stagnant. A Chinese peasant of the year 1900 would not have looked, worked or acted very different from one from the year 1000, or earlier. Compare that to a European peasant over the same time period where change was almost generational as was their individual freedoms and wealth. Contrary to some popular belief it was very rare for per capita wealth in China to be higher than per capita wealth in Europe(6th to 8th centuries IIRC).

Change and competition is the great innovator. Many cultures and countries in a small area drive progress. Monolithic empires rarely do. For China to really shift the world focus and powerbase their way they're gonna have to embrace that. I'm not so sure they will if their long history is anything to go by. Plus unless their current tide raises all boats, the near billion boats beyond the cities, they'll have no customers to sell to, if the "west" decided to play economic hardball or went around the U bend.

ejmaztec

The West is sclewed.

Wibbs

44leto wrote: »

China is a western product first made in Britain. The British pottery makers copied the style of Chinese porceline and called it China.

And we call other ceramics Delph because of Delft in the Netherlands who were churning out their version. Cool or wha?

We still call it that, but now it is probably made in China like every other western product.

But designed in the west and most of the money flows back to the west. For a lot of products "Made in China" would be more accurately labeled "assembled in China". This they'll have to change. And they'll have to get with the concept of copyright and intellectual property, words that seem to have no equivalents in Mandarin, judging by how blatant they are about ripping designs off. Often with government backing.

Wibbs

ejmaztec wrote: »

The West is sclewed.

No it's really not. Not by a long shot.

WindSock

I can't wait to go there. Seems interesting.

astonaidan

Till I came to Australia had no problem, Now though they get on my nerves feckin place polluted with them and there disgusting ways:mad:

dilbert2

abbywhite wrote: »

:)I had this lesson on my Enlish book when I was a middle school student.

uh~ The lesson was like this.

Han Meimei: Hi, Jim, what do you think about China?
Jim:Hi, Han Meimei, I think China is good.

After many years, Now I am a worker and an adult. I find the world is not simple as the book.
China develops quickly these years, we get much, and we also lose a lot.
As a Chiese, I love my dear country, well, who isn't?

But it's sure we do not know clearly about our country.
As I find not so many countries respect China.Dear friends, I hope any one could tell me.

What do you think about China?

Great nation and bunch of people. I also look forward to the day when they become a world power and put some manners on America, and its unilateral actions and casual disregard for international law. America has been running amok since it’s been the only superpower since the collapse of the USSR, and it will be good for a return of global balance with the rise of China to rival America’s current position in the world as the sole superpower.

Fear Uladh

Their food really is the dogs bollocks.

Wibbs

dilbert2 wrote: »

Great nation and bunch of people. I also look forward to the day when they become a world power and put some manners on America, and its unilateral actions and casual disregard for international law.

Ehhhh and you reckon China of all places would be a better bet? Seriously?

44leto

Wibbs wrote: »

And we call other ceramics Delph because of Delft in the Netherlands who were churning out their version. Cool or wha? But designed in the west and most of the money flows back to the west. For a lot of products "Made in China" would be more accurately labeled "assembled in China". This they'll have to change. And they'll have to get with the concept of copyright and intellectual property, words that seem to have no equivalents in Mandarin, judging by how blatant they are about ripping designs off. Often with government backing.

Yay someone else watched a history of pottery. It sounds boring and you may think 44leto get a life, but it was the most fascinating doco I seen in ages, it was brilliant.

Well the cheap shyte is made and designed in China, Philippines, Indonesia. But the exclusive arty, fashionable and clever designs are actually still made in Blighty.

Porceline is very labour intensive and low tech, Britain got rich on it when it was high tech for that time.

TiGeR KiNgS

China is not going to be a world counter weight or anything of the sort, it's culture is too conservative and inward looking.

With exception to the south china sea, Taiwan and other localized places of interest with natural resources their influence will remain limited world wide.

Broads.ie

China is taking over Africa right now. Yes, they are building beautiful new roads and highways... which make it easier to transport the minerals out of the jungles and to the ports. Soon enough Sub Saharan Africa will be standing on empty ground! Also, they have a voracious appetite for rhino horns and elephant tusks. It's not uncommon to see a high incidence of poaching wherever the Chinese workers are stationed.

Other than that....

A great bunch of lads.

cocoshovel

Videos of the bad things that happen in china are always posted, yet the good things are very rarely.

in light of the video of the run over kid being ignored, and the child being abused by people in the street have a look at this

http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/videos/chinese-crowd-lifts-suv-to-rescue-run-over-child-in-wenzhou.html

Lanaier

cocoshovel wrote: »

Videos of the bad things that happen in china are always posted, yet the good things are very rarely.

in light of the video of the run over kid being ignored, and the child being abused by people in the street have a look at this

http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/videos/chinese-crowd-lifts-suv-to-rescue-run-over-child-in-wenzhou.html

Now I'm certainly not going to argue that horrible things happen in China all the time, but what exactly would a video of "good things" be?

A man helping a granny across the street?
Firemen rescuing a kitten?

Would such stories even be considered upload worthy to any of the sites that focus on that stuff?

Got any Ireland vids of the good variety to post?

PS: Don't read sites like Chinasmack if you don't want to be led into a suicidal depression, dreadful reading some of that stuff, the comments especially.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Its a grand place...and they make nice curry.

Toby Take a Bow

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

China is not going to be a world counter weight or anything of the sort, it's culture is too conservative and inward looking.

With exception to the south china sea, Taiwan and other localized places of interest with natural resources their influence will remain limited world wide.

Except, of course, as another poster has already stated, where they are making huge inroads in Africa. They've also strong trading agreements with places like Russia, Iran and (I think) Venezuela. And they're also buying up shedloads of American debt.

Hardly inward looking and their influence is certainly not limited.

Ghost Buster

I prefer regular delph as it is dish washer proof.

bnt

I haven't been to China. All I know about it is what I read from the news. If the financial reporting is correct, China is headed for the Mother of all financial crises in the next few years. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride ..!

Peetrik

Any Chinese people I've met I've liked in general. I really dislike their internet censorship policies however, any government that actively limits the education of its citizens does NOT have its citizens interests at heart.

guitarzero

Well, if I heard the words 'Attack' and 'China' in the same sentence I would probably tie up all lose ends so to speak.

Its like some mega brain of the world that operates alone where people do what they're damned told by the core neuron system, while the rest of the world just smile politely with a slight unease.

ejmaztec

They are doing something useful, getting rid of sh1te tv programmes, although they might be replacing them with a different kind of crap.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0104/breaking26.html

China claims victory in TV taste war


A campaign to curb "excessive entertainment" by cutting the number of "racy" programmes on Chinese satellite television channels has been successful, state media reported.
The broadcast regulator ordered the two-thirds cutback in October, taking particular aim at dating and talent shows, programmes featuring "emotional stories" and those of "low taste" after President Hu Jintao warned Western culture was out to attack China.
As of the end of last year, satellite channels had begun showing programmes that "promote traditional virtues and socialist core value", the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday, citing a statement from the regulator.
The regulator "believes that the move to cut entertainment programming is crucial in improving cultural services for the public by offering high quality programming", Xinhua added.
The government has long struggled to promote what it believes is a healthy cultural environment, in contrast to more brash television shows and movies from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the west that circulate widely online and via pirated DVDs.
In the latest issue of the ruling Communist Party's top theoretical journal, Qiushi , which means "Seeking Truth", Mr Hu warned the country must promote its own culture over "westernisation" promoted by hostile forces.
"We must clearly be aware that international enemy forces are stepping up their strategic plots to westernise and split our country," he wrote. "The fields of thought and culture are important sectors they are using for this long-term infiltration. We must clearly recognise the seriousness and difficulty of this struggle, sound the alarm bell . . . and take effective measures to deal with it."