Thread: F*ck China

some of the most conservative, folk ive met in america are the biggest wal-mart shoppers there are.

and by conservative im talking about folk who most of you europeeunz never seen. y'all have never seen such ignorant folk. you think bush & company is bad? HA! you travel in middle america for a year and you'll meet ignorance that has no limit.

looking at those pics i can only think of fat-ass ignorant americans who tout all the USA USA USA they can vocalize, but support chinese companies and workers, who in the context of the chinese govnt, arent allowed to practice religion freely. hence, ignorance is the intersection of "we're better than you because of jesus"...AND..."i love buying that, no matter where it comes from" :slave:

i bet that lady cant afford the very doll shes making.

but thats ok, as long as we hate on gays, flag burning, liberals, and anyone who doesnt give to the church.

Down with China! OOH except that lovely plastic flower thats 0.85 cents! whadda bargain!




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lots o jobs there pan.

you just gotta if you want to :twogirls:

give <--> take

Olympic ideals come up against hard reality

• Editorial
• August 15, 2008

It was a miscalculation by the West and the IOC to expect China to conduct the Games as they would expect other hosts to conduct them.
A WEEK ago, an estimated 4 billion television viewers were enthralled and captivated by the most spectacular Olympic Games opening ceremony in the movement's history. China put on a show that overwhelmed the efforts of past hosts and is unlikely to be rivalled by any future host nation. It was, as Age writer Greg Baum wrote from Beijing, "the greatest show on Earth".
A week later, the world is discovering how much of a show. It should not be surprised. China is what it is. There will be no apologies from Beijing about that. If there has been a miscalculation in expectations then it is the fault of the International Olympic Committee and Western countries. Both believed that in the granting of the Games to China, in the preparation for them and in the conducting of them over these two weeks, Beijing would change; a little light from the West would fall over the faces of the members of the Politburo and enlightenment would shine through. It was naive in the extreme.
As the past week has shown, the greater cause to China of these Games is to project to the world what it perceives its image to be. But as this week has also shown, there will always be flaws in the glass. The most glaring came in the shape of a nine-year-old girl, Lin Miaoke. When 4 billion people saw Miaoke in her red dress singing so guilelessly, they were entranced. It was a moment of small, intense delight amid a huge spectacle. But it was an illusion. The voice was of another girl, Yang Peiyi, aged 7. And the reason? China's national interest.
A Politburo member said: "The child on camera should be flawless in image, internal feelings and expression. Lin Miaoke is excellent in those aspects. But in the aspect of voice, Yang Peiyi is flawless." So China, in effect, combined the two girls to present to the world the perfect child. It may have been superb television, but it wasn't the real thing, and trying to find the real thing in China is a Herculean task. No more so than in trying to report without official impairment. In China, the censors really do work overtime.
The IOC, and its president Jacques Rogge, need to accept some of the blame in this for raising hopes that China would free up its internet restrictions for the Games. It reluctantly did for the foreign press for some websites, but as The Age reported yesterday its muzzle on its own media is severe and repressive. China has issued a 21-point guide to the local media on what to report and what not to report during the Games. Forbidden subjects include Tibet, Falun Gong, the three official protest parks, emergencies inside Games venues and food safety issues such as cancer-causing mineral water. Of the 21 directives, No. 9 suffices to go to the heart of the matter: "In regard to the three protest parks, no interviews and coverage is allowed."
It is not surprising then that no one has applied to the authorities (as one must to protest at the parks). To admit that there are matters on which to protest is to admit to flaws in the society, and thus in the image.
However, the Chinese censors have no control over the impressions making their way to the world of an Olympic Games that has had the life, fun and spontaneity sucked out of it. Dour has been the adjective of choice to describe the atmosphere. So enervated have some of the venues become that authorities are using armies of volunteers to inject some "spontaneity" to the events. John Coates, the Australian Olympic Committee president, says organisers "haven't been able to manage the balance between security and creating that atmosphere" of euphoria and enthusiasm.
Mr Coates is right, yet no one should be surprised at the imbalance towards security. China, in scrubbing its streets clean of every possible type of societal infection and blemish, may have caused outrage and indignation in the West, but as a one-party state, it is only doing what is in its nature to do. While it has embraced capitalism, so much so that in a few decades it is expected to overhaul the United States as the world's major economic power, changes in its society are slow to moribund. China's President Hu Jintao has pledged political reforms after the Games, but it is the nature of power that those wielding it never willingly give it up.
There is the feeling that these Games are being played in a hermetically sealed dome. Yet no country can have absolute control over everything. The world goes on. Small wars in Georgia, for instance, may erupt. The show, also, goes on. Fabulous in achievement, flawed in execution

Re_fuse say The ignorant in Europe wished they had of stopped Hitler during the 1930's

Re_fuse also say ignorant people ignoring the warnings of Napoleon about China wake up in world concentration camp.

Re_fuse also would like to add that even many highly educated Chinese have never heard of Confucius or of the E-Ching.

Re_fuse also say that man with dick on head cannot see for nuts and that his vision is clear but he is concerned about other peoples total blindness.


But if you don't belive me you can wait for Bejing to tell you what Orwell Knew ..That 2 plus 2 equals 5

Want Wicked. look up... AFan Ti early precursor to Confucius very very useful for contract negotiations.

( I think correct spelling ...old man philosopher on Donkey from Chinese Mystical city of Loberpour that vanished in West China ...Ledgen had it that the women folk were incredible beauties ) It lies in an area of desert 100 km from Harmi that is considered Chinas Bermuda triangle ....Everything disappears that goes into that desert ..I got a human theory on this

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after seeing that (its isnt gruesome, but typical of a closed society)...anyone want to argue that the information control is the same in the west?


anyone?





anyone???


fuck you china. you dont deserve anyones attention or business. its ridiculous anyone respects you.

Wow!!! I don't believe that people have so much time on their hands that they are still talking about non-stories about Beijing 2008!
The opening song - one child on stage miming to one offstage. Of course, this does not happen in the West - does it? Mami Nixon was the 'singing voice' for Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood, Audrey Hepburn and others.
Putting screens around building sites. Again this does not happen in the West, does it? I've seen screened off building sites with viewing windows in them!
Other non-stories include the arrest of a journalist - they are told not to film protests but he did - silly ass! People getting rehoused - has never happened in the West has it? Now the latest one about an underage athlete, how many Chinese are called He Kexin?
You want to do something about human rights in China? Get off your keyboard, go over there and protest!
Too far to travel ? So why not boycott Chinese products and sponsors of the Beijing Games - good luck to you. Please start by stripping your computer and removing all Chinese made products then you can do the same with all your household appliances and vehicles. After that go to Beijing 2008 sponsors and never again buy those products until you are happy about the state of affairs in China and not just for the duration of the games!
Do you want to do something in Thailand? Remember the Swede convicted and sentenced in Chiang Mai about 12 months ago? I did not see any protests on his behalf - why not?
People here are complaining about the restrictions on the sale of alcohol - no farang protest marches?
New visa rules - again, I don't recall any farang protests.
Many years ago, I was stopped in the street by a man holding a clipboard and he said "Do you wanna free mandela?" I have no idea what a mandela is and still don't - is it similar to a mandolin? Anyway, it was free so I might be able to find a use for it or even sell it so I signed the form. I never received my mandela and am still waiting!