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  2008: China's Bad Year

  http://madminerva.blogspot.com/2008/05/2008-chinas-bad-year....
  203 days ago in Mad Minerva 2.0 · Authority: 21

  A journalist is pointing out the obvious here: China is having a very negative 2008. It's only May. The recent devastating earthquake (7.9!) is one more catastrophe; casualties are in the tens of thousands. It's horrible indeed. Here's another obvious quote from an academic, Roger Des Forges, a historian of China at the University at Buffalo: "The Olympics are an important symbol of China’s effort to ... get on the same gauge with the rest of the world. So they have attached a lot of importance to them. . . . But for most Chinese people, they are secondary to the quality of life that they are trying to achieve. So these questions of disasters are uppermost in people’s minds, watching how the government is going to deal with them," he [Des Forges] said. . . . Ultimately, the series of crises could prompt China to reassess its true priorities, said Des Forges. “I think there may be some way in which these crises are reminding the government that, as important as the games are, there are perhaps more important issues that need to be addressed,” he said. My incisive, professional response? "Well, DUH." There is no "perhaps" about this. As for the thorny idea that Beijing might -- what is that pretty phrase? ah, yes -- "reassess its true priorities," I think the entire issue hinges on how you define "true priorities." For some of us, those true priorities include human rights and so forth. For the autocrats in Beijing, though . . .
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  祝平安

  http://happysnail.ycool.com/post.2050964.html
  204 days ago in 和你在一起 - 歪酷博客 Ycool Blog · No authority yet

  对汶川地震中至今无音信的灾民，只能祈祷，祝平安。 看到图片中温总理憔悴的脸时，怎么都不能说，中国政府只是在作秀； 看到消息说军队和武警官兵徒步入震中时，怎么都不能说，军队里只是腐败和无能。 灾民的生命是生命，子弟兵的生命也是生命，以生命救生命，谁能说他们不是勇敢可爱的人？ 各尽其力，自己能做的也只是这一点点：http://news.sohu.com/20080512/n256808674.shtml 红十字会网站的在线捐款通道已经瘫痪了，试了多次都进不去。 所以有工行卡的可以用这个： 开户单位：中国红十字会总会 人民币开户行：中国工商银行北京分行东四南支行 人民币账号：0200001009014413252 用网上银行直接进行转帐，比较方便。 果然不出所料，MSN的头条里就有这个： China's tough year isn't an Olympic celebration 可是，你们自己在文章的最后也有统计中国近年来发生的地震以及人员伤亡情况。 既然地震不只是在今年才有的，就请不要拿奥运年说事。 如果想体现你们所谓的人权和人道主义精神，请提供援助，而不只是冷眼旁观和嘲讽。...
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  China’s big year anything but joyous

  http://citynewsmagazine.com/chinas-big-year-anything-but-joy...
  204 days ago in City News · Authority: 2

  China’s big year anything but joyous China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration, a time to bask in the spotlight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Instead, the Year of the Rat has also brought a wave of troubles — both natural and man-made — that are putting a heavy strain on the communist leadership. Author
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  China’s big year anything but joyous

  http://www.dailyheadlines.org/2008/05/12/chinas-big-year-any...
  204 days ago in DailyHeadlines.org | Bringing you headlines from around the world daily! · Authority: 14

  China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration, a time to bask in the spotlight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Instead, the Year of the Rat has also brought a wave of troubles — both natural and man-made — that are putting a heavy strain on the communist leadership.

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