I will boycott the Olympics

[aliasyzy]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I agree with you, aliasyzy. But I also think Shanghai is hardly representative of China in general.
Of course that's the biggest problem about making generalizations about China, and the Chinese people. The country is HUGE. Just the change in climate, from north to south is staggering. There are crowded cities, uninhabited deserts, and everything in between.

Now the common thing is the National government, but I've read the regional governments have a lot of power, causing different rules (laws) in different regions. Of course we foreigners only hear what the Party is doing on a national level, national policy I guess you could call it, and yes, the western press zeros in of the negatives. But then again, your press is not exactly forthcoming.

So forgive us our ignorance, for we have been coached in our view of China. Better yet, please enlighten us with the truth about life in China.

There are problems in almost every aspects of China. It's a big country and it's still a poor country. Like you said, making generalization should be careful.

I just want to say that people all over the world are the same: selfish, cowerdly and greedy. You can choose to understand others and work out a way to co-exist, or you can picture them as evil and fight them.

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I'd like to answer questions about China. I may not be correctly informed, but I could provide another angle to view China.