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A culture note on china

In every culture we grow up with certain unspoken principles that we don’t ever really think about, but they seamlessly become part of most of us. In America for example, one of the predominant cultural characteristics is that you can get into any career path no mater your age, social, or financial standing. Most of Americans don’t even think otherwise, when they turn 40 they know that if they wanted too they could switch to a whole different carrier. If you are paralyzed you can still become an Olympic hero, and if you are dirt poor you can become a self-made millionaire. If any of those actually happen is up for debate of course, but the idea is that you could. That is actually fairly rare in this world, in most places you learn one thing and that’s what you are.

That is an example of what I’m talking about, a sort of cultural belief.

In Chinese culture there is a principle that (for the lack of a better wording) says you should go all out in everything you do, 110%, over the top, better then best. The finished product is of main concern, its got to be spectacular, how you get there is not that important. An analogy, behind stage you save every penny so that you can make the performance that much more spectacular. Now of course this has its inherent problems, but so does everything, and this is just their way.

You can see it in almost everything china does. They have a progressive government which the modern world is not ready for yet. They have 1/5 of the worlds land and population without much infrastructure to serve the needs of the people. They have a humongous military that’s not exactly modern but great at marching. Impressive ambitions for space exploration and economical boom, while the technology and brands look a lot like their western predecessors.

It’s just their way, its different yes, but so what, it’s Chinese.

 

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A culture note on china

In every culture we grow up with certain unspoken principles that we don’t ever really think about, but they seamlessly become part of most of us. In America for example, one of the predominant cultural characteristics is that you can get into any career path no mater your age, social, or financial standing. Most of Americans don’t even think otherwise, when they turn 40 they know that if they wanted too they could switch to a whole different carrier. If you are paralyzed you can still become an Olympic hero, and if you are dirt poor you can become a self-made millionaire. If any of those actually happen is up for debate of course, but the idea is that you could. That is actually fairly rare in this world, in most places you learn one thing and that’s what you are.

That is an example of what I’m talking about, a sort of cultural belief.

In Chinese culture there is a principle that (for the lack of a better wording) says you should go all out in everything you do, 110%, over the top, better then best. The finished product is of main concern, its got to be spectacular, how you get there is not that important. An analogy, behind stage you save every penny so that you can make the performance that much more spectacular. Now of course this has its inherent problems, but so does everything, and this is just their way.

You can see it in almost everything china does. They have a progressive government which the modern world is not ready for yet. They have 1/5 of the worlds land and population without much infrastructure to serve the needs of the people. They have a humongous military that’s not exactly modern but great at marching. Impressive ambitions for space exploration and economical boom, while the technology and brands look a lot like their western predecessors.

It’s just their way, its different yes, but so what, it’s Chinese.

I wasn't complaining about that... I do understand that this sort of attitude seems to be a cultural trait. My problems with Chinese government is that it doesn't recognize the fact that all human beings have certain unalienable rights *yeah we all know where I stole that from.*

I have a friend Mai-Lin who came from China two years ago. She managed to escape the country and came to the US illegally. She has told me gruesome stories about her life in China (this is obviously not the China we see on the TV.)

The one that hit me hardest was where Chinese soldiers came into her home and held her pregnant sister down and gave her an abortion against her will. Her sister later died of infection as a result of the abortion. According to Mai-Lin this is not an uncommon practice around the country.

China is very image consciences...they would like to appear to the world as a progressive, modern country and they are in many aspects - technologically, economically (speaking only of the government on this one), militarily, etc. However they are stuck in the middle ages when it comes to the welfare of many of their citizens and recognizing human rights and so it offends me that the IOC even considered China let alone chose it to be the home of the 2008 Olympics. Why should we give praise to a country that treats its citizens as less than human?

Whew that was a long speel...okay back to your regularly scheduled programs.

*Fotsie steps off her soap-box*

 

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Whew that was a long speel...okay back to your regularly scheduled programs.

*Fotsie steps off her soap-box*

We just discussing, I know you're not complaining.

It's no secret that China has and still does some fucked up shit. It's a tricky situation though. China, the largest country in the world, has a government that has no experience to draw on, no social science to aid its function, and trying to coexist with nations that it doesn't know how to keep foreign relations with. Theoretically they are too far ahead of their time, and realistically because of this, they are stuck halfway in revolution, and the methods that it takes for a successful revolution, well they aren't pretty.

Not only that, but because China is so large it has to give a lot of power to small communities, who are not effectively regulated and hence results in a lot of different scenarios all across the nation, including human rights violations.

Hence I try not to use any single impression to blanket the nation. All the stories I hear from Chinese immigrants are so different, I don't even know what to do with them. From the rich kid studding in America to further the familys capitalistic business, to the one lesbian from Beijing who left because, well, she was the one lesbian in Beijing.

I think this one reason why I am watching Chinas development so eagerly, I really want to know on what terms things will end.

 

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These little scandals are getting positively humourous.

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/composer-says-b.html

Yay for Chinese efficiency.