Laura asks…
How do you suggest we get this country back on track?
How can we fix our economy, the housing market, the huge debt, the war in Iraq, social security, health care, security flaws, environmental issues, diplomacy, our relations with other countries, American’s jobs being sent to China, poverty, illegal immigrants, border security, education and the corrupt government who we are trusting to fix our problems. How are we going to fix all of these issues and get our country back after 7 years of complete incompetence in our government?
KRR- I know the sky is not falling but how are we going to fix these problems?
The Expert answers:
I think we need to value our manufacturing sector more. With the jobs flowing overseas for cheap labor, America is losing a lot of ground.
Mark asks…
Might it be hard for Westerners to understand Chinese “Human Rights”?
Based on historical evidence from over the past two thousand years or so, Chinese culture places a much lower value on human life than that currently found in Western civilization. As the Chinese population continues to grow, and resources begin to shrink, this cultural viewpoint is likely to maintain its influence. Thus, China could easily commit a few million troops to overrun any area it might choose, without regard to loss of life. Likewise, the CCP can eliminate any dissidents seeking to “modernize” the culture (as in “globalization”), with little repercussions. And, widespread deaths in coal mines and industrial accidents, or from short-cutting quality control (e.g. the powered milk and lead painted toys scandals) are seen as common business practices with acceptable losses of human life.
Might this cultural factor (disregard for Human Rights, as well as the environment) be so contrary to the viewpoints embedded in Western cultures that it could generate misjudgments during political/economic negotiations?
Do you know of any other examples where this has recently occurred?
Might it be totally unreasonable for Western countries to expect ANY progress in the area of Human Rights and environmental issues, so long as China continues to have such an immense and expendable population, and extremely little motivation to head in that direction?
CHN – Thorough response, thanks.
Patrick – I can understand Traditional Mandarin. However, you type in the bastardized form of Chinese created by the CCP. 很遺憾，您無法讀取真實中國.
Sailor – You refer to a simple question as being “silly.” I’m not sure why you didn’t understand the question. Individual perceptions of the world and one’s values vary according to cultural upbringing. I was inquiring as to whether Chinese culture/history is so diametrically opposed to Western culture/history in regards to the value of human life, that it might lead to great misunderstandings during attempts to mutually improve the environment (such as curtailing the use of coal-fired power plants) and settle issues of human rights (such as invoking due process of law).
The Expert answers:
There are alot of answers out there, but most of them misses the bulleye.
I will put it in simple terms for you.
1) China gives you all the rights you want, BUT if you commit a crime or voices against the communist party. Everything will be stripped from you including your rights. NO one will even know you disappeared, because China controls the media! Simple as that.
2) The industrial accidents, quality control etc you mentioned? That has nothing to do with human life. Its called they don’t give a crap. BECAUSE they are only concerned about themselves.
You should know the standard of education in China is low.
Simple things like don’t throw cigs out the balcony once u are done with them, sort out the trashes and of course respect others.
These are things the older generations in china don’t know.
3) The difference between Chinese cultural and western culture would NOT generate misjudgement for negotiations. Top negotiators would have a fairly good idea about the people they are dealing with including their culture.
Negotiations don’t workout because its matter of who gets the most benefit.
Take the Value of yuan for example. Chinese say of course their yuan is not artificially undervalued because they gives them an edge in selling their products because they are sooo dam cheap!
They are stealing everyones jobs in every country.
They know it, but they deny it because they want to maintain the competitive advantages.
4) Yes it is unreasonble for western countries to expect China to do anything about human rights, because IF all the people in china has freedom of speech and critize everything then the Communist party will cripple.
You underestand is not China doesn’t want to go in that direction, its because Human rights and environmental issues are BARRIERS for the Government to take full control and rise to super power.
Look at China now.. If they agree to tackle the environmental issue, that will pose more of a problem for everone to adapt rather than help with the businesses in china to push out the product.
They know how to play politics and maintance TWO FACED, Say one thing, do another.
If international MEDIA critize them, they will always say ” You are accusing us on groundless means, without any evidence, therefore you are hurting US- China relationship”
How many times have u heard them say that. They don’t admit that they are wrong, when they do the wrong things like HACKING GOGGLE.
Because that makes them Loose FACE.
Joseph asks…
How do you solve this critical reading question?
Passage:
India is part of the Asian subcontinent and is home to over 1 billion people. Only China has a larger population. A little over half of India’s land is suited to agriculture, but about 65 percent of Indians are farmers or farm laborers. They raise rice, wheat, cotton, cattle, sheep, and water buffalo. To increase output, the government instituted irritation and land reclamation projects. Newer types of crops and fertilizers have also been tried. India is one of the nations benefiting from the Green Revolution. Unfortunately, the initial high hopes for the Green Revolution have proved to be illusory because of the high costs for the seeds and fertilizer and the environmental issues arising from the massive use of pesticides.
Question:
The author probably introduced the statistic about the size of the India’s population
A.) in order to set up a comparison with China‘s population
B.) because it is an interesting fact
C.) to provide background for the discussion for the Green Revolution
D.) to show the seriousness of the need for food in India
E.) to provide context for the number of Indians who work in agriculture
According to my review book, the answer is D… But where in the passage, is this answer supported??
Also,
—– the activities of her employees, the director refused to — their methods.
A.) Disarming..condone
B.) Appplauding—question
C.) Repudiating—reward
D.)Handling—oversee
E.) Approving—arrogate
I believe the answer is C, but my review book says B…. Am I wrong?
The Expert answers:
If I can be honest, none of it makes sense to me. Why? Because of the number given right off the bat. Let’s round off and say there’s 1 billion people. If 65% of the population is farmers or farm laborers (assuming they don’t have hunger problems), that would mean there are 650 million people in the daily industry of growing (possibly ‘making’) food for the rest of the 350 million people. I doubt there is a need for food over there, they seem to be doing just fine.
Therefore, the answer I would choose is
C.) To provide background for the discussion for the Green Revolution
Robert asks…
Do you think we have ignored China’s Blatant disregard for human rights and fair trade long enough?
They seem so bully and walk over any country at will and show absolutely no restraint in environmental or political issues. The are so bold they as much as spit on everyone in the free world and yet our Government acts like their lap dog. Why is that?
George Bush Sr went over to China and Puked on their leader. Nixon was a Chinese lapdog too. Both Republican
The Expert answers:
YES! And let us add the dangerous products they sent to America. Now they are producing electronics that are infected with viruses that steal you passwords and allows others to control your computers. We need a total band on all Items made in China.
Mandy asks…
Why does the US have to keep buying toys from China?
and don’t say because it is cheaper, which is a given.
It is a shame that in this free enterprise and great country that we live in that we have to rely on other countries to provide these services. There are people out there that would rather work in a factory than McDonalds isn’t there?? The foremost cause of all the environmental issues in the world I would have to say is from the cheap and meaningless plastic pieces of crap you see on the shelves and everywhere these days. We need to get back to the old fashioned high quality toys and parts that don’t fall apart after 2 minutes in a 3 year olds hands.
The Expert answers:
The plain, and simple truth is that it is cheaper to have these products made over sea’s. $4.00 a day vs. $5.20 an hour.
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