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Fetuses and Cell Phones Dominate the Weekly China Roundup
Written by Robert Vance on April 26, 2008 – 8:34 pmThe Weekly China Roundup from Sino News on TeachAbroadChina.com
- Instead of paying 5000 RMB to take a driving course in China, many Chinese drivers have paid much less money to obtain the answer book for the driving exam. A friend of mine who has a car recently told me that he was even allowed to take the answer book into the exam and that he ‘passed with flying colors.’ Meanwhile, the roads in China are ‘terrorized’ with drivers who don’t know how to stay in their own lanes, completely disregard road signs and traffic lights, and stop in the middle of the highway to ’stretch their legs.’
- My students tell me that in central China’s Hunan province, there are restaurants which serve human fetuses. Apparently, these, along with dead babies, are considered to be a delicacy and have a high nutritional value. Now, I know that there are many in the West who say that this is just a legend but when you hear it from the Chinese people themselves, it causes one to wonder…
- The torch was in Japan this weekend and received a suprisingly warm welcome. When I asked my students why there was so little trouble, they explained to me that if the Japanese had showed their true feelings, they probably would have followed the antics of the French. However, the Japanese are afraid that their products will be boycotted in China so they have to behave in order to keep the money flowing.
- The mp3 equipped cell phones that have invaded China’s mobile phone market are proving to be a nuisance. I climbed up a local mountain this past weekend hoping to enjoy some peace and quiet. It was not to be. Dozens of people were blaring Chinese music from their cell phones up and down the mountain and I was the only one who seemed to mind. I guess for them, it is their way of ‘bringing a boombox to the beach.’ Everyone gets to have a listen whether they like it or not.
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“The torch was in Japan this weekend and received a suprisingly warm welcome. When I asked my students why there was so little trouble, they explained to me that if the Japanese had showed their true feelings, they probably would have followed the antics of the French. However, the Japanese are afraid that their products will be boycotted in China so they have to behave in order to keep the money flowing. ”
Hi Bob,
What the Chinese government said you never believed. But the student said you quickly believed. Did you have evidence that the student told you is the true story?
I told you some facts:
1. almost 20,000 chineses were occupying there to protect the torch relay. They arrived there in the very ealier morning(around 3 or 4 am) to get the best place in case someone else disturbing. That’s from the TV is overwhelming.
2. There is 1 Chinese hurt by Tibetan protestors and sent to the hospital.
Tibetan uses the same method to hire Japanese as protestors by giving them 10,000 Yen. In London, Paris and San Francisco, same way.
In Paris, some hired one even forgot the slogan saying “Free Japan” and he was stopped by Tibetan separatist and then changed to “Free Tibet”.
Jason,
Relatively speaking, the torch received a much warmer welcome in Japan than in Europe. There were a few incidents (I did see one report of 4 injured people) but according to reports, no one was arrested. The torch is always going to be protested (unless you’re in North Korea where protesting is not allowed) but there have been varying degrees of protests and Japan was definitely not the worst.