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[Flying pig]

I am a Chinese.
I'm glad to answer your question about China or Chineses.

[RedRose]

it seems that a good play is starting again

I am a Chinese too. and here some people are friendly, but some ain't some people have a problem with China. everytime, when you mention China, those sensitive people just can't help suffering. I don't know why. but I hope I can do something to work this out.

[Mallaien]

I have been learning a lot about Chinese culture. I have created a blog on a Chinese web site. I share my America culture and discuss the similarities, or differences between the cultures. It is a very nice page to visit, and no one is rude. It is for Chinese who wish to learn more about American culture, not many Americans see my blog. 2 weeks old and the blog has had 1500 visitors. Read at the bottom of my posts for the web site.
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Visit my Blog on a Chinese web site. I discuss many things about American culture, and the site is getting quite popular. http://mallaien.blog.sohu.com/

[RedRose]

Hang on! I am gonna visit your blog. I would love to share my ideas with you.

[RedRose]

Mallaien, I made a comment there.

and yes, your blog is very nice.

where did you start to learn Chinese language?

[ltp-008]

[RedRose]

[ad-miral]

[Wangwei]

[beancurdturtle]

[RedRose]

[ad-miral]

Dixie! Hahaha
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[ieltsinsider]

I don't think that many people in China believe in Communism. The rampant capitalism here almost makes America look Communist!!! The dominant ideology in China is nationalism.

Getting a satellite dish isn't a problem here, but some stations are blocked (or more often temporarily blocked when some 'sensitive' news comes on). The BBC is the most widely blocked, mainly because it insists on giving equal weight to pro and anti independence sources when discussing Taiwan.

The Chinese government blocks more websites than any other and has 50,000 people whose job it is to check online content. However, you can get to most blocked sites (e.g. BBC) indirectly.

[ltp-008]

Thanks redrose and ad-miral for answering my questions.

I heard that some kinds of person in China are allowed to install satellite TV recerivers ,they are certain-rank governmetal officals say vice-mayors or vice-director generals,foreigners who reside in China and some people who have studied abroad and got foreign degrees.


A few years ago,there was a ourbreak of SARS in China,Chinese government originally denied that China had that ourbreak,but a military -retired doctor known as Jiang -so-so (sorry I don't remember his name)posted his statement in Internet which he told ordinary Chinese and the world that the minister of health department of China was lying to the world,there ware many SARS patients in his hospital which the government refused to admit.This accident made the world outrage toward china for its hiding the news of burst-out of SARS,the Chinese government gave the world bad impression :Chinese government is not only irresponsible for all Chinese people ,but also irresponsible for the world.Afterward,the minister of national health department was fired by the Chinese top leaders as scapegoat.

There was another instance in which Chinese government doesn't care for their people ,about one year ago there was a blast of chemical factory in North-east China which a large amount of poisonous chemicals pollluted a river which supplies water to many cities along the river ,the river also crosses into Russia.Initially Chinese government coverd the pollution ,they told ordinary people that water-supply factory needed repair for a few day so that there was no water for the residents,they dishonorably lied to the public that the river wasn't severely polluted by poisonous chemicals,afterward a vice-mayor commited suicide as scapegoat.

These are only two examples how Chinese government covers break news for its own interests which they don't want ordinary Chnese people and the world to know what exactly happen in China.

so the freedom of press in China is very important for China to become a responsible nation in the international affairs,but now China don't have the freedom of press,hoping China will have freedom of press in the near future.

Good luck,China!

[ieltsinsider]

Oh yeah, freedom of the press is severely limited in China. Chinese people are not used to going online and looking at alternative news sources from outside China (nationalism, again!).

The Chinese government does lie - much more than Western governments - but, as ltp pointed out, the worst thing is that they try to cover everything up and deny things, even though everyone knows those things are happening - SARS was a perfect example.

The Chinese government says it is reforming its ways, but it isn't. It's all just lip service.

The SARS outbreak was very important in another (often overlooked) way. China constantly says that it seeks international co-operation. The fact that China didn't report SARS to the international community suggests otherwise.