Discovery Atlas: China

[Mizuchi]

'Kay. I found the show's official site for anyone interested: http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence...lik=visit_site. From what I can tell it does seem to address China's destitute population. I found a quote from some rice farmers saying "we can now eat better, and we have better clothes. Now, we've even bought a fridge and a TV!" and a quote from a middle aged construction worker saying "I just want to buy a car. Any car will do." And these are supposed to be the people representative of China's population. Given this, how did you form such a positive opinion about China, Mizuchi? Surely you don't think that because 5th graders are taking Algebra 2, and that some gymnast feels she's accomplished that it makes China's system ideal. Though, I didn't see the whole show, so I can't say much else.

Golly! Well if that is indeed true I'm glad I don't live there. Again, I'm directly referring to your first post, hyping China's values. So far, we've had more "cons" than "pros" in terms of a Western way of thinking about China.

Yes, I understand what you are trying to say. All i can say is try to find a download of the clip and watch it, so you might get a better understanding from my point of view.

[Board of Command]

Construction worker wants to buy a car?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

The cost to buy a car and maintain it in China is absurd. For a construction worker to even consider this idea is hard for me to believe, unless by car he means one of those ghetto "tri-wheel cars" or one of those shitty 8' pickup. The word "car" in Chinese can mean any automobile. But if he meant a Jetta (typical taxi car) then I'm sorry, they interviewed someone with mental disorders.

PS: This is a "tri-wheel car."



This is a shitty 8' pickup:

[mage]

China is a pure, absolute shit hole (literally apparantly), and anyone who says it isn't has no clue what they're talking about (Mizuchi).

[Board of Command]

China is a pure, absolute shit hole (literally apparantly)

You know, they actually have shit holes in the extremly rural areas. To keep things simple...

bathroom = shit hole in the ground inside a little shack

I would have taken a picture of one but didn't have a camera on hand.

[bagandscalpel]

You know, they actually have shit holes in the extremly rural areas. To keep things simple...

bathroom = shit hole in the ground inside a little shack

I would have taken a picture of one but didn't have a camera on hand.

Heh, and here I was wondering whether to raise the "squatting-shitter" topic.

Which reminds me, can anyone confirm the existance of human meatbuns?