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‘Fault Lines On The Face Of China: 50 Reasons Why China May Never Be Great’ - Excerpt 21"China has the world’s fastest-growing economy, but many millions in China’s countryside have been left behind, forming the ranks of the 1st Army of Instability.In 1978, before China reformed its economic policies, the country had 250 million people who lacked adequate food and clothing. By the end of 2005, that...

‘Fault Lines On The Face Of China: 50 Reasons Why China May Never Be Great’ - Excerpt 19“The Party has an irresponsible approach to history as part of its modus operandi, consistently fabricating stories to glorify its own actions, often at the expense of others. The true ‘Long March,’ for example, bears little resemblance to the internationally famous version the Party gives of it, and the many mistakes...

‘Fault Lines On The Face Of China: 50 Reasons Why China May Never Be Great.’ Excerpt 17.“`The Chinese army started its IT revolution in the 1990s’ said media in 2007. ‘Digital technology allows commanders to electronically monitor the borders right around the clock even while cooks in the barracks are rustling up some tasty grub using a recipe from an e-Book consulted on a scr'een in the kitchen.’‘With...

‘Fault Lines On The Face Of China: 50 Reasons Why China May Never Be Great.’ Excerpt 15.“One strand of Chinese belief well-exposed in Western media is Falun Gong, which at this date is still totally outlawed. Part cult, part religion, part exercise, the Falun Gong followers fatally attracted attention to themselves when using an internationally recognized method of religious protest -- the non-violent...

BIG NEWS!The Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games has asked ChinaBounder to provide a list of 10 ‘gold medal’ winners from among the many dissidents, victims, and visionaries who truly want change but have been beaten, jailed or executed by the Communist Chinese government.No, not really -- but here are my suggestions.Woeser. She’s a Tibetan poet. She writes about AIDS, the environment,...

'Fault Lines On The Face Of China: 50 Reasons Why China May Never Be Great.' Excerpt 13.“An inspection launched across nine provinces in China found 775 bogus military vehicles and more than a thousand stolen or faked military license plates. Criminal gangs faked military certificates and seals to produce the bogus vehicles, which they then sold for many thousands of dollars profit.In Shanghai, the...

‘Fault Lines On The Face Of China: 50 Reasons Why China May Never Be Great’ - Excerpt 11.“In early summer 2007 a man walked into the offices of the Chengdu Evening News, a newspaper located in the central Chinese city of Chendgu. He gave the text of an advertisement he wished to place to the young female clerk on duty. The words of that advertisement were ‘Paying tribute to the strong mothers of the...

‘Fault Lines On The Face Of China: 50 Reasons Why China May Never Be Great’ - Excerpt 9“Politicians who have to appeal to the electorate need to develop star power. Think of Bill Clinton. Think of Tony Blair. Think of Nicolas Sarkozy, or Junichiro Koizumi. Think of up and coming Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Politicians from democracies are sexy.These leaders sought power by taking...

‘Fault Lines On The Face Of China: 50 Reasons Why China May Never Be Great’ - Excerpt 7“One of the reasons behind the system of pressure [in higher education] is the extraordinary changes higher education in China has seen in recent decades. China’s universities were shut down in the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). In the years since they reopened, 36 million students have been admitted. Expansion...

Excerpt 5.“As writers living in China we have become constant surveyors. Asking questions is easy since most Chinese are eager to explain their life, culture and feelings.One question we pose to almost everyone we meet socially is, 'Who loves their children more, Chinese parents or Western parents?' The response invariably comes quickly with the firm belief that the answer is irrefutable. Chinese...