The Moon is Shrinking?- Another Thing China Never Discovered

The moon is shrinking or maybe not, but that is not the key. The key issue that I see here is why are these discoveries being made in any country but China? This thought struck me while living here. I watch TV and all of the good programming, I mean intelligent stuff, not Sex and the City, but all the good programming comes from anywhere but China. And then I started to do research and discovered that all of the good research comes from anywhere but China, etc. And I am not so naive to think that the cultural revolution and the turmoil from ’49 to ’78 didn’t have something to do with it, but what I have come across is that for about the past 500 years, China has contributed nothing to the growth of mankind. This to me is astonishing, for a country that has over 20% of all of the people on the earth to not be contributing is somewhat incredible. And even if we fast forward to the opening up of China and zoom to the 80’s which presumably was enough time for Chinese engineers to get their shit together and do some innovating, but miraculously enough, it has not happened. What is up with China, are they only good for Kung Pao Chicken and noodles?

Chinese Don’t Even Trust Made in China Products

China knows what we all know and that is their products basically suck. After not one but three tainted milk scandals, and now the incidence of three babies in one city growing breasts, the Chinese are more skeptical than ever about Chinese goods, especially foodstuffs. This is interesting as these products are becoming more prevalent in the USA now. So how is it that we so readily consume what even the poor Chinese will not? excerpt chinadaily “About 33 percent of the respondents said they will no longer buy domestically manufactured milk powder because they doubt the quality, while 41 percent said they usually buy imported milk powder. About 63 percent of the respondents said recent cases of poisonous and unsafe milk have made them suspicious of the quality of other foodstuff.The lack of confidence in domestically produced foodstuff is spreading, according to the survey. “In the past, I used to dine out very often – almost five times a week,” said Gui Hong, a 29-year-old marketing consultant. “Now, I always fix my dinner at home, where I know exactly what I am eating. Otherwise, I am always worried I might have eaten something harmful.”

One Womb One Baby in China

China has the one child policy, but there is some confusion as to how it works, so let me clarify as best I can. Ok, China has three types of laws, official, spur of the moment, and hidden laws. This allows them considerable flexibility in all that they do, but the premise of the one child policy is that one woman or one womb is allocated one child. That means that a man could have 10 wives and 10 kids, whereas a woman is not so lucky. In addition, some provinces and areas allow you a ‘mulligan’ or a second chance if your first kid is a girl. Others will allow you a second kid after a certain period, such as 8 years or so. I am not sure if the later of these are official or unofficial rules, but they are true.

China Fact- Twinkies Have Longer Shelf Life Than a Typical Chinese Building!

Well, that is probably not true, although at times it may be, but not often. The reason for this blog post is to bring to light the problems of Chinese buildings, products and construction. A recent study showed that the typical life of a building in China is about 15 to 30 years, and the urban myth of the life of a twinkie was about 25 years, thus I made some assumptions and came up with the title for this post. The mythical life of the Twinkie, however, is untrue, as this page shows,. it states that the exposed life of a Twinkie is about 25 days, which is at least a few months longer than the life of a newly constructed Chinese building. Still in all, if I had to bet or choose between the two, I’d eat the twinkie and take a pass on a building constructed in China.

Chinese Pic Nic Photo

I saw this mom , grandmother, and child having a nice little pic nic on the subway stairs and had to get the shot. This is the good life in China…

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Hordes of Chinese at the Bus Station

Here is just a glimpse of what it is like to live with 1 300 000 000 people…

Caged in in Hong Kong

These photos are from weirdasiannews.com. This is how some people in Hong Kong live. They basically are caged in like animals, due to the high cost of housing. This is pretty sad. One such former cage-dweller is Chau Kam-chuen. Mr. Kam-chuen used to be one of over 400,000 working poor who paid approximately $167.6 USD to live in such an environment. According to him, it’s extremely uncomfortable, especially if you get the top bunk: “You hit your head on the ceiling.” The way it works is that a flat is chosen and then partitioned into multiple cubicles, each composed of wooden planks and wire mesh. Each cubicle then becomes home to one resident. And they aren’t comfortable either. Oftentimes, the air-conditioning and heating doesn’t work. Or if it does work, it rarely gets turned on before 9m. The cages displayed are real cages from real flats. In fact, the man pictured above is Mr. Kam-chuen himself. He hopes that this event inspires more people to offer a helping hand to those in need — especially the poor cage dwellers of Hong Kong.

Getting Fat in China- Good Food

I am getting fat in China. I dont know if I should attribute this to my lack of good eating habits, delicious Chinese cuisine, or adulterants that Chinese put into their delicious food. But one thing is for sure, I am packing on the beef! Today at lunch we had this delicious dish that could best be described as a hunk of ham or bacon smothered in oil! There no other way to describe it. It was pure heaven, I think my cholesterol count has tripled within the past hour, but it was oh so worth it. The dish was some southern dish named after a martyr, or musician or really I don’t know and it doesn’t matter, the thing was beyond great. I will sit now and let the fat collect in my arteries and around my belly as I type.