I have a friend who is an American and a great guy. He has a pretty big position with a joint venture with a local Chinese State Owned Enterprise (SOE). A SOE is basically the communist arm in the business world. What that means is that if a bank , for instance is an SOE, then the state or China and thus the communists run it. The logic following this is that in order to be a higher up in one of these enterprises, one MUST be a communist, meaning a member of the communist party. So, this guy is a higher up and in order to attain that position, he had to join the party. I do not know how it happened, but right now this guy is a card carrying member of the Chinese communist party, and even has a card to prove it. What a place…. |
Archive for September 6th, 2010
My Friend the American Communist
Posted by w_thames_the_d on September 6, 2010
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A Rare and Not So Rare Sight in China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on September 6, 2010
This was taken at the bus station. It is rare insofar as the people are actually standing in line. It is not so rare insofar as there are a ton of people |
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Chinese Management Skills- Non Existent
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Chinese Coolies Gambling on a Street Corner- China Photo
Posted by w_thames_the_d on September 6, 2010
Just a harmless little game for a little bit of extra spending money. Chinese do quite a bit of gambling like this, it reminds me of living in Houston Texas and working in the Cullent Street area… |
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Living and Working in China- Raising a Child
Posted by w_thames_the_d on September 6, 2010
I have a friend from a foreign country (CIS country). They have a small child who is a boy, but don’t want to raise him in China. They feel that the Chinese boys nowadays are pampered too much and are somewhat effeminate, thus they will send the child of out the country as they do not want him to be exposed to the Chinese culture at such a young age. In their words, “The Chinese boys are kind of wimpy or too weak and they dont want this to happen to their own flesh and blood” |
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Subway Begging in Beijing
Posted by w_thames_the_d on September 6, 2010
There has been a rash of beggars in Beijing lately and I really do not know why that is. When I first arrived here, beggars were few and far between. But lately I have seen a ton of them by Guomao and Dawanglu SOHO. Today I was on line 2 which sourrounds the city like a square. Within five stops I saw no less than six beggars roaming the cars. All of the beggars were women with the exception of one man. I have heard that these people are actually traveling gypsies who have money but are too lazy to work. I dont know if that is true, but I do know that the temperature outside is about 80 degrees, while the subway is a comfy 69 degrees or so…Thus, maybe they are beggars or just smart lazy people. But the guy, I am relatively sure, was a real beggar, he seemed pretty bad off. What gets me is for a place that is supposedly a communist/socialist country, why do they have so many destitute people. |
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