Happy New Year in China- Cab Rapits Caught One Year Later

Justice at least for a victim…

excerpt from Chinadaily:

“A taxi driver who allowed his cousin to rape a 15-year-old girl in his cab on Dec 31, 2009, in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, and helped him cover up his crime was caught on Monday, Wenzhou City Daily reported.

The driver, Wang Wenkai had evaded the police for one year. He said that he tried to tell his cousin not to rape the girl passenger, but he couldn’t stop him, because he was afraid of what his cousin might do to retaliate. His cousin was captured and sentenced to seven years six months in prison.Wang said that he never had any agreement with his cousin about the crime and felt bad for the victim.”

E-bikes in China

China has a ton of these e-bikes, they swarm around, silent like Ninjas….

Chinese Homes

This is a pretty funny quote it was written around 1890 by some English guy who visited China….

Ancient China and Her Laws

“The Civilization of China (Herbert Allen Giles) -1890 “One difference between life in China and life in this country may be illustrated to a certain extent in the following way. Supposing a traveller, passing through an English village, to be hit on the head by a stone. Unless he can point out his assailant, the matter is at an end. In China, all the injured party has to do is to point out the village–or, if a town, the ward–in which he was assaulted. Then the headman of such town or ward is summoned before the authorities and fined, proportionately to the offence, for allowing rowdy behaviour in his district. The headman takes good care that he does not pay the fine himself. In the same way, parents are held responsible for the acts of their children, and householders for those of their servants.” ==========

Historic Corruption in China

Here is an excerpt from a book about China. The author wrote this over 100 years ago but it is still true today. “The Civilization of China (Herbert Allen Giles) “Neither do any officials in China, high or low, receive salaries, although absurdly inadequate sums are allocated by the Government for that purpose, for which it is considered prudent not to apply. The Chinese system is to some extent the reverse of our own. Our officials collect money and pay it into the Treasury, from which source fixed sums are returned to them as salaries. In China, the occupants of petty posts collect revenue in various ways, as taxes or fees, pay themselves as much as they dare, and hand up the balance to a superior officer, who in turn pays himself in the same sense, and again hands up the balance to his superior officer. When the viceroy of a province is reached, he too keeps what he dares, sending up to the Imperial exchequer in Peking just enough to satisfy the powers above him. There is thus a continual check by the higher grade upon the lower, but no check on such extortion as might be practised upon the tax-payer. ========== -1889

The European Union is Rife with Fake Medicine

I’ve seen report where China is inundated with fake meds, and it seems to be a global phenomenon. excerpt: “In December, European industry commissioner Gunter Verheugen said the European Union had seized 34 million fake tablets in just two months, a figure which “exceeded our worst fears.”

US Flea Markets Cracking Down on Fakes- China Effect?

Here is a blurb from the USAtoday. In the US there is an increasing incidence of knock off goods being sold in the US and authorities are worried. The article doesn’t not stae China but you have to wonder how the opening of China has impacted this. Sites like Taobao are rife with Chinese selling knockoffs to unwitting buyers. i know several who do this, as well as many Chinese students who move to US and finance their studies selling fake goods. A friend of my friend just opened a plant in Guangzho just to make fake designer purses. “TRENTON, N.J. — Used to be, if you wanted a knockoff handbag or fake fragrance, Lower Manhattan‘s Canal Street was a mecca. But with flea markets across the country now carrying the same kind of counterfeit products with poser trademarks, authorities warn that shoppers may get more than they bargain for in poor quality and safety risks while helping fund criminal syndicates in some cases.”

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Uncle Chicom (communist party) is blocking our access to wordpress, so I must comment like this for now…. to chickendinner and comment on the restroom—-HAHAHAHAHA LMFAO!! Good one! Oh btw I am cut off from your blog till the 5th or so… to the other comments (by Richard)about everything from the military to life in China- I will respond later, but two things stand out 1-You commented on a comment about the US and aircraft carriers, I think you misunderstood the author’s meaning-judging by your response. 2-Your comment about fraud in Chinese companies and the US stock market- While I agree the US has its problems, China has no standards for business or side-steps them, making it very dangerous for Americans who are betting their futures on it. The level of deceit in China is appalling and if more people had worked here, I think there would be more scrutiny on all things Chinese.