@AlexKMG: I have watched the video several times. I have a problem reading the English subtitles superimposed on top of the Chinese, just a tad too fast to get it all. (My two strokes have left me with a vision/reading impairment, i.e. I read slowly) So far I have down loaded copies in the original Chinese and in French from youtube. If I can get the English subtitled version I can offset my handicap with my computer.
I am using my bought in China laptop with a legal US WIN XP SP3 OS and it is a bit confused as to what language it is. When I try to download a version with English subtitles I get only French or Chinese subtitles. A bit puzzling at the moment.
Do you know the difference between "capital" and what Marx defined as "Capitalism?"
China has, as a command economy, chosen not to invest in pollution reduction technology or pollution abatement. I say again: China has, as a command economy, chosen not to invest in pollution reduction technology or pollution abatement.
It has nothing to do with competition other than China wanting to "win" at any cost. China imports high pollution production as it avoids the cost of pollution control. That is an economic decision to obtain the business regardless of the environmental consequences. China has abundant coal but refuses the capital investment needed to make coal less harmful.
Where has Capitalism failed? Where has Socialism succeeded? The only true Socialist countries are Cuba and the DRPK. Mixed economies like the US, UK and Germany, et al, flourish despite the misguided efforts of Socialists. Capitalism will only self-destruct if Socialists succeed in screwing it up.
This is a pretty good book. I got my kindle version ($10.99 USD) a month ago. Scally's review pegs it well.
Yunlong ham is salt cured. In fact, Zhang Mei takes you to the salt villages where you learn how salt is mined. Then the curing process is explained. It is interesting and well written.
Zhang's husband, John Pomfret, has written a couple of books on China as well.
How little Han attitudes toward other cultures have changed. In 1407 - 1428, the Ming re-conquest of Dai Viet (Vietnam) was militarily harsh and the imposition of direct political rule and cultural assimilation all too real. Upon arriving, the "Ming burned Dai Viet books in an attempt to reset the Vietnamese clock to Chinese imperial time. Scores of Chinese bureaucrats debarked to run the province, pushing local leaders out of the way and scorning 'barbarian' customs as they did so."
Goscha, Christopher. Vietnam: A New History. Basic Books. 2016
Zomia is indeed being sliced and diced. For centuries, people have lived out their lives close to the land with success.
Now progress intrudes and a way of life disappears. Money replaces barter, electricity flows and folk are pushed aside. Cheap power and lights for China but little for people of Zomia.
Be aware they will push whatever they are selling. Some of the staff have no idea about the technical side of appliances.
I went there to buy a stove. I repeatedly told them I would be using bottled gas. They sold me a stove. When I went to my local gas guy, I learned there are at least three kinds of gas sold. Luckily, B&Q did not deliver as promised. I went back to the store and discovered they had sold me a stove they needed to be hooked up to the gas main. I got my money back.
The sales lady was almost in tears, 没有问题！I don't know if it a safety or design issue, but I would think B&Q would know and care.
Subway starts at 9am. I have no idea where to catch an airport express bus. Eight taxis refused to go to the airport. After almost an hour standing on Beijing Lu took a black taxi, this dude drives slower than my mother, 120 yuan.
Flight back was delayed so I learned the subway stops running at 6:10pm.
Getting a taxi back was easy, more taxis than customers. Taxi was 87 yuan including 1o yuan toll, airport to Beichen area. Yes, he took a longer route than necessary.
Kunming imagines being a gateway for international travelers. New airport but hard to get to and from it.
Yunnan appoints Hubei heavyweight as governor
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Book Review: Travels through Dali with a leg of ham
发布者This is a pretty good book. I got my kindle version ($10.99 USD) a month ago. Scally's review pegs it well.
Yunlong ham is salt cured. In fact, Zhang Mei takes you to the salt villages where you learn how salt is mined. Then the curing process is explained. It is interesting and well written.
Zhang's husband, John Pomfret, has written a couple of books on China as well.
Wenshan politician, shamed for denigrating Miao, issues apology
发布者How little Han attitudes toward other cultures have changed. In 1407 - 1428, the Ming re-conquest of Dai Viet (Vietnam) was militarily harsh and the imposition of direct political rule and cultural assimilation all too real. Upon arriving, the "Ming burned Dai Viet books in an attempt to reset the Vietnamese clock to Chinese imperial time. Scores of Chinese bureaucrats debarked to run the province, pushing local leaders out of the way and scorning 'barbarian' customs as they did so."
Goscha, Christopher. Vietnam: A New History. Basic Books. 2016
No end in sight for Xuefu Lu traffic upheaval
发布者Renminnanlu? 在哪里?
Friction of terrain: Cycling through Zomia (part V)
发布者Thanks for this series.
Zomia is indeed being sliced and diced. For centuries, people have lived out their lives close to the land with success.
Now progress intrudes and a way of life disappears. Money replaces barter, electricity flows and folk are pushed aside. Cheap power and lights for China but little for people of Zomia.