Depends on particular situation and incomes. Generally, in China and elsewhere, men are paid more for the same work, so, on average, they should pay more on the rent. However, if the guy has the woman also doing all the housework, that should be figured in too. Or if, for example, one party didn't work for their money but inherited it or made most of it in terms of ridiculous profits etc.
Thing is, paying your own way is good for you in many ways - independence, self-respect etc. - even if it hurts a bit.
Average Chinese custom is that the man brings home the cash and the woman keeps track of it & handles most purchases. Position of women in society generally has gone down a bit since the re-introduction of capitalism.
You're talking about two radically different places with very different histories, ethnic compositions, culture, geographies etc. - I don't think they compare well. But if you simply mean Hong Kong will come under more direct control from the center, I think that's possible, and could well be handled wrongly.
The article is fine as description as far as it goes, though it leaves out the concentration of wealth in Hong Kong, the places where and people who produce it, and the hands which control it (but then it's FP). I am interested in this issue but I can't figure out what you are trying to say here. Anyway, I suggest we all watch Hong Kong closely, as I'm sure there will be Events, abut which we may or may not be able to learn about clearly and speak about as we please.
@Haali: Yes, but I'd call it the modern competitive/capitalist dream - culture of the country reflects a more fundamental reality (not that other historical class societies didn't present something similar).
Rather than a whole lot more local highway interchanges and aerial roads, etc., I'd be happy if they'd tax the hell out of private cars and use the cash to do something about the air, water, waste disposal, etc., but I have a strong feeling that nobody in government is going to listen to my suggestions. Public city transport, yeah, okay, despite the expense.
Only thing I'd add to my last post is that no one should expect smoking to disappear entirely, at least not for a century or so. But I think that's all right - moves like the US Prohibition (of alcohol) Amendment, which caused more trouble than it alleviated for 10 years (1920s), would be a bad idea.
Seems to me it's changing - diminishing - worldwide, though rather slowly in China. I'll guess (hunch) you'll see significant differences within the next 10 years. Of course the tobacco industry has to be dealt with, but by whom? The state makes money from it.
Not quite what you'd call a jumping place, but not bad at all for rather standard US-type meals, not overly expensive, and with a really good salad bar that's cheap, or free with most dinner dishes after 5:30PM. You can get a bottle of beer or even wine if you really want to, but I've never seen anybody do it - maybe that's just to take out. Chinese Christian run, and they hire people with physical disadvantages, who are pleasant and helpful. Frequented by foreign (mostly North American) Christians and Chinese Christians - was started by a Canadian couple associated with Bless China (previously, Project Grace), who are no longer here, but no religious pressure or any of that. Steaks are nothing special, and I avoid the Korean dishes, which I've had a few times but which did not impress me.
As a shop and bakery, it's very good bread at reasonable prices, of various kinds (Y18 for a good multigrain loaf that certainly weighs well over a pound. Other stuff too, like granola and oatmeal that is local, as well as imported things, including American cornflakes and so forth, which some people seem to require.
Large portions, seriously so with the pizza, which is Brooklyn/American style, I guess. Convivial, conversational, good place to drink with good folks on both sides of the bar, especially after about 9PM.
Infrastructure money continues to pour into Kunming
Posted by@Haali: Yes, but I'd call it the modern competitive/capitalist dream - culture of the country reflects a more fundamental reality (not that other historical class societies didn't present something similar).
Infrastructure money continues to pour into Kunming
Posted byRather than a whole lot more local highway interchanges and aerial roads, etc., I'd be happy if they'd tax the hell out of private cars and use the cash to do something about the air, water, waste disposal, etc., but I have a strong feeling that nobody in government is going to listen to my suggestions. Public city transport, yeah, okay, despite the expense.
Kunming's former party boss charged with corruption
Posted byYeah, but what has this development meant in terms of income distribution, especially that for the corrupt and their victims?
Yunnan mulls "total ban" on tobacco product advertising
Posted byOnly thing I'd add to my last post is that no one should expect smoking to disappear entirely, at least not for a century or so. But I think that's all right - moves like the US Prohibition (of alcohol) Amendment, which caused more trouble than it alleviated for 10 years (1920s), would be a bad idea.
Yunnan mulls "total ban" on tobacco product advertising
Posted bySeems to me it's changing - diminishing - worldwide, though rather slowly in China. I'll guess (hunch) you'll see significant differences within the next 10 years. Of course the tobacco industry has to be dealt with, but by whom? The state makes money from it.