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.
Then there were French racist 'scientists' who thought that Algerians' head shapes showed they were likely to become criminals - this after decades of French colonization, discriminatory laws, lack of political rights, etc. When the Algerians made revolution, which rarely is carried out without breaking laws, this was interpreted as proof. See Franz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth.
@Magnifico: Nonsense - crime is simply that which is against the law, and laws are socially created, not genetically defined. You can't be hard-wired to break laws - your genes can't possibly know what the law is.
@laotou: I agree, though it's also important to pay attention to what else comes aboard when you have an anti-corruption drive, and also to the situation which causes corruption to keep popping up - e.g., the ideal is not to have a society in which everybody who breaks the law is in jail, but one that does not produce crime. Probably impossible, but moving in that direction will get you closer to that goal than not doing so.
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.
Kunming's former party boss charged with corruption
Posted byThe man definitely had a political agenda, but that doesn't necessarily make it bs.
Kunming's former party boss charged with corruption
Posted byThen there were French racist 'scientists' who thought that Algerians' head shapes showed they were likely to become criminals - this after decades of French colonization, discriminatory laws, lack of political rights, etc. When the Algerians made revolution, which rarely is carried out without breaking laws, this was interpreted as proof. See Franz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth.
Kunming's former party boss charged with corruption
Posted by@Magnifico: Nonsense - crime is simply that which is against the law, and laws are socially created, not genetically defined. You can't be hard-wired to break laws - your genes can't possibly know what the law is.
Kunming's former party boss charged with corruption
Posted by@laotou: I agree, though it's also important to pay attention to what else comes aboard when you have an anti-corruption drive, and also to the situation which causes corruption to keep popping up - e.g., the ideal is not to have a society in which everybody who breaks the law is in jail, but one that does not produce crime. Probably impossible, but moving in that direction will get you closer to that goal than not doing so.
Kunming's former party boss charged with corruption
Posted byMost guys are neither.