What do you think of/about China? Anything.

[sfan1401]

Hi, i am a chinese living in canada, and i wanna know what u russians think of/about china.
Like anything: economy, culture, politics, foreign relations, etc.

[Revolution]

Originally posted by sfan1401
Hi, i am a chinese living in canada, and i wanna know what u russians think of/about china.
Like anything: economy, culture, politics, foreign relations, etc.

I am not russian but a american with heavy german/lithiwuan roots...but china econmy is great...i dont think it has ever been better...i love the culture but the politics suck...especialy internal politics with its polutation contol...i have no opinion on it foriegn relations

[AnarchistPatriot]

Good food. Very sexy women. Beautiful artwork and gardening. A very ancient culture which invented paper money, chopsticks, civil service exams, gunpowder, the Great Wall, pasta, sauerkraut and silk.

I would say that the world owes a lot to the Chinese.

My sister spent time there a couple of years ago and loved the place. She said that it was an amazing experience that nobody should miss. In spite of the fact that it is officially athiestic, people are very spiritual. They rise at dawn and practic Tai Chi. Its not uncommon to see people standing by trees to absorb their energy. She got to see the Three Gorges Dam project. Her guide (you are required to have one in China, as nobody is allowed to travel on his or her own) told her how it would improve the lives of so many Chinese. When they went down the river by boat she noticed many old villages which were in the flood plain. The people who lived in the villages had been there for generations. Some of them never left home to go to even the next province. Yet her guide would not acknowledge her question when she asked what was to become of those people. In China nobody can publically criticize the government, especially not in front of tourists.

I have worked with Chinese people and really got to like them. They tell me very odd things about their country. For instance, few of them can understand why in the west office buildings are surrounded with so much land or why industrial parks are built so far from the cities and people cannot take trains or busses to get around (something I wonder myself).

I am american by the way, but I really have an interest in Russian culture. I also am very fascinated by China.

[limey_defence]

Even though I'm not Russian, I must compliment China on her vast History that has given much to the world. Very impressive and something more should study as a lot of todays technology comes from that nation.

Great food as well.

[Gregz]

Hello sfan1401

Whilst Europeans first need to put our own house in order before making judgments about others. The Chinese of today are a ignorant, materialistic, uncultivated, small minded people, who know very little about there own culture and history.

Gregz


SHI JIU

The turtle dove is in the mulberry tree,
And her young ones are seven.
The virtuous man, the princely one,
Is uniformly correct in his deportment.
He is uniformly correct in his deportment,
His heart is as if it were tied to what is correct.

The turtle dove is in the mulberry tree,
And her young ones are in the plum tree.
The virtuous man, the princely one,
Has his girdle of silk.
His girdle is of silk,
And his cap is of spotted deer-skin.

The turtle dove is in the mulberry tree,
And her young ones are in the jujube tree.
The virtuous man, the princely one,
Has nothing wrong in his deportment.
He has nothing wrong in his deportment,
And thus he rectifies the four quarters of the State.

The turtle dove is in the mulberry tree,
And her young ones are in the hazel tree.
The virtuous man, the princely one,
Rectifies the people of the State.
He rectifies the people of his State : --
May he continue for ten thousand years !

- Shi Jing [Book of Odes]

[cepguu]

Regarding the contemporary Chinese, sad but very true.

What of the Europeans? Throngs of beer-bottle throwing Brit rednecks marching down the streets of Prague (shall we say the Prague section of Euro-theme Disney Continent)?

Certainly they look a bit more boisterious and confident than those shady looking Chinese traders lurking in the street corners. And maybe not quite as small-minded.

Not just yet, any way.

Not a single house seems to be in very good shape these days.

[Ulysses]

Originally posted by sfan1401
Hi, i am a chinese living in canada, and i wanna know what u russians think of/about china.
Like anything: economy, culture, politics, foreign relations, etc.

I'm not Russian but what part of China are you talking about (Mainland/Hong Kong/Taiwan)?

Mainland interests me more than the other parts because it doesn't try to become a copy of western countries. Hong Kong has done well financially but I would perfer to see Xi'an or the Forbidden City.