Do you have any questions about China?

[FullMetalJacket]

Do majority of the people still practice Taoism?

 

[longyi]

I wonder too, how arrogant you are.

Nothing arrogant about my opinion, that's how I see it. Originally I wasn't pointing at you even though your question was a laugh- asking an intended troll not to troll on your statement that begs for trolling. Seriously?

 

[eddieInUK]

The thread is appreciated.

I have question,

I know India has around 300-400 million poor people while China has around 150 million poor people. Both are developing countries.
When you go around India or see photos and videos of India, one can see plenty of poor people.

But when you see photos and videos of China, its all glitzy and glass everywhere but no sight of poor people in China. So does CCP hide these poor people or are the poor people dispatched to rural remote areas.

It's a good question. First, China cities looks really good and modern, good transportation and skyscraper, but it is still not enough. I lived in London, this holiday I came from London to Shanghai, I fell I am from village return to a city. I am serious thats my feeling when I cross Shanghai city center. Of course Uk is far ahead of China, but China cities looks better.
Second, Chinese do not have freedom of moving. So there are no slum in China. You can see beggars in the City, but if you want to see poor people, better to go to village. I lived in village for some years, I know the life there.

 

[xuxu1457]

Do majority of the people still practice Taoism?

about 10% Chinese has religion, 130million, and 99% believe Confucianism:
Study hard
Good work
Support parents
Child-rearing
give honor to all the gods, but keep them at a distance

 

[doublemaster]

except some remote mountainous areas, there are not many poor people together, eg, China has 60million disabled person, but you can't see many disabled person together, they are all over the country, some day I want to post some pics of my home town ---a village in Shandong, real Life in rural areas

You cant distinguish btw rich and poor, married women and unmarried women
Rich and Poor both will look fair and white with simple dress.

Also

Daughter and Mother both will look same age.

So probably in India poor females and males will look darker (I mean not all dark people are poor.) Some how u can differentiate them. But i dont know why, I couldnt differentiate then in china.

One of the chinese frend who came to India was asking me was "Why are the married women in India are so fat!!?" (I think ajtr should answer this!).

 

[Luffy 500]

How do current chinese generation look as Mao Zedong. DO they still respect him compared to a person like Deng Xiaoping?

And is there any reform to their one child policy? I think it is a demographic disaster for china if they continue with it and I wish china all the best.

 

[eddieInUK]

The thread is appreciated.

I have question,

I know India has around 300-400 million poor people while China has around 150 million poor people. Both are developing countries.
When you go around India or see photos and videos of India, one can see plenty of poor people.

But when you see photos and videos of China, its all glitzy and glass everywhere but no sight of poor people in China. So does CCP hide these poor people or are the poor people dispatched to rural remote areas.

You cant distinguish btw rich and poor, married women and unmarried women
Rich and Poor both will look fair and white with simple dress.

Also

Daughter and Mother both will look same age.

So probably in India poor females and males will look darker (I mean not all dark people are poor.) Some how u can differentiate them. But i dont know why, I couldnt differentiate then in china.

One of the chinese frend who came to India was asking me was "Why are the married women in India are so fat!!?" (I think ajtr should answer this!).

Thats true, Chinese woman looks younger comparing to other people. People will get fat after marriage since life become more relax, maybe Chinese are less fat because Chinese food is less oil and more green vegetables are there.

 

[shuttler]

I was in china for more than year. I spent most of my time in Shenzhen, then Nanjing, GuangZhou, beijing, Guilin. etc.

Trust me Chinese people are really really really friendly. Most of them wants to take photographs with us. I really liked almost every one.

Chinese language is most difficult language in the world i think (I know around 7 language). I tried to learn chinese words. Even if u learn and speak that to common people they just cant understand you. If there is a little very minute difference in tone, then dont understand. They never use any english word, even to sorry,thanks .

Majority, Most of the people really respect their communist party.

Foods are difficult to manage initially, but later you will love it. There is no single other food available in "Indian chinese restourents" are available in China. Except frid rice

They have 1.30 minutes break in lunch time, Goto office on-time. Goto lunch on time. Then sleep almost one hour nicely in office @ lunch time on their own cots/beds which they keep in office.

One strange thing i observed in china is: Bin laden T-Shirts are available there. And many argued with me saying He did the correct thing .

There are few things which many Indians dont like about them. I think i wouldnt like to tell that.
But trust me, Its really really nice place

One misconception: i think every thing in china in retail u get is much costlier than India. India is really cheap compared to china. Except in electronics item.
1 year back.

200 ml milk costed there 23 Rs.
5kg rice costed there 370Rs.

Its really difficult for poor in china to live in poor. But i think it would be relatively easy for Indians to live. (I dont know what is the avg salary of chinese)

that is a shame! I think the Chinese government should report all the animosities of indians towards the Chinese and let the commoners know indians are hostile towards us!

Regarding the no of people who live under the poverty lines in both countries, China has a higher bar while india has a lower. So indian will have over half of the people living under the poverty lines if defined by our system.

china-raises-rural-poverty-line

india-claims-sharp-drop-in-poverty

 

[doublemaster]

1. Best thing about china is, Even if some one is missing, You can surely find him in QQ. Every one in China has QQ ID. Infact i do have, and think it is better than msn,yahoo. You have ur own. many people dont want to use google just because its not chinese product.

2. You get SIM card like chocolates, Dont need to give any documents, no need to sign anything. (I dont know how they manage if they lose sim card etc).

3. Doctors are i think not so good compared to Indian Doctor.

4. Almost every one will have one sport as hobby, they never give up this practice.

I really miss my China days after reading this thread.

 

[eddieInUK]

How do current chinese generation look as Mao Zedong. DO they still respect him compared to a person like Deng Xiaoping?

And is there any reform to their one child policy? I think it is a demographic disaster for china if they continue with it and I wish china all the best.

Someone love Mao because he is a strong man. Someone blames him for his policies. For me, He is a normal person, did something great and something horrible. Half-Half.

One-Child policy, when it started, China is not open yet so whatever govt makes decisions, rare people are against that. Now there are argumentation about that in the Internet and Newspaper. By 2017, this policy will not change.
Right now, if you have money, no problem to have more than one kid. Village people still tend to have more, just a small fine you need to pay. Sometimes if you have a good relationship with village head, no punishment.

For me, I have seen or heard a universal story in China, India, or any other countries. The more poor people are, the more babies they deliver, the more babies they have, the more poor they are. It a bad cycle.
I am the only son, when I saw in UK people got a big family, I feel jealous, but If I have one more sister or brother, I will definitely not be able to study abroad to get this education. So everything has two sides.

 

[shuttler]

Thats true, Chinese woman looks younger comparing to other people. People will get fat after marriage since life become more relax, maybe Chinese are less fat because Chinese food is less oil and more green vegetables are there.

Our diet and cuisine have a lot of bean products which are very health. It is again a big mistake as a trend for the country to move from a health diet towards westernized menus which contain a high proportion of animal fats and protein.

It is in fact a national disaster to see so many US franchised fast food restaurants operating in China. The food products offered are made from genetically altered and heavy chemical based ingredients which have low nutritional values

 

[doublemaster]

Our diet and cuisine have a lot of bean products which are very health. It is again a big mistake as a trend for the country to move from a health diet towards westernized menus which contain a high proportion of animal fats and protein.

It is in fact a national disaster to see so many US franchised fast food restaurants operating in China. The food products offered are made from genetically altered and heavy chemical based ingredients which have low nutritional values

But now?? I dont think you guys are NOT safe anymore. You are using mostly genetically modified food. Really really not good.

One of my doctor chinese frend was saying, He is finding more and more sickness in people now a days.

Yes, I do agree than currently you people are more healthier. When i had the stomuch ache asked my frend what is the medicine. She said "She Never had stomuch ache!!".

 

[shuttler]

How do current chinese generation look as Mao Zedong. DO they still respect him compared to a person like Deng Xiaoping?

And is there any reform to their one child policy? I think it is a demographic disaster for china if they continue with it and I wish china all the best.

You will see a sooner disaster for india than for China in terms of population policies.

China can relax their policy anytime. Actually many think tanks and social institutions are talking about it as China sees her demographic dividends are depleting!

 

[djsjs]

The thread is appreciated.

I have question,

I know India has around 300-400 million poor people while China has around 150 million poor people. Both are developing countries.
When you go around India or see photos and videos of India, one can see plenty of poor people.

But when you see photos and videos of China, its all glitzy and glass everywhere but no sight of poor people in China. So does CCP hide these poor people or are the poor people dispatched to rural remote areas.

several reasons
1 .poor people in rural remote areas are more than those in cities.
2.nobody can distinguish a man is a millionare or a poor by his coats.a man shabby in dress maybe own a big company,and a man in bright suit maybe get payed less than 1000 rmb a month.
3.the tramps prefer the trainstations and commercial areas instead of office downstairs.please go to the right places to find them
4.the standards of poor are different in india and china
5.most photos and videos a taken by foreigners,tall buildings impressive them more than the tramps
6"hide the poor"----fantastic imagination
sites to know china:youku.com ku6.com 56.com tudou.com

 

[eddieInUK]

But now?? I dont think you guys are NOT safe anymore. You are using mostly genetically modified food. Really really not good.

One of my doctor chinese frend was saying, He is finding more and more sickness in people now a days.

Yes, I do agree than currently you people are more healthier. When i had the stomuch ache asked my frend what is the medicine. She said "She Never had stomuch ache!!".

I agree with you, many people are against genetically modified food. My friend is also a doctor, now people got sick because of food is too fat now. Heart disease and Diabetes is the largest disease in China. It showed that Chinese are getting rid of hunger but lack of exercise.

Do majority of the people still practice Taoism?

More or less, they practice, I think I will practice TAIJI when I get old, thats good for old people's health