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杨义成 and Nash Laoshi - Nash pleads "MERCY"

2011-09-14T09:55:00.000-07:00

By Deananash

Please spread this story. I LOVE China, not with words, but with my actions.  I am pleading for MERCY.

Over the past few days, the story of my student Danny "杨义成" has spread like wildfire over the Chinese internet.  Our story is quite moving, full of hope and one that he and I are both proud to have lived together.

If you haven't read it, you can start here::Yang Yicheng

Unfortunately, the stories have left out quite a bit of information.  In 2008, because of the Beijing Olympics, I was told that I could no longer renew my visa in Hong Kong, that I would have to return "home" to America. But my home was in China, where I had more than 150 students such as Danny living and studying with me, FOR FREE, for 6+ years.

In fact, I had 17 year old David, a blind boy who I found begging and had brought to my home a couple of months earlier living and learning with me.  Because of his blindness, he had NEVER been to school.  But he is very intelligent and was actually my best student of the more than 150 poor who I had living in one of my two apartments over my 6+ years in China.

Long story short, I had to choose between returning to America to get a new visa, or "maliciously" overstaying my visa thereby NOT abandoning David.  By the way, today David is in a Chinese school for the first time in his life - and thriving.  He's also a contest winner as he has a lovely singing voice. He's the first picture on the page and in the last major paragraph at the bottom: David

I am guilty of overstaying my visa.  For this, I was justly expelled from China.  It's been two very long years and I so want to return and continue my work of helping the poor.  I believe that EVERY child is Ru Zi Ke Jiao.  EVERY child deserves a chance.

I am asking for the Chinese government to extend me some MERCY.

I am asking for the Chinese government to extend me some MERCY.

Thank you for spreading my plea.

Knowledge no longer changes fate?

2011-09-14T09:53:00.000-07:00

By Huang Shuo

"Knowledge can change fate," a well-known notion, has stimulated numerous children in rural areas of China, particularly remote places, to learn and fundamentally improve their livelihood and their families. Studying has been their hope, even a life-saving straw for the future. In old times, Chinese people regarded the process of changing destiny through learning and national exams as "Carps jump over dragon door." However, this jump of changing fate is more and more strenuous and tough for rural students at present.

"It is bound to be hard for youngsters from poor families in rural areas to become elites of society in China," a teacher recently said at an online forum, which sparked a new round of discussion and debate on the uneven distribution of social resources.

The proportion of rural students at leading universities in China has increasingly fallen since the 1990s. The ratio at Peking University jumped down to around 10 percent from the previous 30 percent. According to a sample survey of students at Tsinghua University in Beijing enrolled in 2010, students from the countryside accounted for 17 percent of the total. And in 2010, China's rural students took up 62 percent of the overall students joining the National College Entrance Examination (or Gaokao).

Educational experts and mass media concentrated on the decline of the acceptance rate of rural students in the Gaokao and analyzed the reasons. The unfair distribution of educational resources in urban and rural areas is undoubtedly the main culprit. When urban children are enjoying kindergarten, preschool education for many children in the countryside is still a blank, which means that Chinese rural children fall behind at the initial phase of their lives.

Urban education has gathered most advanced educational resources and urban students can choose a better school with the advantages of preferential enrollment policy like independent recruitment and bonus points, which further enlarge the educational gap between urban and rural areas in China.

The key part of solving the problem is to promote the integration of rural and urban education and improve the equality in allocating educational resources across the country. The essence of the integration of rural and urban education has determined the boundary of the relative institutional reform. The institutional reform about the integration of rural and urban education mainly focuses on basic education, vocational education and continuing education, among which basic education is the key, and compulsory education is the priority. The reform of education institution that promoted the integration of rural and urban education includes the institutions of student cultivation, educational quality evaluation, educational personnel, educational investment, school enrollment, and school management. The objective of the integration of rural and urban education is the equity of rural and urban education. The equity of rural and urban education includes the equity of quality, difference and compensation. The different educational equity has put forward different requirement to relative educational institution reform.

As for the distribution of educational resources, the authority should firstly allocate more public spending to rural education, and allow students to take their college entrance examinations in other places in order to universalize good education resources and let rural students migrate with their parents to urban areas to receive better education directly and conveniently. In addition, private or foreign capital can play a helping role for the government in joining the rural education programs organized by educational institutions or organizations, such as Project Hope.

Equality in a society is not only relative fairness in wealth distribution, but also equality in opportunities of altering fate for every member of society. The fairness in education sector plays a major part in realizing the equality of the starting point of lives and social equality and justice. The notion of "knowledge can change fate" can become true and the movement among different social layers can be possibly smooth so as to stabilize the current social structure of the country only if everyone enjoys fair educational opportunities in society.

On the contrary, the Matthew Effect, the phenomenon in sociology where "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer," caused by educational inequality, will set barriers on the way to higher level development for young grass-roots even accelerate the status crystallization to threaten social harmony and stability.
It is undeniable that all levels of government in China are twisting and narrowing the gap between rural and urban education in recent years, especially in achieving equality in allocating educational resources. Whereas, the old issue becoming a hot topic on the Internet rings a warning bell for departments in charge of education once again.

Over 250,000 sq.km of Pacific Ocean contaminated

2011-09-14T09:52:00.001-07:00

BEIJING--Radioactive substances that leaked from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have spread over far broader areas of the sea than Japan has acknowledged, according to the State Oceanic Administration of China.

An Aug. 15 article in the electronic version of Science and Technology Daily, a Chinese newspaper, cited an ocean environment survey conducted off Fukushima Prefecture in the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Oceanic Administration's written reply to an inquiry by the newspaper.

The article said that radioactive substances were detected in a 252,000-square-kilometer area within 800 kilometers to the east of Fukushima Prefecture. It said the level of cesium-137 was up to 300 times higher than corresponding concentrations in waters near China. Strontium-90 was detected at levels up to 10 times higher than those found in Chinese waters.

Oil spill lessons

2011-09-14T09:51:00.000-07:00

China Daily 09/05/2011 page8

The order by the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) to ConocoPhillips China that it must stop all production operations in Bohai Bay is long overdue given the two-month long oil leaks and extensive contamination of large areas of Bohai Bay.
An investigation conducted jointly by seven central government departments has confirmed that the subsidiary of the Houston-based US energy giant has seriously violated operating rules. What is even more serious is the lack of attention to the abnormal phenomena that preceded the oil leaks and its disregard for their consequences.

Comparing the information ConocoPhillips China has provided about the oil spill and the measures it has adopted to stop it with the results of the investigation, it is not hard to realize that the firm lacks any basic social responsibility.
When the oil leaks were first revealed, assessment of the extent of the oil spill and the efforts taken by the company to deal with the leaks were based entirely on information provided by the company. The joint investigation organized nearly two months after the oil leaks were first reported has shown that not only is the oil spill worse than the company reported but, despite its assurances to the contrary, it has failed to bring the situation under full control and find and stop the sources of the spills.

That the foreign firm does not need to worry about the penalties it will have to pay for its errors and lies has clearly influenced its response to the environmental disaster it has caused. The highest fine that can be imposed under China's maritime environmental protection law is 200,000 yuan ($30,920), peanuts to the energy giant.

Obviously, China needs to learn a lesson from this incident.

A mechanism needs to be established so that timely investigations and actions can be implemented in the event of any similar accident. The relevant law needs to be revised so that more severe penalties, such as heavy fines or even the revoking of operating licenses, can be imposed on those firms that are held responsible for environmental disasters and/or fail to take effective remedial action.
Oil firms should also be made to contribute to a fund, whose money will be used in a timely manner for clean-up operations.

To our relief, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, ConocoPhilillips China's partner in the oil field, has finally promised to tighten supervision over its partners' efforts to abide by the decisions of the SOA and to consider setting up a maritime environment fund.

Despite what has been achieved so far, the whole incident is far from over. More needs to be done to let the US firm pay the price for the environmental disaster it has caused in the Bohai Sea and its environs.

Humanitarian Intervention is a Good Thing

2011-09-14T09:49:00.001-07:00

Humanitarian intervention is a good thing, if done well.

Nato's involvement in Libya is a good thing and executed very well.

Now, it is up to the Libyans themselves and I have great confidence they are more than capable.

China and BRICS have showed themselves to be very ill informed, very shallow and very selfish. There is no creativity in BRICS and no intention to solve problems. To make matters worse, China is now caught by NTC selling weapons to Gadafi in July 2011, breaching UN sanctions they themselves help to put in place.

Libyan crisis offered china a rare opportunity to show it has grown up as a nation ready to take on challenges and responsibilities as the number two economic power in the world.

China failed miserably.

Now, the world should be more cautious of China rise.

Lost are the dreamy eyes that believe China can be a force for good.

Who Own America Really ?

2011-09-14T09:48:00.000-07:00

Who is Uncle Sam really?

Believe it or not  ~ Good Old Uncle Sam actually belongs to jolly old England!

North America, thats U.S.A  (Uncle Sam) & Canada, as well as Australia & New Zealand are wholly owned by Anglo-Brotherhood that originally sprung out of British Isles, as far as they are concerned.

Let's look at their history. In the past five centuries, eversince Anglo British sprung out of their original homeland ; [remember, just a couple centuries prior to that, England was one of  the most backward nation in all of Europe mainly due to being an island nation, divided by water from mainland. Then with the advancement & development of sea going vessels later on, she quickly catched up and found themself acquiring more land than they can ever chew on, and overall one hundred times more landmass of their original Britain. Once they have strategically planted their Anglo roots from North America to Australia and in-betweens, by rooting out native people from their land and depleting their population. Then the next step is colonising the whole wide world, over 30 nations altogether [ what is Colonialism? Its basically enslaving the subjects and living off / prospering on their labor, their blood & sweat ] , essentially controlling pretty much the world's economy, for centuries up to this date. Once you are in charge of the world economically, financially & militarily, as in the case of present Anglo Brotherhood Alliance through

U.S. military, Wall Street, and all that land-based resources coming out of looted lands.

{ By the way, do you know that U.S. military, possess enough nuclear arsenal to nuke the whole wide world five hundred times over. Yes, that's it; you read it right, 500 times more than needed to wipe out all the living beings on this planet! And that current war in Afghanistan at a cost of nearly half a billion dollars a day, is all because of this - to secure future generations nuke bomb making materials, extremely  rare minerals only left in the ground of that nation. Remember, Russian were there before.}


Here's about the hidden  reality in Uncle Sam's America ~

In U.S., anyone who come here / are born here become Americans. Are they really ?

Well, sort of ! The real truth is that theres three types of  Americans - American the landlord, American the tenant, and American the native.

-Landlord American are the one who hold the power, and thus own America, they are minority Anglo-American, who make up less than 10% of total U.S population. They are the richest one [they also claim sole ownership of the resources from the land, thus make them super rich].

-Tenant American are the rest majority of American population, who just happen to be born here, live, work, pay taxes and are required to serve in the military [as in world war I & II , helped saved England, Australia & British colonial empire twice!].

Although Non-Anglo Americans majority have economic and political power, domestically and locally; when it comes to national and international level and political & military affair of United States, AngloAmericans have absolute unwavering power, and most of these policies are made in accordance with/ in the interests of fellow Anglo nations such as Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and in lesser extense, South Africa.

The Ugly Truth is that overwhelming majority of Americans do not share / have little in common with many of these agendas carried out by reigning AngloAmerican minority establishment.

-Native American are the one who authentically own the 'land & land-based resources' , but lost everything, as all the tribes were forced to give up abundant wealth of their beloved motherland, the vass and resourceful land. U.S receive a staggering 65% of her massive oil needs domestically,  and that's a $1.5 billion worth of oil daily flowing out of their land, from Oklahoma Texas to Gulf of Mexico and Alaska; yes, thats oil alone] for five centuries and counting, my friend. And yet native people of all tribes in America do not benefit from anything coming out of their lost continent / receive next to nothing, and are instead forced to earn their revenue from setting up casinos and sales of tobacco; two vice businesses that few want to ever associate with.

Thus they remains the poorest American with a tiny 2 million population. [ That's on top of the loss of estimated 5 million native population centuries ago, while Europe herself had less than 15 million then]

Sadly, since they have little or no economic or political power, native tribal people exist, however original they may be but, as somewhat  forgotten American to this day.

Being single, why not?

2011-09-14T09:44:00.000-07:00

By Huang Shuo

You can be sure that males would like to be coupled up, however, sometimes they also seek being single, particularly in our modern era with diversified lifestyles.

Ask any single person, and they'll tell you -- being single is awesome. The natural instinct of human beings is to be social, to have other people in our lives that we can share our experiences with. And the ultimate of this is “digging out” a partner we can enjoy our lives with. When you face troubles or experience hardships, half of your heart may be a good listener to release psychological pressure and a helper not leaving you. So many men feel sad and depressed because they're not in a relationship with a girl. They think that if they can only find a girl to date, all their troubles and bad feelings will suddenly disappear and they will be happy. If only they could find that one special girl to be their soulmate -- everything will be okay!

It is true that having a special someone in your life can help increase your sense of fulfillment and happiness. I believe that can occur when you find the right girl for you. But you also need to understand that being with another person brings up a whole different set of problems.

I've been around long enough to see that a lot of people in relationships are completely miserable. They're not happy at all! In fact, it's like they are in prison. Many of them are trapped and they'd give anything to be single. Too many guys are so desperate to find a woman, they'll go with any girl who's even remotely interested in them - it doesn't matter if the girl is good for them or not! They just don't want to be alone.

In fact, the biggest danger of getting into a relationship because you don't like being alone is that you can trap yourself in an unhappy situation because you think it's better than being single. However, being single is actually about having choices. It's about having the freedom to search for the woman that's going to actually make you happy!

Lots of men believe that being single is terrible because they don’t know how to find the right woman for them. They flounder in the dating scene, and they are afraid of getting rejected. So instead, they have to settle for what they can get, as opposed to going after what they truly want.

There can be many advantages to being single if you just stop and think about it.

Being single means you have more freedom. You answer to no one. If you’re single, you don’t have to let anyone know when you decide to go somewhere. It allows for more spontaneity in your life. Being single allows you to be your own person and really just do as you please.

You probably hear people complaining that they never have enough time, all while scribbling their plans for the next three months into their Palm Pilot. These people probably aren’t single. When you’re single, you may have more time for yourself and things that you like to do. You can set your own schedule. Being single may give you more time for hobbies, relaxation, being with friends and family, and so on.

In addition to time, relationships also require money, and a lot of it. Being single gives you full financial freedom. Guys, think of the money you’ll save by not having to pay for overpriced dinners and movies, and buying presents for birthdays or Valentine's Day.

Moreover, being single can give you a deeper awareness of who you really are - not someone as defined by a relationship. During the initial stages of a relationship, you try to make yourself look as good as possible to impress the other person, and often find yourself saying and doing things you normally wouldn’t. Being single allows you to be yourself and develop who you really are.

These are merely some of the advantages to being single. As you progress into becoming a successful single, you will find more and more advantages. Once you move past the “grass is greener on the other side” way of thinking, you will then be ready to make the most of being single.