| I was born in Shanghai. Went to US at age 11. I am 29 now. The changes in China are beyond one's dream. I am proud of what China has done for its cities and its people. Highways, better railways, airports, etc.... all the new infrastructures in all the cities, and China has provided many opportunities to its young generation! No where in the world has so much being built in so little time! wow... The changes that really shoke me: - There are villages where water is so polluted, people can't even use it to water their plants. The cleaning up of cities has polluted the rural land. Shanghai's SuZhou river was pitch black and smelled like an open sewer when i left. Now, along its banks are the prime real estates. All the black filth and sewers are NOT gone, but just moved to somewhere else. - the value of human life hasn't changed. There are many migrant workers in Shanghai. Many of them get taken advantage of by the construction companies. You have coal workers that dig the mines at 1900s conditions, while the coal mine bosses are reaping the rewards at the cost of their worker's lives. We can't call ourselves a civilized nation until we value life equally: ours and others. - corruption is everywhere! my god! business in China is about jumping hoops through the agencies. Each one is waiting for a "hong pao". Even the doctors at hospitals. That's just sad. If you don't have money for bribes, you can't get things done. And shame to the doctors and hospitals who refuse to operate b/c they haven't got paid by the patient. US health care sucks(cost is high), but if you have no money at ALL, and need surgery to save your life, you WILL get treated. In the end, I feel great about what China has achieved in the past 20 some years. At the sametime, I feel with everything that is wrong with US (George Bush and all.. haha.. ), China still has a long way to go in the areas that are intangible. I love China and US. By the way... regarding to "Made in China". I don't think of it much. Made in US can also be crap, e.g. US made cars (cheap looking on the outside and inside). Chinese made electronics are decent for the price you pay. I think its Made In China means value. |
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