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Picture in Shanghai Look like you guys got it all wrong and each of you just derived whatever conculsions or stereotypes you think it's right or want from the various comments! AND I was not attacking Jian Shuo or Shanghainese in particular. Even though it's a personal blog, don't you think it was disappointing to not see some notes about the National Day and the Shenzhou events? Don't you think those events are important to the growth of the Chinese society? That's was all in my original post! You guys are reading and DREAMING way TOO MUCH! And what makes you think the overseas Chinese would be "losers" when just about anyone from the Mainland would want to exit the country and many would try EVERYTHING they can including risking their lives? How many times have you heard of ships full of Mainland Chinese captured in the US, Europe, and even more obscure places in Latin America this year? If you are such a good psychologist, can you explain why the "Old Shanghai" would make one "depressing"? |
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Picture in Shanghai carsten, Yes, money, Money, and MORE MONEY (sounds very much like a "classical" Shanghainese!). Do you really think the distribuion of money or the nation's wealth alone would solve the poor men's problems in China (or in any other places for that matter)? If so, taking an Economics class or two would hopefully improve your naive thinking... If it were really that easy, Bush would have gotten a Nobel Prize in Economics by now! And do you really believe that only China has problems with rich people getting richer and poor men getting poorer? Many of the developed and more "sophisticated worlds" like Canada and US probably have worse social problems than China's now... That's why they are worried about job outsourcing and China's rise up as a Superpower... |
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Picture in Shanghai Oncerest, Of course you would expect the "average" American to write something about July 4 and they only get a 3-day long weekend vs one full week for the China National Day!!! Sure, this project begun as a personal blog but with an intention to show the West what the East is. Granted, he is Chinese (can't change this FACT no matter how "Americanized" he has become!), living in one of the most lively cities in China, don't you think the National Day and ESPECIALLY the Shenzhou success deserve some attention? If not, this just validates the "rumor" that the Shanghainese are famous for 排外 and numb to events that give China their rising national pride!!! |
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Picture in Shanghai Just wondering what's on your mind when you said the "Old Shanghai" is "very depressed"!? I guess they (i.e. the Shanghainese) must have long assimilated you into one of them - which are famous for 排外 (Chinese exclusion, if you will) but happily embrace all byproducts of the Western culture. Your recent postings (actually the lack of) prove this point. It's quite depressing not having a dedicated post to show your patriotism and significance about the National Day (October 1), especially when you had a full week off because of this . Worse yet, it's beyond imagination that there's no mention of the great success of Shenzhou 6. There are 365 days in a year and you can talk about KFC, Starbucks, and what have you on any day but where were you during the Shenzhou "events", which most Chinese (may I say in particular the Beijinger and 华侨) would be extremely proud of this achievement. Don't you think these events at least worth a passing mention? |
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Removed my Email from Blog Two points: 1. You may want to change 2003 to 2005 in the signature to keep your copyright date current. 2. Your email address and other contact info are easily accessible at this page: http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/me/contact.htm. You may wish to remove some info there as well... Of course, there is no way to keep up with all the emails on a site as popular as yours! Hopefully, you would still eventually get to my email about working at eBay or a short "hello" response would be appreciated! :) |
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We Filled Our Lives But Lost Our Souls The main purpose of our lives is to fulfill the "happiness" that we ourselves defined, whatever it may be and regardless of what others think of them; some may want the most money; some a satisfying career and while others "only" a harmonious family and a simple life. It's important to realize that no one can have it all nor can we choose to do only the things we enjoy. It's just life!!! We all need to make a living wherever we are but we should all try to feel "happy" every single moment of our lives because (not to be too negative) it will end some day (hopefully a far away day!!!) but could also end at any time... So, let's enjoy life the way we want!!! Cheers!!! |