What's happening in China?

[cayman]

Posted by Annacarl (here)
Cayman,
I love your post. Chinese have been given a bum rap here in the US.
Kind regards,
Anna

Thank you, Anna. American have been given a bum rap here in China, too. Same as in many other countries
we should learn more and understand more with each other.

[jackovesk]

China’s poor treated to fake rice made from plastic: report

China's history with food safety is a rocky one, but even in the annals of robbery and abuse, this will go down in infamy.

Various reports in Singapore media have said that Chinese companies are mass producing fake rice made, in part, out of plastic, according to one online publication Very Vietnam.

The "rice" is made by mixing potatoes, sweet potatoes and plastic. The potatoes are first formed into the shape of rice grains. Industrial synthetic resins are then added to the mix. The rice reportedly stays hard even after being cooked.

The Korean-language Weekly Hong Kong reported that the fake rice is being sold in the Chinese town of Taiyuan, in Shaanxi province.

"A Chinese Restaurant Association official said that eating three bowls of this fake rice would be like eating one plastic bag. Due to the seriousness of the matter, he added that there would be an investigation of factories alleged to be producing the rice," Very Vietnam noted.

Unfortunately, it's not the first time fake rice has been sold in China, according to China's Global Times.

Previously, a company in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province had added flavoring to ordinary rice to synthesize "Wuchang rice," which is regarded to be the best rice in the country.

About 300,000 people were injured and at least six infants died in 2008 when Chinese milk and infant formula was found to be adulterated with melamine, which was thought to help the milk pass nutrition tests.

Later that year, melamine was also discovered in Chinese eggs.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/r...-rice-plastic/

Fake high quality rice allegedly produced using additives



A Chinese television report has alleged that a company in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province has been producing a fake version of high-quality "Wuchang rice" by adding flavoring to ordinary rice.

"Wuchang" rice is usually produced in Wuchang, Heilongjiang Province, and is regarded as the country's top rice in terms of quality.
The price of real "Wuchang" rice is higher than ordinary rice. But the fake versions of this rice on sale in a Xi'an wholesale market, the largest grain wholesale market in Northwest China, is not more expensive than ordinary rice, and some stalls are even offering it for less than ordinary rice.

A reporter with China Central Television (CCTV) witnessed the production process of the fake "Wuchang" rice at Liuhongfu Rice Co. in Xi'an, and it was allegedly achieved by mixing the regular and inexpensive rice together with some flavoring. This process gives the cheaper rice a special aroma.
According to China's food regulations, food additives must not be used for the purpose of adulterating or attempting to hide the quality deficiencies of any types of food.

http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-07/551672.html

[cayman]

Posted by jackovesk (here)
China’s poor treated to fake rice made from plastic: report

China's history with food safety is a rocky one, but even in the annals of robbery and abuse, this will go down in infamy.
........

see what I'm saying https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post123608

sky the limit!

the "Wuchang" rice, I eat that for years-----as I'm saying, every meal, what it takes is a leap of faith

[cayman]

Posted by halobaby (here)
Hi,Cayman,have you heard of the man hyponotist 廖阅鹏？ You can baidu it and find info about him.There's rumor that he can hypnotize people and help people access their past life

thanks. I´d check it out. apparently, he is not in the mainland right now. I´d downloaded some of his lectures and MP3 to give it a try. If he do can ¨help people access their past life¨, you bet I will book an arrangement with him.

[Nortreb]

Posted by cayman (here)

Posted by Annacarl (here)
Cayman,
I love your post. Chinese have been given a bum rap here in the US.
Kind regards,
Anna

Thank you, Anna. American have been given a bum rap here in China, too. Same as in many other countries
we should learn more and understand more with each other.

It is so cool to see what is taking place here. Thanks. Peace

[Tom Sawyer]

Just stopped reading Charles' threads - I'm so exhausted. Only a small pieces of valuable information and so many many many pages to read. Indeed - it's like trying to drink from the fire hydrant.

[trenairio]

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[jackovesk]

Why is China building eerie 'ghost cities'?

Is this true Cayman? I would be interested in your thoughts on this...Thanks

Why is China constructing large, well-designed "ghost cities" that are completely devoid of people?



Google Earth photographs of China depict city after city of vast complexes consisting of office skyscrapers, government buildings, apartment buildings, residential towers and homes, all connected by networks of empty roads – with some of the cities located in China's truly most inhospitable locations.

Images of these "ghost cities" – after countless billions of dollars have been spent on the towns' design and construction – reveal nobody lives in them.

"The photographs look like giant movie sets prepared to film apocalyptic motion pictures in which some sort of a neutron war or bizarre natural disaster has eliminated people from the face of the earth while leaving the skyscrapers, sports stadiums, parks and roads perfectly intact," Corsi noted. "One of China's ghost cities is actually built in the middle of a desert in Inner Mongolia."

Business Insider ran a series of photos of these Chinese ghost cities. One showed no cars in the city except for approximately 100 parked in largely empty lots clustered around a government building, and another showed a beautiful wetland park with people added using Photoshop.



China now has an estimated inventory of 64 million vacant homes. It is building up to 20 new ghost cities a year on the country's "vast swathes of free land."


Empty roads in Zhengzhou (source: Panoramio)

ScallyWagAndVagabond.com quoted Patrick Chovanec, a business teacher at Tsinghua University in Beijing, who explained, "Who wants to be the mayor who reports that he didn't get 8 percent GDP growth this year? Nobody wants to come forward with that. So the incentives in the system are to build. And if that's the easiest way to achieve growth, then you build."

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=260645

[trenairio]

Reply to Jackovesk post #248

Evidently, China wants to continue to grow, so mass construction ensues. Though a lot if not most commoners in China are unable to afford to live in these new buildings, and not all businesses can afford to switch to these new buildings either.

[cayman]

Posted by trenairio (here)
Question: Isn't China becoming more free form and more capitalist day by day? Such as lots of new unregulated shops?

¨lots of new unregulated shops¨and ¨more capitalist¨ , yes! but those mean more free form?
that´s a stimulating thought. I think ´Society Engineering´ may be a better term to explain that.

Quote: Society Engineering Technics

DIVERSION SUMMARY


Media: Keep the adult public attention diverted away from the real social issues, and captivated by matters of no real importance.

Schools: Keep the young public ignorant of real mathematics, real economics, real law, and real history.

Entertainment: Keep the public entertainment below a sixth-grade level.----unregulated shops, that is easy

Work: Keep the public busy, busy, busy, with no time to think; back on the farm with the other animals.---capitalist, that would be busy

[bluestflame]

maybe they are expecting visitors , better put the kettle on

[cayman]

Posted by jackovesk (here)
Why is China building eerie 'ghost cities'?

Is this true Cayman? I would be interested in your thoughts on this...Thanks

Why is China constructing large, well-designed "ghost cities" that are completely devoid of people?........,............One of China's ghost cities is actually built in the middle of a desert in Inner Mongolia."

This is true.
this ghost city in the middle of a desert in Inner Mongolia would be ¨Ordos¨
http://finance.ifeng.com/roll/20100413/2043188.shtml
http://baike.baidu.com/view/7212.htm

Posted by jackovesk (here)
................ a business teacher at Tsinghua University in Beijing, who explained, "Who wants to be the mayor who reports that he didn't get 8 percent GDP growth this year? Nobody wants to come forward with that. So the incentives in the system are to build. And if that's the easiest way to achieve growth, then you build."

.............

This is the exact reason

[cayman]

Posted by Tom Sawyer (here)
Just stopped reading Charles' threads - I'm so exhausted. Only a small pieces of valuable information and so many many many pages to read. Indeed - it's like trying to drink from the fire hydrant.

the show is great, but audiences are tired.
how about we walk out the house and get some fresh air, do something we can

[cayman]

Posted by Maria Stade (here)
Hallo Cayman
I was visiting Beijing 20 years ago and I have seen how it looks now in TV.
Thank you for writing and explaning here about your contry.
It was very nice when I was there and much has hapened during this years.
Thank you !
Namaste

thank you. and I like your country, Sweden, right? Northern European Mythology is fascinated

[Maria Stade]

Posted by cayman (here)

Posted by Maria Stade (here)
Hallo Cayman
I was visiting Beijing 20 years ago and I have seen how it looks now in TV.
Thank you for writing and explaning here about your contry.
It was very nice when I was there and much has hapened during this years.
Thank you !
Namaste

thank you. and I like your country, Sweden, right? Northern European Mythology is fascinated

Hi Cayman ! Yes it is a beautyful part of Gaia !
The myths are not easy to understand and they have been changed by the church so it is not easy to grasp the truth.
Im not a very good student of mythologi but have looked in to it some of it.

Namaste

[cayman]

Posted by sunnyrap (here)
Cayman, thank you for the interesting travelogue. A close friend just took an extended trip to China. She, however, did not use a travel guide but took a guide book and backpacked all over the country, including Tibet. Like you, she found the Chinese people warm, friendly and lovely. She said she wouldn't have a problem living there (though I experienced some doubt about this statement--she being very accustomed to Western luxury). We both love Chinese art and artifacts, however.

Thanks
actually I think your friend's statement may be exactly the point of your doubt.
today, in China, Western luxury is very handy, of course, if you can afford it.

Chinese art and artifacts, my expertise, that is a very deep rabbit hole. may be I will consider that as my second career someday.

[cayman]

For the last half month, there are so many radical changes happen in the very top of the power structure. I wanna write something about it but I don't know where to start, I feel there is a storm forming inside the top power. may be an outlook of the chinese govt. would take a deeper step in our conversation? what do you think?

[write4change]

Please do it. We are listening. Just be careful too.

[Maria Stade]

Posted by cayman (here)
For the last half month, there are so many radical changes happen in the very top of the power structure. I wanna write something about it but I don't know where to start, I feel there is a storm forming inside the top power. may be an outlook of the chinese govt. would take a deeper step in our conversation? what do you think?

Yes pleace just start share what ever you feel is hapening !

[Snowbird]

Posted by Tom Sawyer (here)
Just stopped reading Charles' threads - I'm so exhausted. Only a small pieces of valuable information and so many many many pages to read. Indeed - it's like trying to drink from the fire hydrant.

You've just hit the C. nail right on its head.

BTW, I love your avatar pic. Welcome to PA!!