2010年8月23日星期一

Stupid governance

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/21/content_11184303.htm

People live in Guangzhou, the capital city of South China’s Guangdong province will suffer a crackdown of cutting tools for two months.

This news was reported by China Daily on last Saturday. There will be a big sports meeting, the Asian Games in Guangzhou which is scheduled to start on Nov 12. It was said in consideration of security control, the government decided to clamp the sales of knives down during the whole process of the sports meeting. According to the administration’s notice, only kitchen knives and large-sized cutting tools can be available for people, furthermore, they have to buy them in designated shops, under surveillance of cameras and infrared security systems. All of the buyers who want to buy knives should first have authorized proofs, and then they will be registered in police records.

The report finally said residents expressed their understood about this policy, they agreed with the new policy. “The clampdown on sharp tools will not affect their daily life”, the report said. And they quoted from an ordinary civilian

Do you find this policy is stupid and full of flaws? This is another stupid policy of China government again besides dozens of governance lack of wisdom. If a clampdown of knives can prevent criminals and violence effectively? This solution is so insane that it make me laugh. Weapons can be formed from any kind of things as long as there is a need. They should abandon every hard thing and even should make stone, water, wall, vehicles, anything far away from human beings, then the people will be “safe”. For years, the China’s government is losing its mind, more and more crazy, insane and stupid measures are being done by them. The only thing they know is forbidden everything.

Only a fool would believe this policy would make people safer.

2010年8月15日星期日

Mourning day of China again

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10975066

Besides the emergency event happened on the Yellow Sea that the US and South Korea held series of joint military drills, there was another severe accident actually drawn many Chinese’s hearts. That was the devastating landslide happened in Zhouqu county, Gansu province in NW China last week.

Now, after more than a week’s relief effort and statistics, the death toll has finally rose to 1239 people, still 505 are listed as missing. This serious disaster has brought much pain to the country. Since the situation is alleviating, in order to express the respect and sorrow about those lives who have lost, the government decided to hold one day as a national mourning day. And many media have reported this mourning day.

BBC news take “China holds day of mourning for Gansu landslide victims” as title, wrote a report about it. The report conveys the basic information about the condition China has suffered in this tragedy. It told us China closed all of its public entertainment and half-mast flags were performing by government offices and agencies. The left part of the media news was still about the relief effort itself. It quotes the official announcement to convince the hygiene and safety became the prior affair. It also reviews the history of this kind of mourning days in China. Three mourning days are involved. They are Zhouqu, Yushu, Wenchuan respectively. Along with the news, there is a picture showing the residents and rescue workers stopped moving, kept silent, were attending the memorial ceremony.

I thought there would be some special stories or different angles presented by BBC about this event. But I only saw BBC disappointed me by almost using all of the information directly came from Xinhua which is the state-run news agency of this sole biggest communists country of all the world.

2010年8月8日星期日

If US aircraft carrier carrries into WAR?

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-08/07/content_11114261.htm

Recent days, the international attention over the global security has been drawn by a severe and perilous attempting gesture made by the United States and its allies. Over moths, the US grouped its military power of West-Pacific, held a joint military drill with South Korea on the sea near China. The drill was presumed to intimidate China and its military forces by exoteric and public press. And now, the tension is becoming even more unstable while most of us thought the situation would alleviate. After the first stage of a scheduled joint exercise held between the United States and Republic of Korea (ROK), Seoul and Washington claimed a further step of these series of drills which is extremely prominent because this time the US may push too much beyond the edge of Beijing's endurance.

"US aircraft carrier heads for Yellow Sea", the title of the news written by China Daily is very sharp, not only fulfill the basic needs of news writing but also reveal the serious value of the news itself. The US military is heading for our border, China's border. This is the information the news aim to transmit to both Chinese and foreigners. As all we know, "US aircraft carrier" and "Yellow Sea", both of these are two crucial nouns. They are so glaring because these two words illustrate imminent danger of conflict action or even war between countries, PROC and US, the two most powerful forces over the world. The writing then quotes the spokesman from both sides to show their reaction and opinion over this international issue. Researchers and experts were also quoted to expand the realizations and scopes.