Seven years ago today this question would have been ridiculous. Total taxation as a percentage of GDP is much lower in the PRC than the US (18% China vs 35% America). Plus, China has a seemingly enormous grey market economy that operates outside of the reach of government interference and control.
Archive for December, 2008
Chinese lunch break
The strangest thing happens. Everybody in the office stops doing anything at around 11:45 am, and eats (not too strange..), but when you look around at 1:30 pm, everyone’s asleep! There’s even a sofa-bed next to the desks for napping on. Often three of the girls will cram onto it at once and snooze. Many simply sleep through the break at their desk
Another 12-year-old girl paralyzed for life from PPV vaccine
A 12-year-old girl has been left paralyzed from the waist down by a mystery illness that came on half an hour after she was given the new anti-cervical cancer jab, according to reports. A week later she was admitted to hospital after losing all strength in her legs — two months later, there has been no improvement. This is not the first incident.
In-flight kung fu for Chinese airline
In an attempt to boost security, Sichuan Airlines is recruiting female flight attendants with martial arts skills to work on a new route between Chengdu in western China and the South Korean capital, Seoul.
When Jesus met Buddha
Something remarkable happened when evangelists for two great religions crossed paths more than 1,000 years ago: they got along! With today’s religious intolerance, such a thing seems impossible, but it is true. Christianity and Buddhism not only tolerated one another, but they actually cooperated!
Is China now more capitalist than the US?
In response to the financial crisis of 2008, the United States has responded by nationalizing industries and electing a president who promised to raise taxes on entrepreneurial efforts. China, the nominally Communist nation, has responded by cutting business taxes to stimulate growth. Remind me which nation supposedly supports capitalism……>>
A World Government is Very Plausible
With the advent of the EU, developing over a period of 50 years, all of the ingredients to a World Order is now in place. The EU has a currency, a body of law, trade agreements and a very vocal desire to become the leader of the world. There is even a plan to provide the UN a 50,000 member ‘Peace-Keeping Force’ and a binding climate law.
Chinese netizens unite to deliver their own form of justice
In short, human flesh search describes the phenomenon in which a group of Chinese netizens, strangers to one another, organize online to discover an individual
’s personal information and track down his or her whereabouts. Once the target is identified, the online search can transition into the physical world. Enraged netizens will call and harass..
China Internet cafes switching to Chinese OS
Internet cafe operators are required to remove unlicensed software and replace it with legitimate copies of either Microsoft Windows or China’s homegrown Red Flag Linux operating system. However, Radio Free Asia said cafes were being required to install Red Flag Linux even if they were using authorized copies of MS Windows.
Tibetan newspaper condemns secessionists’ violent activities
Tibet Daily, a leading newspaper in the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China, has condemned the Dalai Lama and his supporters for their continued support of secession by violent means while waving the banner of “peace”.
