The Unseen China

[MichaelMcGuire]

part 1

part 2

part 3

part 4

part 5

[snagglepuss]

1. An incredibly powerful documentary. That last segment about

the woman who went mad after losing her home is heart rending. Another comment that was so searing is the woman who had been an accountant saying she never ever imagined things would turn out like this. I wonder if that is what North Americans and Europeans will be saying in the near future.


Posters who appear to be shilling for Apple ought to watch this. Utterly staggering.

[MichaelMcGuire]

2. kick

[Mojorabbit]

3. I just finished part three

and I agree with what the gentleman said when asked ,"What will help the people&quot paraphrasing) answers..."History"... The people will help themselves.

It really looks as if the whole world is ready to rise up.
Amazing documentary.

on edit it was part 4 and I major paraphrased. It has been a long day and I should be asleep!

[MichaelMcGuire]

4. It just goes to show behind a lot of the impressive wealth and massive buildings in modern China

extreme poverty exists with no hope

[Mojorabbit]

8. And it seems there is massive corruption also. nt

[MichaelMcGuire]

9. Very much so

[AsahinaKimi]

5. Its really too bad that

These people can't leave China. Go to places where they could live like Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, or even Taiwan. Its so very sad. You wish you could do something to help. If there were a way to donate to them, like people did for Japan Relief, that would be one thing, but even if there were such a thing, it would probably be corrupted, and they would never receive a thing.

My heart goes out to them. Those who have left China surely must know what they left behind, and were grateful to get out while they could.

[davidpdx]

6. I'm going to sit down and watch this tomorrow

I spent 4 months in China recently and am headed back Tuesday for another 5 months. The people are so repressed and group think is a part of their culture that has been drilled into them for decades. I've talked to some of my students and they told me the constant rhetoric put out by the government is annoying. In most cases they have no idea what is going on outside China because the internet is so heavily censored (so much so I have to use a VPN). The day Kim Jong Ill died I went to class and told my students I was glad he died because he was a brutal dictator and that China should not support North Korea.

[JHB]

7. "We're waiting for Chairman Mao to return, to lead us to revolution"

How long will it be until they stop waiting and make a new one?

I seem to recall being lectured at that the reason why we needed to normalize trade with the PRC is because the requirements of participating in global trade would force them to reform and become more democratic.

I must need a reminder: what are their political parties again, and when are the next provincial and national elections?

I'd like to hear (for once) from the great opiners on China about how they may handle what is an inherently unstable situation.

[CanSocDem]

10. So sad....

We're all waiting for Mao.

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