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Buried Alien
10-09-2007, 10:26 PM
Just how badly did the U.S. bungle the Hurricane Katrina evacuation of 2005? Let's compare how well the Chinese did (http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/krosa.response/index.html) with their own recent storm problems.

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SOGG
10-10-2007, 10:13 AM
In my recent trip there, I also noticed some pretty amazing things. In really poor places like gubeikou, almost everyone had solar panel electricity.

I think there are a fair few things to be said about "a socialist country and an obedient population"
Jinxer
10-10-2007, 10:21 AM
I dunno. Beijing is promising a green olympics. I'm cautiously optimistic.
SOGG
10-10-2007, 10:32 AM
I dunno. Beijing is promising a green olympics. I'm cautiously optimistic.

I was in Beijing (around Shr Cha Hai) and I've gotta say.... I'm not sure how anyone's going to manage running in Beijing. The pollution was worse than Manila.
Shellhead
10-10-2007, 12:29 PM
Most Americans don't even have a clue what's going on in China these days. If this is a wake-up call, I'm sure the American response will be to hang up and go back to sleep.
hyzmarca
10-10-2007, 12:34 PM
It is always best to have a strict policy on when police should summarily execute unarmed people, as China does, rather than having them haphazardly shoot unarmed people at random as was the case in New Orleans.
Shellhead
10-10-2007, 12:38 PM
It is always best to have a strict policy on when police should summarily execute unarmed people, as China does, rather than having them haphazardly shoot unarmed people at random as was the case in New Orleans.

Especially when those unarmed people are there to rescue survivors.
Charles RB
10-10-2007, 04:36 PM
That is pretty impressive.

I do, however, outright laugh at the idea that there's no political infighting and total loyalty in the Chinese government. That's certainly not been true for other dictatorships, nor democracies, nor... well, any type of administration. Unless the Chinese government are secretly Cybermen, I'm betting there's infighting.
SOGG
10-10-2007, 08:27 PM
That is pretty impressive.

I do, however, outright laugh at the idea that there's no political infighting and total loyalty in the Chinese government. That's certainly not been true for other dictatorships, nor democracies, nor... well, any type of administration. Unless the Chinese government are secretly Cybermen, I'm betting there's infighting.

Kidding me? The infighting there is downright vicious. When Mao denounced Deng Xiaopeng, Deng Pu Fang (his son) was defenestrated.
Charles RB
10-10-2007, 08:33 PM
Kidding me? The infighting there is downright vicious.

Indeed, but the article quotes:

It is the picture of efficiency, said Ramsey Rayyis, China representative for the American Red Cross. There is no political infighting, he said

I laugh at you, Rayyis.