Category Archives: China
Nanjie – China’s last socialist village
Socialism in practise is difficult to find in this day and age. However a village in rural China – Nanjie – is attempting to defy commercialism by staying true to the socialist principles. Everyone in the village works for the … Continue reading
First visit to China
It surprises many people to know that I have not visited China despite residing in HK. There was never an urgency to visit but the real reason is that my Putonghua is confined to 5 words, enough to explain that I don’t … Continue reading
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More fakes and forgery from China’s factories
I have written several times about fakes in China, but this article surprised me. Beware of fake atm machines, which were so real that a few people were duped by it. Here’s a You Tube video showing how fake eggs are made, courtesy of … Continue reading
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Top 10 Chinese Knock-Off – Time
China being the World’s factory is able to produce goods that consumers want and in the interest of variety and choice, it also produces knock-offs. To get around the tricky bit about IP, the names are (uninterestingly and unimaginatively) similar sounding … Continue reading
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China’s “one-child” Policy – Al Jazeera
According to Al Jazeera, China experimented with a town in China, which was exempted from the “One-Child” Policy. The idea was to confirm whether this Policy or the lack of it, would influence population growth. Some 30 years after the … Continue reading
