Is it the Internet or are Chinese citizens really fed up with some officials failing in their duties, committing crimes and getting away with it? Even China Daily starts to show its displeasure with officials who were “demoted – reprimanded – etc.” and some months later receive promotions in other locations. Some key figures in the milk scandal are good examples but others exist. People are asking questions. The terrible things that happened in Sichuan last year are another sad demonstration of how officials totally fail in their duties. Tofu engineering is denied while it is so damned clear that those officials knew what was going on. The poor parents who dare to complain are put in a prison, or mental hospital or “isolated coz they are suspected to have the swine flu”.
I am sad to read all that. Some officials really do a good job but the bad apples are shamelessly protected by the system.
A beauty shop worker stole hair (value 4,840 RMB) in the shop and got one year jail.
But a Sichuan tax bureau chief who had sex with a girl who was under the age of 14 has been fined 5,000 Yuan by police and allowed to walk free, the website of the Sichuan Daily reports.
Lu Yumin, tax bureau director of Yibin district, told a hot pot restaurant owner he liked young girls and was willing to spend big money to take a woman’s virginity, according to Sichuan Online. The restaurant owner approached a middle-school student to ask her to sleep with Mr. Lu. The student refused, but persuaded a classmate to do it and introduced her to the businesswoman. Mr. Lu had sex with the girl in a cheap country hostel in December. Mr. Lu paid 6,000 Yuan. The girl received just 1,000 Yuan, with the rest going to her classmate and the restaurant owner. (as reported by SCMP)
Now imagine a foreigner would do the same. The whole country would revolt. Pathetic really.
Kids are being stolen, like in Dongguan. Police often refuses to help (who cares about the second-class citizens – the migrants?). Even China Daily starts looking into all that and dares to mention the voices that disagree with the “official versions of the facts”. Thumbs up for China Daily.
Yes, we are better off here than in many other countries. But the government must do more to protect its own citizens.
Those brainless young cyber-extremists should look at real issues rather than criticize actress Zhang Ziyi for silly reasons. They are totally un-patriotic themselves. (I compare them to British soccer hooligans).
Letting Steam Off
Chinese Jews
Oscar Weil and Benjamin Oppenheimer are Jews, and were sitting in a Chinese restaurant in Shanghai.
“Oscar,” asked Benjie, “Are there any Jews in China?”
“I don’t know,” Oscar replied.
“Why don’t we ask the waiter?”
When the waiter came by, Benjie asked him, “Are there any Chinese Jews here in Shanghai?”
“I don’t know sir, let me ask,” the waiter replied, and he went into the kitchen.
He returned in a few minutes and said, “No, sir. No Chinese Jews.”
“Are you sure?” Benjie asked.
“I will check again, sir” the waiter replied and went back to the kitchen.
While he was still gone, Oscar said, “I cannot believe there are no Jews in China , our people are scattered everywhere.”
When the waiter returned he said, “Sir, no Chinese Jews.”
“Are you really sure?” Benjie asked again.
“I cannot believe there are no Chinese Jews.”
“Sir, I asked everyone,” the waiter replied exasperated. “We have orange Jews, apple Jews, tomato Jews and grape Jews, but no one ever hear of Chinese Jews!
If you want, we have Chinese Tea.”
Interview: interesting but never aired
You know there are so many TV channels, each starved of new programs.In a rural program for farmers, a female TV reporter seeking the main cause of Mad Cow disease, arranged for an interview with a farmer who may have some theories on the matter. The interview was as follows:
The lady reporter: “I am here to collect information on the possible sources of Mad Cow Disease. Can you offer any reason for this disease?”
The farmer stared at the reporter and said: “Do you know that a bull mounts a cow only once a year?”
Reporter (obviously embarrassed): “Well, sir, that’s a new piece of information. But what’s the relation between this phenomenon and Mad Cow disease?”
Farmer: “And, madam, do you know that we milk a cow twice a day?”
Reporter: “Sir, this is really valuable information, but what about getting to the point?”
Farmer: “I am getting to the point, madam. Just imagine, if I was playing with your tits twice a day … and only screwing you once a year, wouldn’t you get mad?”
The program was never aired ……
Government jobs – how to apply
A guy went to the Post Office to apply for a job.
The interviewer asked him, ‘Are you allergic to anything?
He replied, ‘yes – caffeine’.
Have you ever been in the military service?
‘Yes,’ he replied.’ I was in Iraq for two years.’
The interviewer said, ‘That will give you 5 extra points toward employment. Then he asked, are you disabled in any way?’
The guy said, ‘Yes…. A roadside bomb exploded near me and I lost both of my testicles.’
The interviewer said O.K. – You’ve got enough points for me to hire you right now. Our normal hours are from 8:00 A.M. To 4:00 P.M. You can start tomorrow at 10:00 A.M. And plan on starting at 10:00 A.M. Every day.
The guy puzzled asks, ‘if the work hours are from 8 to 4, why do you want me here at 10?
‘This is a government job,’ the interviewer said. ‘For the first two hours, we just stand around drinking coffee and scratching our balls.
No point in you coming in for that!’
New weather forecast in UK
In deference to The Archbishop of Canterbury and The Royal Commission for Political Correctness, it was announced today that the local climate in the UK should no longer be referred to as “English Weather”.
Rather than offend a sizable portion of the population, it will now be referred to as “Muslim Weather”.
In other words – partly Sunni, but mostly Shi’ite.