last link about the protest issue…i promise. and despite what people may think, i’m trying to be objective. gosh i wish i could read chinese so i would get some of the other perspective.

“…The younger sister dismisses Olympics “protest parks” as completely fake. The rights group Chinese Human-Rights Defenders reported eight cases of the detention or disappearance of people who applied for permits to voice their dissent in Olympic protest zones…”

A western story on China’s protest application process. I can see how it was written from a western perspective, and I can imagine how China’s state media would portray the same situation.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/08/badmintoner_channels_nba.html

I also love Chinese people. Technically there are a lot of them in my family! I also like the land of China. Our family even owns property in the mainland.

And I see how all this stuff fits into the Harmonious Society concept. If people don’t agree with it, they can move somewhere else, if they can afford it.

Doesn’t really sound like China is allowing protests…

I am afraid of China, but not because of the government. I’m afraid of Chinese people. Because people educated in China are smarter and work harder than me. How am I (my family/children/descendants) going to compete?