Pat: Fairly high level of discontent, and largely due to (IMHO): Government policies, especially annexation of land (and these policies are enforced by extremely corrupt local officials who are far away from Beijing), as well as the perception that, while are many are getting rich in China, far more are not. The disparities are striking, especially when you travel outside of the cities.
It does have the feel of a Potemkin Village. This is going to sound terrible, but China is a filthy country. For all of the talk of China “seeing the light” regarding pollution controls and climate change, its largely untrue. China is pursuing a policy of explosive growth, regardless of the cost. They need to maintain certain growth targets in order to keep social peace, and it’ll be interesting to see what happens when they run out of road. Which they will.[/quote]
when were you out in the hills?
i know the water pollution is awful and the air pollution makes most of the air unbreathable.
the trick is what’s the issue?
are they ad because the environment is bad or because they don’t have cars and crap?
Are they mad because they don’t have wives or
the rich guys have 3?
Are they going to start shooting rich people or go to war on russia?
