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- inactive, on 11/23/2008, -1/+11Make soil erosion illegal. Problem solved.
- Ghostalker, on 11/23/2008, -0/+9Wow that sucks. I wonder whats on TV tonight...
- Mujokan, on 11/23/2008, -0/+6"Professor Mu Xingming of the Institute of Soil and Water Conservation told the Guardian that overpopulation was largely to blame. He said his analysis of north-east China over the last century showed the effects of increasing population density."
That doesn't indicate the population is sharply increasing right now. "Overpopulation" just means too many people. One-child has only been around 30 years. Also, it's not so strongly enforced in rural areas, and there are some exemptions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_child_policy - Rizoh, on 11/22/2008, -2/+7That's terrible.
- WhatPeriod, on 11/23/2008, -2/+7Oh God, it's the Dust Bowl all over again. It was the worst thing to happen to modern America and I'm shocked that anyone can joke about this.
- threemagic, on 11/23/2008, -0/+4it would probably be a smarter move to try and solve the erosion problem... maybe it's just me.
- A5204, on 08/13/2009, -2/+6That's only like a block and a half in China.
- BossKey, on 11/23/2008, -0/+4If we don't prevent soil erosion here first, all your plan does is spread unsustainable practices throughout the universe so that human colonies can die off on more planets than ever.
- tault, on 11/23/2008, -0/+3dont know why you where dugg down. I agree im curious on this policy as well. I thought that is how they where going to slow there population growth.
- idc5, on 11/23/2008, -1/+3What about the hundreds of pandas?
- SemiSarcastic, on 11/23/2008, -3/+5Dude they just need like one five-year-plan and BOOM! Problem solved!
- Setherex, on 11/23/2008, -1/+3reminds me of
"***** THE FED. NWO IS BAD. CITIZENS RISE UP! ITS TIME FOR A COUP! oooo guess what house did now! mmmm tv and pron" - soil, on 11/23/2008, -1/+3I...I'm sorry.
- lilamae, on 11/23/2008, -2/+4Maybe it's a good thing we're finding evidence of othe inhabitable planets which can sustain human life. Now we just need to find a way to get there and make them work for us.
- lornali, on 11/24/2008, -0/+1A grave problem
- dbzssj44676, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1Plant a tree, it'll grow fast with all that Co2 there.
- RiceLee22, on 11/23/2008, -1/+2Being a Chinese person I say ***** YOU. You're Chinese as well, why not make a new attitude of not being materialistic? Where I live, I don't pocket lost wallets, I don't throw trash around the place, I try to do things beneficial to our community, our society.
Or are you ashamed of your race because of what westerners think? I hate scum like you more than the gweilo bigots. They're ignorant because they didn't know, or had a chance to learn, but traitors like you don't even TRY, but bitch and moan. As hard as you whitewash yourself, you'll never be a westerner. SO CHANGE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHINESE, AND BE PROUD. - carcinogen, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1That's an awful lot of people affected. It'd be nice if people cared more about shiest like this.
- inactive, on 11/24/2008, -0/+1rural farmers get three kids, city dwellers get one. That's from what I remember reading a while back.
- Mujokan, on 11/24/2008, -0/+1You can find exactly the same thing in many countries from SE Asia to Eastern Europe to Africa. It's a function of deficiencies in the way the society is organized, not down to being Chinese.
- Mujokan, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1"Tragedy of the commons" hasn't been so applicable here because these resources have been centrally controlled, so the problem isn't an emergent result of many individual decisions. But I agree that China is vulnerable to "tragedy of the commons" scenarios as individual access to shared resources increases, because of the lack of civil society due to moving directly from feudalism to communism. I don't see this as down to a particularly "Chinese attitude", though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_common ... - 2thura, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1A team of bright young Maoists are working round the clock on it... Believe it.
- Zervaman, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1A catastrophe like this requires:
Great Leap Forward 2.0 - Now with less widespread starvation! - Swivelstick, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1Haven't you noticed that whilst China has become a more open society that we are becoming more closed? I hope China doesn't surpass our freedoms but.
- SarahC, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1*bitchslap*
- sourceholder, on 11/23/2008, -2/+2Or just *censor* "erosion".
Another word and off to hard labor camp you go! - RiceLee22, on 11/24/2008, -0/+0WRONG. Being PROUD or PATRIOTIC is not a sin in itself. However, being extreme is a sin.
When you can be proud of being Chinese, when you can appreciate the cultural history of China, loving a country that BELONGS to us. YET still capable of rational thought, understanding the FLAWS in our system and striving to change them (perhaps even copy from successes overseas), BUT ignoring or fighting back against malicious foreign intent, those who seek the RUIN of the country we as Chinese ALL SHARE. We are a developing country, this is the best time for change, and what better influence than to be a positive example?
You generalise your entire race, insulting your own blood in order to cater to your adapted home. FOR WHAT? Not everyone in China are honourless thieves as you have generalised, the heroes that sacrificed their lives in the earthquake have provided us with many examples of this.
Also: if you admited that you're 'whitewashed', that you're born and raised outside of China, then your opinion on Chinese morals is worth slightly less than the ***** you gave. - sleestakslayer, on 11/24/2008, -0/+0Maybe we can get this economy going again by exporting dirt.
- 2thura, on 11/23/2008, -1/+0We will have to wait and see what radical government policies follow.
What will be really interesting (as usual) will be the gap between official government statements on the issue and its remedy and what journalists and the local left intelligentsia manage to smuggle out for us. - inactive, on 11/23/2008, -3/+2hmmm...I hope China doesn't use it as an excuse for more anti-Tibetan policies.
- inactive, on 11/23/2008, -2/+1Hug a tree! That will solve it.
- 2of8, on 11/23/2008, -8/+5I have a question. Why is the Chinese population growing? I thought they had a fairly well-enforced one child policy.
- wildaznfire, on 11/23/2008, -5/+0Only one billion more to go...
- elscorcho717, on 11/23/2008, -14/+2Oh noes, where will the chinks live now....
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