The most annoying thing is to compare

We use to say it is annoying to compare between people. Why someone is better than me? Why someone is higher than me?

Certainly, this is a good thing to compare if we know what we are looking for. If Deng Xiaoping had not compare China with the other countries, he might not have confidence to push forward the Open Up policy that lead China to a powerful country today.

Just the press release today, there is a reporter asking authority about the comparison between earthquake in Kobe and in Wenchuan. Everyone knows that there were only ten deaths in Kobe so far and we have close to eighty thousands in Sichuan.

If we have another earthquake in Sichuan in 2021, I am sure that the death toll will be much lower, perhaps one thousands. Remember that the last earthquake in Kobe is in 1995 when there were over 6,400 deaths.

China is still not yet better than Japan in science and technology. Due to its specific location, Japan is the best in the world for seismic study and anti-earthquake civil engineering.

Even if China can build such type of houses, who will pay? Have any government in world build all houses for their people? Except only those who have very few population and rich in oil like Brunei etc.

Throughout these years, I have been asked by many about: Why USA is so rich and why China is so poor? Why Japan has become a rich and strong nation after defeated in World War II?

It is sad to know so many who never read history when so called education standard has been modernized. I have said that education should not be started from school only and should not end after school. That means the education system is rubbish and shame to be named so.

For the time being, I only heard once about the inaccurate warning of the Kobe earthquake. Therefore, I shall check later if there is any written information. Just like what I have said about the difficulties about forecasting, it is also an important factor if all nationals would not complain when the forecast was wrong. At least, you would not hear any negative report about Japan. See, it is political.

最俗語說人比人氣死人。為什麼有人比我更好呢？為什麼有人高過我呢？

當然只需有清晰的目標，比較是一件好事。如果鄧小平沒有把中國與其他國家比較，他可能不會有信心推動把中國變成今日那樣強大的開放政策。

今日的新聞發佈會中，就有一位記者提出比較日本神戶及中國汶川地震。所有人都知道神戶這次地震只有十個人死亡，而中國四川就有近八萬人。

如果四川在2021年再有地震發生，我相信死亡數目可能是一千。記得在1995年神戶地震的死亡人數超過六千四百。

中國在科學及技術方面仍比日本落後。由於特殊的地理環境，日本在地震研究及防地震建築方面有世界的領先地位。

即使中國有技術建成這種屋宇，誰可付款呢？在世界上有那個國家為所有國民免費建屋呢？除非是人口少又有豐富石油的文萊等。

在這些年來，不少人經常問我例如：為什麼美國那麼富裕為什麼中國那麼貧窮？為什麼日本在第二次世界大戰戰敗後可以變成那麼強大富有？

在所謂教育已是現代化的今日，有那麼多人沒有看看歷史令人失望。我常稱教育不應只由入學開始，更不應在離開學校就停止。這證明了教育系統是廢物而且侮辱了這個名稱。

至目前為止，我只有聽到一次有關日本神戶地震的錯誤預告。所以我將會繼續留意有沒有這個資料的文章。正如我曾說過地震預告的困難，最重要的是當預告失準時有沒有國民會投訴。至少，你不會看到有關日本的負面報導。明白嗎？這就是政治問題了。