China and Chinese

香港起锚成功将会带来什么？ The Success of "Act Now" in HK will bring what?

2010-07-07T01:14:00.000-07:00

香港的政改争辩了多年，终于在2010年成功地在立法会通过。无论如何也是中央‧香港政府及民主党的妥协下达成的结果。当然问题复杂是因为民主党在立法局占有一定的票数，也是香港选民的选择下而产生。

The political reform of HK has been argued for years, finally in 2010 it is passed in LEGCO. No matter how, this is the mutual agreement between Central Government, HKSAR and Democratic Party to make it happened. The complicated situation is due to the number of seats of Democratic Pary and that was the selection of the HK voters.

长远的目标是行政长官及立法局完全由香港选民一人一票选出，这就是称为民主的事。本人认为民主的精神在于以民为主，不是由民作主。以民为主是最重要，谁人当政也好，只要保持这个原则就自然会给人民好日子。由民作主的首要条件是人民明白大我及小我，这点香港人就不能达到了。不少事都因政治问题变成了多数服从小数，这样的社会绝不适宜由民作主。

The long term target is to have the Chief Executive and LEGCO members to be selected by the public with one vote per voters. I think that democracy should be better with FOR THE PEOPLE and not BY THE PEOPLE. Who is the Chief may not be important, provided that the principle FOR THE PEOPLE is kept and would let citizen have nice living. There is priority with BY THE PEOPLE, all voters must understand what is individual and what is society. This is not the condition of Hong Kong people. Many cases proved that the majority had to give way for minority, such society is not suitable for BY THE PEOPLE.

多年前本人主办了多个工作坊给本人的摄影学生参加，以一年的时间训练他们摄影创作，最后是一个展览;结束。整件事完全是本人决定一切包括找赞助商（通常是柯达及佳能），选作品，装裱，印场刊至庆功宴等。本人当年以所有学生的利益为首位而不会偏重任何一个。除了应收的学费外，展览等开支通常都要本人贴补一些才足够。由于有一些学生有点意见，所以在最后一次本人就把庆功宴的安排交由他们决定。结果就是完全依照本人上一个工作坊的选择。在下一年本人鼓励下，这班学生自行举办展览，结果因为各持己见而吵闹了多次，幸而展览仍可完成不至不欢而散，但因此而完结了这种活动。有部份更说都是当年在本人的家长式方法较好。本人的学生已经是像本人一样不计较名利，仍有这样的问题，可见当每个人都有权提出意见时，没有一个人可以作最后的取舍就会产生困局的。

Some years ago, I had organized several Workshop for my photographic students. With a year to train their creation, the final would be an exhibition. Everything from looking for sponsors (usually Kodak and Canon), selection of their works, mounting, printing booklets to arranging dinner to celebrate etc. were decided by me. Besides the normal lecture fee, the budget for exhibition always needed my contribution. A few students had some complaint. So for the last Workshop, I asked them to arrange the dinner. The outcome was their choice based on mine for the previous Workshop. With my encouragement, they arranged an exhibition by themselves the following year. Due to each had individual idea, there were several fierce argument. Fortunately, the exhibition could be opened, but they never continued such co-operation again. Remember that all of them had been trained like me not to care for money and fame, yet such problem still existed. That is because when each one can give individual idea and there is no one powerful enough to take the final choice will lead to such dilemma.

看看不少国家也是在国民欠缺条件而盲目采用由民作主的选举，结果只有产生对立的政局、什么事也做不成，国家与人民都是受害者。这次本人并不是谈论政制，所以暂不继续讨论这方面的事。

Just look at some countries, without the condition and blindly taken the BY THE PEOPLE selection system. The outcome is only the opposition that made everything failed giving pain to the country and the people. I am not discussing the problem of system, therefore would not be continued this time.

当年在邓小平领导下制成的基本法，一方面指出香港政制五十年不变，另方面又定出政制改革要用循序渐进方式来达到完全民主选举。本人已感到有点矛盾，既然话五十年不变，又为什么会在回归后廿年左右就改变呢？本人估计所谓五十年是预算在这个时期，当年的汉奸死硬派都成为古人，新一代大多数会有爱国的情怀。这点能否出现的确是不可预料。

At that time, under the leadership of Dèng Xiǎo Píng, the Basic Law was created. It has the idea of keeping the Hong Kong system without change for fifty years, and the political reform with gradual steps towards the complete democratic voting. I already found it quite ambiguous, fifty years without change accompanied by change of voting in about twenty years. I thought that the choice of fifty years was based on the assumption that those Chinese style traitors would be passed away and the new generation would have a higher percentage of patriotic. Will this really happen remains unknown.

以目前来看，虽然传媒方面仍是汉奸主导，但坊间已有不少人指责他们也有不少已不信他们的报导。再过多廿年是否会出现另一个局面，可能性甚高，因为这种事背后的策划者美国已有极大的改变，本人相信当年布什总统冲口而出说每年用了二千万美元来支持香港的民主活动虽然可能仍是由中情局的开支来处理，但看看近年来美国之音的改变及涉及中国问题的处理手法，已看到有极大的转移了。美国人的改变正如他们的婚姻一样，随时会由浓情变成了比冰还冷的感觉。

Basing on the present situation, although the media is still controlled by Chinese style traitors, but in the society, there are many denouncing their reportage. A new situation with twenty years more will be possible. That is because the one behind the curtain, the America has tremendous change. I believe that President Bush had once said that they had spent 20 million US dollars annually for supporting the democratic movement of Hong Kong still remains part of the CIA's budget, but just check the huge change for the works of the "Voice of America" in recent years and the cases related to China. The American can change easily just like their marriage, any time the deepest love can change to something cold as ice.

万一将来在一人一票选出一位汉奸做特首的话，那会如何呢？首先香港是不能处理外交及军事，所以引番兵入港的事绝不会出现。有一点要注意，回归后当美国的小鹰号终于被中央批准来港时，那一天整个香港都是充满欢容好像过节一样。本人当时想，美国水兵上岸找什么呢？异性及母爱是我们自小已知的事，莫非香港人大多数家庭中都有这一类工作的人吗？单是电视台报导的女主持就像久旱逢甘露，好在电视是没有气味否则就丑死人。所以有可能由行政长官接待，水兵们可以在礼宾府以选美方式找寻安慰。那又如何呢？可能当时的总理被问及中国有没有妓女，他就要回答有，在被英国统治了百多年的香港，这是一国两制的最佳例子。

In case of selection a Chinese style traitor as Chief Executive, what would happen? First, Hong Kong is not allowed to handle foreign affairs and military, so "bringing foreign force to invade Hong Kong" will not happened. One thing we ought to remember, after the turnover when China authority allowed the Kitty Hawk to visit Hong Kong, we found smiling faces everywhere that date just like a festival. I thought what would American marine look for? We know since childhood that they looked for female and motherhood, did it mean that most Hong Kong people had someone in the family working for that. We could look at the TV, most female reporters looked like meeting rain in long period of drought, fortunately we did not have smell from TV, otherwise there would be a great embarrassment. So if that would be welcomed by the Chief Executive, the marine can select for their comfort like a beauty contest in the Government House. So what? The premier of that time would answer the question of "Is there prostitute in China?" with "Yes, in the place where England had ruled for over one hundred years, Hong Kong, that is a good example of One Country Two System".

至于经济立面，更加放心。第一香港是要量入为出，第二香港人对钱的敏感程度绝对是世界首位，当他们利益受损时，就会不顾对方是老豆还是老友，必定抗争到底。中央只须在现在多点声明，由于香港不用上缴，日后有经济问题是不一定有中央支持，除非与其它省市一样才可。

As for economy, there is nothing to worry. First Hong Kong needs to based on spending upon income, second, Hong Kong citizen have the highest sensitivity to money, when their benefits are affected, they would not care whether it is their father or good friend, they will fight to the end. The Central Authority just have to say now that since Hong Kong needs not handing over any tax to the Central, if there are problem in the future, Central may not give a helping hand, unless similar to other province of cities in the mainland.

还有中国现在已不是像经济改革初期的情况，香港的作用也越来越低了。再过十多廿年，相信会更加没有任何贡献，连作为对台湾的统一例子都可能不及美国转变策略重要。

Moreover, China now is not like the beginning of economic reform, the Hong Kong effect is diminishing. With ten or tweny years ahead, there may not have any contribution at all, even as an example of unity to Taiwan may not be important than the change of policy by America.

The Huge change towards China. 应付中国的重大改变

2010-05-16T01:59:00.000-07:00

If one can remember, when China started to open up some years ago, there were a lot of tactics headed by USA as well as echoed by somewhere including Hong Kong had prepared various hurdles aiming to block China’s rising up. These included the ISO, WTO and intellectual copyright.

Now, you cannot find any saying about ISO. That is because many if not all exporting manufacturers in China know how to apply for. The belittling done by foreigners is understood because they still dreamed about the lasting periods of the Qing Dynasty. We must be astonished that people in Hong Kong who migrated from mainland China would think in similar way.

The WTO was taken as something that far from China because of the difference in principles. Spending much effort and years, the joining of WTO has been successful but with no benefits at all. Therefore, there is no more talking about WTO now.

It is only a bit more than twenty years; China finally starts to claim the copyright for some creative designs\ and want to collect instead of paying for the copyright. Of course, with the largest market in the world, it is easy to win over others.

In other words, China has now achieved the basics of developed nations. Yet, China is still claiming the status of developing country today and possibly in the future for many more years. Certainly, this way can comfort all foreigners as well as those in Hong Kong.

So, being belittled is not a bad thing providing you know how to manage your problem.
The only thing that I would worry is that some newly rich Chinese may not aware of this.

如果仍有记忆的话，多年前当中国最初开放时，由美国引领及世界上不少追随者包括香港预备了不少障碍目标在于防止中国的兴起。这些包括国际标准ISO，世贸WTO及知识产权。

现在已不见这方面的新闻。因为差不多所有中国出口的制造厂都懂得;怎样去;申请了。外国人这样的轻视是很易明白因为他们仍有清末时代的概念。最令我们惊讶的是源自大陆的香港人也有这样的想法。

世贸昌曾经是中国因原则上的差异成为远不可及的事件。花了多年及极大的努力，终于入了世贸但是并没有实际的收益。所以现在已听不到有世贸的言论了。

大约廿年间，中国已开始争取一些设计的版权，由支付版权费改为向人收取了。当然，在拥有世界上最大的市场，比其它人优胜是极容易的事。

换句话说，中国已掌握了发展国家的基本认识。但中国在今日以至多年后的将来仍然自认是发展中国家。这样是令外国人甚至香港人感到安慰的。

所以只要明白如何处理自己的问题时，被人轻视绝对不是坏事。令我担心的是有些中国的新发彩并不明白这点意义。

At last Obama is not that smart as expected 奥巴马并非预算那么精明了

2010-03-05T01:09:00.000-08:00

On Mar. 4, 2010 There wais a Press Release event in Beijing by Li Zhaoxing where a foreign reporter raised the question about the 3T (Trade, Taiwan, T;ibet). Of course, Mr. Li can deal with such question with easy. He also took this chance to complain indirectly the decision of Present Obama to meet with Dalai Lama and to sell weapon to Taiwan. If you missed that release, you can read this: 诗人外交家李肇星妙语连连解答热点

When President Obama was elected, it was said that he should be much better than previous presidents with a much greater abilities and intelligence. I had a bit worried because China is still not yet suitable to conquer with American challenge.

When American announced that weapon would be sold to Taiwan as well as Obama would meet Dalai Lama, I feel happy because this indicated to me that President Obama is just another president who do not know how to challenge China for the rising up.

Of course it is politic, it is always good to show kind of annoyance otherwise the American would not be happy.

Remember that such happening would repeat again and again and it is good to have several package of reaction perhaps somewhat creative so that it can have a better performance.
Do not force the American President to do something else that would not be easy to deal with.

在3月4日在北京有一个由李肇星主持的新闻发布会而当时有一个外国记者提出了3T问题，即Trade贸易、Taiwan台湾及Tibet西藏。李肇星应付这些问题绝对是轻而易举。他更利用这个机会非正式地指美国奥巴马总统接见达赖喇嘛及出售武器给台湾的事。如果阁下没有看到，就请阅读这个文章诗人外交家李肇星妙语连连解答热点。

当奥巴马获选后，曾有声明说他比前几位总统更有能力更有智慧。我的确有点担心因为中国仍未可以抗衡美国的挑战。

当奥巴马公布将会出售武器给台湾及会接见达赖喇嘛时，我感到非常高兴因为也又是一个不懂\得如何在中国冒起时如何挑战中国的美国总统。

当然这是个政治问题，始终是表示出感到烦恼是件好事，否则美国人是会失望的。

记者这件事会重复地出现，预备一些反应套装特别是贝有创意更会有更佳的表现。
切勿迫使美国总统作出其它的方式可能更难应付。

Obama’s agree and disagree 奧巴馬不是說求同存異嗎？

2010-02-26T02:32:00.000-08:00

Yesterday from the news of the TV of HK, it said about President Obama's speech to congressmen about the Meidcal bill, where Obama asked to look for those agreed and not those disagreed points. Of course, the language is English and it is just the same as China insisted for when dealing with the foreign countries after the Opening Up.

There is not a copyright issue and I think that people just try not to show that Obama has to follow the Chinese way.

This proves that the Chinese leaders have gradually taken the leading role of various events. This will be a good but also some thing dangerous. Remember not long ago, the same Obama insisted that American could not be number two?

I hope, but of course I have the confidence, that Chinese leaders will not forget this important fact. We all know that China is becoming stronger everyday and we must not forget that China had been invaded by the Eight Nation alliance. Today, there will not be the same again, yet other civilized challenge may become irrational.

It will be safe just to keep what happened as something to cheer about in tea time.

昨日从香港的电视新闻中听到有关美国总统奥巴马向議員呼籲，請他們【寻求合作而不是强调分歧】這是取自這篇新聞【奥巴马亲身上阵救医疗改革向政要喊话寻求合作】‧為什麼不翻譯為中國開放時強調的【求同存異】呢？

這不是版權的問題，我認為他們不想表現出奥巴马要抄襲中國的方式。
這證明了中國領導人續漸在多項事項中得到帶頭的地位。這點是喜也是驚了。還記得不久之前同一個奥巴马說美國不能是第二嗎？

我希望，我當然是有信心，中國領導人不會忘記這個重點。

中國日益強大但我們不可忘記八國聯軍的歷史。今日當然不是當年的情況，但其他文明方式的針對行為也可以變成不合理的程度。

所以把事件作為茶餘飯後的話題較為安全了。

My answer about “Yale alum's gift stirs reaction in China” is why Yale is Yale. 我对【中国籍毕业生为啥向耶鲁捐巨款】的回复是耶鲁这是耶鲁

2010-01-11T23:06:00.000-08:00

From news
Yale alum's gift stirs reaction in China
中国籍毕业生为啥向耶鲁捐巨款

Certainly, everyone will give great attendance to anything involving China and USA. This case has become the topic of gossip, blogs etc. from east to west. Of course, it will be only Zhang Lei himself knows the reason behind this decision. Every other is just guessing including mine.

I believe the difference of concept is the Yale education. Zhang Lei had been trained to think internationally instead. If the donation was for any university in China, the case is domestic and would not be taken seriously the world over.

No matter what, the gossip would be silent soon. I believe that his business would move to a higher level because this donation has put him to the world. Today, any big corporation must be international, especially for investment and financial. If he is the only one in China to know, then we must say China has a long way to become a big powerful nation.

任何涉及中国及美国的事都受到无数人士的注意。这件事也因此成为由东至西博客等的热门话题。当然，只有张磊本人才知道他这个决定的真正原因。所有其它包括我的话都是估计而已。

我相信这概念的差异就是耶鲁的教育导致。张磊受了这种教育而能够以国际性观念来思考。如果这捐款是给中国任何一间大学，一定没有得到世界上认真的看待。

无论如何，这些反应都很快变成过去。我相信他的业务会更上一层楼因为这次的捐款把他摆在世界舞台前。今日所有大机构特别是投资及财务都必须是国际性。如果中国只有他明白，那我们应该说中国要成为强国仍有相当长远的路。

California suffers huge earthquake due to the Dam in China 加州因為中國的水壩發生巨大地震

2009-02-07T01:59:00.000-08:00

Before any proof, any scientist should not announce any such thing. Of course, now there is no earthquake in California. We can be sure that there will be in the future. So blaming China first is an international practice including fortune-tellers and scientists.

Remember those epidemic cases; the first to blame is China. That is a simple rule and that means if you want to graduate with any degree or honor, you know how to get the score.

See "Possible Link Between Dam and China Quake" and you know what I am saying.

Just like recently, there is a saying that because of China depositing too much money in America letting them spent freely and so created the financial crisis today.

I feel like sometimes ago, those people blaming HK Government not to care for those mothers. Something like they were raped by the Chief Executive to give birth so the Chief Executive had duty to look after them. This stupid fallacy may travel to elsewhere and be ready to face the blame that China has duty for those born everywhere.

任何科學家在未有足夠證明前絕不應公佈這樣的事。當然，加州未有地震。我們都可以確定將來一定會有地震。所以提早歸咎於中國正是國際慣例包括占卜及科學家。

還記得那些疫症嗎，首先必定是歸咎於中國。這是最簡單的規則而且表示了如果閣下需要獲得任何證書，閣下應該知道如何得到分數了。

閱讀"Possible Link Between Dam and China Quake"你會明白我說什麼。

正如最近竟然有指責稱因為中國在美國儲存太多金錢令他們任意花費導致今日的金融危機。

我感到正如以前指責香港政府不照顧那些母親們。好像他們是被特首強奸後生了孩子所以特首有責任。這種愚蠢的謬論可能會傳達四方，所以有需要預備面對中國要為世界上出生的人負責。

My medication fallacy (2) 我的醫療諺論（二）

2008-11-20T01:55:00.000-08:00

I do not know why it happened. I cannot find when it started. The only point I can tell is most may have this concept when they become better off.

Nearly all western medicine are not hundred percent effective and most are with side effect, some even fatal. Just like drug for influenza, sometimes one would die and it is said that this is one among million to be so. No objection for those who have no relatives died this way.

Now, a few Chinese medicines in newly developed form for injection that came up with side effect, even the CCTV has a special show about this. May be I missed, I have never seen any such program for problems of western medicine.

This is the saddest thing to know that we point finger at some culture that developed by our ancestors for thousands of years while taking any foreign thing as treasure. That is the only reason that we had suffered and insulted by foreign devils for about one hundred year.

Well, may be one day we find that foreigners are taking Chinese medicine and Chinese are taking western medicine.

For tens of years, I found that a lot of cancer patients recovered only when they turned to Chinese medication. Even today, my Chinese Doctor has been busy with dozen of cancer patients, some recommended by the Western Doctors because they know that western method fails to deal with cancer.

The wonderful thing about lives is that there is no second chance. Some may disagree with me. Well, each one has his own choice and I have no obligation to save them.

Certainly, there are many cases that Chinese medication failed to save those dying patients because they changed to Chinese medication too late.

I have a photographic student some years ago. I already realized that he would have cancer because I found that he ordered spicy food and cold Coca-cola during lunch. This showed to me that his body was out of order. He would not believe me, but he was lucky that there is a X-ray technician in the same class. This technician advised him not to see the western doctor and introduced him to a Chinese doctor. So he recovered. The technician later became a Chinese Doctor.

我不知道出現的原因。我也不能找到發生的時間。唯一我可以說的是這種想法通常會在略為有錢的情況出現。

差不多所有西藥都不是百份百有效，大部份都會有不良影響有些更是致命。正如感冒藥，有時有人會因此而死亡，那就是稱為百萬份之一。沒有親人這樣死亡的都不會有任何意見。

現在有一些發展成注射式的中藥出現了不良反應，連中央電視台都有專門節目來談論。我可能漏看，我從來未看過有關西藥的問題。

最令人痛心的是我們竟然指責前人數千年建立的文化，而把所有外國的東西作為寶物。這正是我們被外國鬼子欺壓及侮辱了一百年的原因。

可能有一天我們發覺外國人倚賴中藥而中國人倚賴西藥。

數十年來，我看到不少患癌症的人因改用中藥而痊癒。在現在，我的中醫師仍忙著應付不少患癌的病人，有些竟然是他們的西醫推薦，因為他們明白西醫方法根本不能治療癌症。

生命最神奇的是沒有第二次機會。有些人會不同意我。好的，每個人都有個別的選擇，而我又沒有必要挽救他們。

當然中醫不能挽救不少垂死的病人因為他們沒有及早轉用中醫。

多年前，我攝影班中有一個學生。我早已感覺到他會有癌症，因為他午餐時總是吃辣的食物及一杯凍可樂。這是說他的身體有嚴重問題出現。他當然不會相信我。他真幸運，因為同班中有一位X-光師。這個X-光師叫他不要看西醫，反而介紹他去看一位中醫。結果他痊癒了。這位X-光師後來也改成了一個中醫。

My medication fallacy (1) 我的醫療諺論（一）

2008-11-18T00:02:00.000-08:00

The medical problem is everywhere. Not developing countries only, even those developed countries are lack of the power to solve this problem.

Price of medicine goes sky high because the R&D costing millions or even billions.

There are several vital points that we have to check. Why people get sick? Why people failed to guard their health? Why R&D costs so much? Why government has to offer free or low price medication?

Yes, I was born in Hong Kong. A nice rich port which gives free or very low cost medication. There are quite many medical insurance services. No, I never go to government hospital. No, I never get refund because I preferred Chinese herbalists instead of western doctors even since I was a teenager.

Chinese lives for thousands of years with no western medication. If you suppose we were the weaker race, you forgot that our population is the first in the world till now. Science is about fact, not fallacy.

When I had fallen sick at the age of 10, I intent to learn medication so that I could look after my health in the future.

That is lucky for me because I could find lots of books from mainland China and foreign countries in Hong Kong and at the age of about 14, the Hong Kong public library was established that offered books to borrow with no charge.

In simple words, my knowledge about Chinese medication was based on those Chinese books.
I am not going to talk about my history now. Just to give two cases, my Jaundice at the age of 19 and my diabetes just this year at the age of 60.　

No need to see the doctor, I recovered from my Jaundice in three weeks’ time because I had full knowledge of this problem. If you go to see the doctor, you are certain to have Gallstone and have to surgically remove the gall-bladder.

I have my own plan to deal with diabetes with the help of Chinese medication. It took five months only to recover from diabetes.

I have put these and other in my English blog, http://healthhuman.blogspot.com/.

There are lots to say later. This time, let's see why most got sick after the 'open up'. Not epidemic, not natural disaster; most got sick because they ate too much and worst of all, those foods that their body could not handle. Should we pity them? No, they deserved such outcome.
What responsibility the government has about this? It may be hard for the government to ask the citizens not to eat too much; that is not good for the economy. It may be hard for the government to educate the citizens; because most professors are nothing better than prostitutes, money is their common target.

I am not telling the government what to do. I am saying here for those who prefer to help themselves.

If you prefer to wait for the government to offer you free medication so that you can keep on ignorant about health, if you trust those doctors, agents of medicine manufacturers, do not read further here.

Remember during the dark age of China before the success of the Communist, the authority almost abandon Chinese medication.

Now China is richer now, will the government follows the same. Well, rich is a sickness that cannot be cured.

醫療的問題是國際性。不止發展中國家，已發展的國家也不能解決。

醫藥的價錢高得驚人因為研究費用達百萬以至十億。

其中有幾個重點要解決。人們為什麼會病了？人們為什麼不能保障健康？研究費用為什麼那麼高？政府為什麼要提供低價以至免費的醫療？

是的，我在香港出生。這個富有的海港城市有低價至免費的醫療。更有不少醫療保險服務。不，我從不到政府醫院。不，我從沒有得到醫療保險賠償因為我在青年時期起只信任中醫而不是西醫。

中國人沒有西醫生存了數千年。如果你認為中國人是較弱的民族，那你忘記了中國至今仍是世界人口最多的國家。科學是根據事實而不是假設。

我在約十歲時得了一場大病，所以我決定研究醫學認識來照顧好我的身體。

最幸運的是我可以找到中國大陸及外國出版的書而且在我十四歲時香港開設了公共圖書館免費借出書本。

簡單來說，我對中醫的認識完全是由那些中國出版的書本得來。

我不是在這裡說關於我的歷史。只是有兩個事件，我在十九歲時的黃膽病及今年六十歲的糖尿病。

不用醫療，我的黃膽病在三個星期就醫好了，因為我有這病的認識。如果你去看醫生，你就一定會有膽石而且需要手術來割除。

我有個人的方案來處理糖尿病。配上中醫治療，五個月後已回復正常。

我把這些及其他在英文博客 http://healthhuman.blogspot.com/ 登出。

日後會有很多話說，現在只說說在開放後為什麼那麼多人病了。不是流行病，不是自然災害，他們是吃了太多而且是身體不能應付的種類。我們應否同情他們嗎？不，他們是咎由自取。
政府對這個問題有沒有責任呢？政府是很難去宣傳少吃為佳；這對經濟發展不利。政府也難從教育下手；因為多數教授與妓女都是以錢為目標。

我不是提議給政府，我只是提議給打算自助的人。

如果閣下選擇等待政府提供免費醫療而繼續忽略健康，如果你仍盲目相信那些稱為醫生而實際是藥廠的推銷員，請切勿閱讀這裡。

還記得在共產黨革命成功前的黑暗時期，當時的政府差點就廢除中醫。

現在中國富有了，政府是否走當年的路。這個，富有本身是一個病，一個不可藥救的病。

What shall Chinese be to-morrow? 中國人將來會怎樣呢？

2008-11-16T01:11:00.000-08:00

May be we can say there are two many things happened in 2008. Not only have the various successful events from Olympic to space walked; now it is the financial strength.

I am sure that no one can expect China will have the status today, just about thirty years of opening up.

Remember the very first stage, when China was cheated by Japan with inferior quality machineries, finger-pointing by America with just earning a few cents per pair of shoes, turning a cold shoulder by European nations?

Perhaps the worst thing is have Hong Kong people taking advantage of cheap land cheap labor, getting lots of profit, yet pretending to be the victim for China's Open Up.

I had asked those who said so why not moved the factories away if they suffered so hard. Of course, we know their answers. ince I have nicknamed them to be the cancer of China, let's drop them down now.

One thing I learn from my years' observation. Gossip and rumours in China are a kind of habit. The same person who criticized authority might argue about the goodies of communist party the next day. Chinese, including those in Hong Kong etc., are always against the government and are always trying their best to cheat the government to avoid tax.

Although the G7 is ready to become G20 and it started to name China as the vital part for the future, I believe China authority will be so naïve to accept such privilege.

Of course, we shall see more bullish Chinese, the same as those American after the World War. We may need them because the world needs some points to make joy of and this will keep China look like less powerful.

Just check the difference before and after the SARS. After China released more visitors to Hong Kong trying to help the recovery, The manner of these visitors took a great turn from humble to ego.

If China has to help other countries, please do not take the same method. With Hong Kong, it is a domestic event. With other countries, it is international. A thousand ugly Chinese tourists would make the country shame.

我們可以說2008年有太多事件了。不單止那些成功的項目包括奧運至太空漫步，現在更有金融的力量。

我相信沒有人可以預測中國在開放了三十年，就已有今日的地位。

還記得在初期時被日本以低劣器材欺騙，美國指手劃腳下只能瞣幾分錢，歐洲各國的冷落嗎？
可能最差的是香港人利用低地價低工資獲得大量利潤而又擺出因中國開放後的受害者。

我曾問這些人為什麼這樣悲慘又不把工廠搬走。當然，我們都知道他們的解釋。既然我已稱他們是中國的毒瘤，這次不談他們了。

這些年來我從觀察學會了一個情況。傳聞及流言是中國人的習慣。相同一個人可能大事批評政府而第二日又會為共產黨的貢獻來爭議。中國人，包括在香港等地，都是經常反對政府而又是極力欺騙政府來逃避交稅。

雖然G7已改為G20而且開始有稱中國在將來是重要的成員，我深信中國政府不會盲目接受這種地位。

當然我們會看到更多的大款中國人，正如大戰後的美國人。我們可能需要這些人因為世界上是要有成為笑柄的中國人，這樣中國就看來不是那麼強大了。

只需重溫沙士的前後變化。在中國開放多些人來挽救香港經濟後，他們的態度由謙虛變成了自大。

如果中國打算幫助其他國家，請勿採用相同的形式。在香港，有問題是家醜。其他國家，就是國際關係。上千個醜陋的中國遊客就是國家的恥辱了。

The Chinese Problem in the heart of Hong Kong 香港人心中的中國問題

2008-10-28T20:27:00.000-07:00

Is there any fraud in China? Of course. Is there any unsafe food produced in China? Of course. Is China the only country with food safety violation? Of course not.

But whenever there is a case, the usual way is to blow it up and make it big, so that all Hong Kong citizens are frightened and rejected to buy those Chinese products.

Do not blame solely on the press. They had mentioned the full story, though the vital part will not be repeated. For example, about the poison egg case, it is said that if one ate twelve eggs a day, there would be harmful. As usual, most had not aware of the quantity; just to say happily that Chinese eggs were poisonous.

Who in the world would eat twelve eggs everyday? Need not to say; only idiot may do so.

No one will care about the truth because they all enjoy pointing finger at China. That is the common belief in Hong Kong.

在中國有沒有騙子呢？當然有。有沒有不安全的食物在中國生產呢？當然有。中國是不是世界上唯一有食物不安全事件的國家呢？當然不是。

但如當有事件發生，慣常的情況是把事件吹噓及弄大，直至所有香港人都害怕及拒絕購該類有問題的產品。

不可完全歸咎於新聞界。他們曾完整地報導，雖然最重要的聲明絕不重複。例如有關毒雞蛋的事，第一次公佈時稱如果一日吃12隻雞蛋將會受害。一如以往，絕大部份人都不理會數量的問題，只是很開心地稱中國雞蛋有毒。

世界上誰會每天吃12隻雞蛋呢？不用說，只有呆子才有機會這樣做。

沒有人會關心真相，因為他們極享受指責中國。這是香港的普遍信念。

The Year 2008 that human will remember 人類歷史上永記的2008年

2008-10-09T07:22:00.000-07:00

We have huge snow storm, great earthquake, the best Olympic Game and the fall of western economic system in 2008.

In the future, 2008 may be a year that marks the beginning of change. The western, or may be better called the American, system of economy has been prosperous for tens of years after the World War II. Almost as a golden rule for all developing countries to follow.

The stock market, the bond and fund, the financial products etc. are so fascinating that draw most investors the world over to a desperate state.

The belief that American would not be fraudulent, the big financial firm would not collapse, the bank would not be bankrupted are the major factor of today's failure.

To solve the problem, the so called free economic country has to apply governmental control, swallowing bad debts is the first step, taking over banks will be the next.

China must open the eyes to see such fall out of economic system that has been envied for some years.

In the 60's, an elder relative asked me about a fund called Dollar. I was a secondary school student at that time. I checked the terms and told him that since huge profit only offered for five years while any early withdrawal would suffer loss, it was a great risk if the fund closed four years after. Of course, I believed that he had invested some money because he trusted the fund, a fund from the America. Needless to say, the fund collapsed in four years.

Unfortunately, until today, there are many Chinese still believe America wholeheartedly. Luckily, China is still ruled by communist party. No matter how, the party doctrine cannot be changed.

I admire American too, but not blindly.

在2008年，我們有特大雪災、大地震、最偉大的奧運會及西方經濟崩潰。

在將來，2008年可能是大改變的第一年。西方，也許稱為美式更佳，的經濟系統在第二次世界大戰後蓬勃了數十年。差不多成為所有發展中國家追隨的黃金定律。

股票市場，債券與基金及所謂金融產品等都是那麼吸引，把世界各地的投資人都拉到絕望的境界。

認為美國人不會是騙子，大金融機構不會倒閉，銀行不會破產等信念是今日失敗的主要原因。
解決問題就由所謂自由經濟的國家來實施政府干預手段，先是把有問題債務吞下，下一步就可能是接管銀行了。

中國一定要睜開眼睛看看這個羡慕了多年的經濟系統如何崩潰。

在60年代，一位年長的親戚問我有關名為Dollar的基金。當時我是一個中學生。我看了那些內容後，告訴他因為必須在五年後才有可觀的利潤，而之前的退出會有極大的損失，最大的危機是當基金在四年後倒閉就什麼都沒有。我相信他投資了一些金錢因為他認為基金是美國機構。不用說，這基金在四年後倒閉了。

不幸的是在今日，仍有不少中國人仍然全心地相信美國。可幸的是中國仍是由共產黨管治。無論如何，黨的信條是不能更改的。

我對美國也相當欽佩，但絕不是盲目。

2008 Olympic Beijing Rhapsody – Game without Chinese 2008北京奧運狂想曲之沒有中國的奧運

2008-08-27T07:27:00.000-07:00

After China won most medals of table tennis, they changed the racket, size of the ball (ping bong) or the scoring system.

Yet, China continues to win.In fact, long time ago, American had employed detailed analysis of how Chinese Athletes played.

Not long ago, there were athletes migrated to foreign country, changed the name and won the medals against China.

Recently, many Chinese trainers leading foreign athletes won the medals with Chinese techniques.

Of course, now China has the financial power to hire foreign trainers so that China can win with foreign techniques.

All such problems are more or less because of China.

If China continued to be weak and still suffered from opium, there would not be any argument or non-stop rules changing etc. to counter the Chinese victory.

For the benefit of all, it may be good to have Olympic without China.

If China does not participate in competition, China can be the permanent hosting country.

Just go over the various Olympic Games of modern time, everyone must agree that this Beijing Olympic is the best in everything besides the medals.

在中國囊括了大部獎牌後，他們更改了球拍，或是乒乓球的大少，或是計分的方式。可是，中國仍然繼續勝出。

事實上，美國在多年前已採用極精細的方法來分析中國選手的技術。

不久之前，也有移民外國的選手從中國手中爭取了獎牌。最近不少中國教練帶領外國選手以中國技巧獲得獎牌。

當然，此時此刻，中國也有財力聘請外國教練來以外國技巧爭取勝利。

這一切的麻煩或多或少都是因為中國。

如果中國仍然是弱勢及仍然被鴉片荼毒，那就不會有那麼多的爭議或從不停止的比賽規則更改，目標就是針對中國的勝利。

為了大多數的利益，奧運可能沒有中國參加會更好。

如果中國不參加比賽，中國可以是永久的主辦國。只須回顧現代時期的各個奧運，所有人都會同意北京奧運除了金牌問題外一切都是最佳的。

The Cruel Side of Success 成功的悲人之處

2008-08-24T08:31:00.000-07:00

Tonight, the Closing Ceremony of Beijing Olympic signified the success of China by all means.

I went into tears, but not for this reason.

I told my wife why. This is the sad side of life. Our greatest leaders, Chairman Mao and Premier Chou did not have the chance to share the joy with us.

Of course, some have said that great ones needed not to see the outcome because they were sure what would happen.

This can never be proved. It is just to comfort our sadness.

The best I can say is that great one or not, one has to do the best for the country. To have a great success is just faith only.

No matter we agree or not, China would not be so success today if not for their effort and loyal successors.

I just hope that most Chinese should keep in mind about this. Success can spoil one’s mind. Go back to history and refresh one’s mind about the failure of every dynasty that was once strong and rich.

今晚，北京奧運閉幕禮見證了中國多方面的成功。

我哭了，但不是為了這個原因。這是人生的悲哀之處。我們最偉大的領袖毛主席及周總理沒有機會與我們一起共享這個日子。

當然，有人說偉人不需要親自看到，因為他們已肯定日後的結果。

這是永遠不能證明的。這只是給我們一些安慰。

我最佳的想法就是偉大與否，一個人都要為國盡力。理想的結果只是一個信念。

無論我們贊成與否，沒有他們的努力及忠實的承繼人中國絕對不會有今日的成就。

我只希望大部份中國人都會記得這點。成功會令人頭昏。應該不斷從歷史刷新思維，記得所有失敗的朝代都曾經是強大及富盛。

2008 Olympic Beijing Rhapsody – The Magic Rain Water 2008北京奧運狂想曲之神奇雨水

2008-08-23T04:05:00.000-07:00

These days, most of us must have been busy with the Olympic games and news.

After the U. S. team failed by dropping the baton during the semi-final of men's 4x100 relay, there was a saying in Hong Kong that this might be due to the rain in Beijing at that moment.

Well, it is an idiot assumption. Why only the U.S. team dropped the baton?

I take this as the first title of my series of rhapsody.

If the rain in Beijing worked on U.S. only, then it is a great chance to make a fortune.Establish a company, get a trade mark and start to sell this rain water.

Where to sell? Of course, Middle East.

Remember the 911 event? That very night, many people in Arabia etc. offered big feast to celebrate.

Of course, this marketing must be arranged skillfully. The brand may be SUNWOD. What this mean? Arabian is read from right to left.

這些日子裡我們大部份都會忙於觀看奧運比賽及有關信息。

美國選手因丟掉了接力棒而在準決賽出局後，香港有些說法指出是因為當時北京的下雨問題。

這是個痴人的假設。為什麼只有美國隊伍丟掉了接力棒。

我選了這個成為第一個狂想曲的主題。

如果北京的雨水真的只針對美國，這正是一個極佳的發財機會。開設一間公司，找一個註冊商標及開始出售這種雨水。

在那裡銷售？當然是中東。

記得911事件嗎？當晚不少阿拉伯等地的人都設宴大事慶祝。當然推銷策劃必有極佳的技巧。

牌子可能是SUNWOD。表示什麼？阿拉伯文是由右至左，明白未。

Everything about China is negative 有關中國的一切都是負面

2008-08-16T19:30:00.000-07:00

The truth is since 1949, everything about China is negative. There are two major factors, politic and economic.

All western countries leading by America are against communism. Most Chinese moving to Hong Kong and elsewhere are from rich families.

The 2008 Olympic is a great work of China. So much investment, so much work, that this is called the most expensive Olympic.But, as usual, there are lots of negative comments.

The air condition, the heat, the aim of China etc. are selected topics.One example can be read from "U.S. Cyclists Are Masked, and Criticism Is Not". I believe that these four athletes were innocent and the masks were really given by the USOC staff without the approval of the USOC administration. This is also a proof about the American disorder.

A few days ago, when Chinese female tennis player won in a match, an ATV commenter said that was due to the heat of Beijing. Does it mean that the Olympic Game has to take place in America only? See "Running on Fumes in Beijing".

I keep watching the outcome of these games. Finally, there are lots of world records from swimming, shooting and tracks.Does it mean that the bad air condition of Beijing offers the best environment for breaking world records? The 9.68 sec. record in 100 meter is great, not only for record, but also the winner is not American and Chinese.

Another comment in America said that China hosting the Olympic has the aim to get more gold medals. Ah, I never heard any one hosting country looking for less gold medals. This tells us that America has become the real paper tiger that China had pointed out long time ago.

It is simple to realize that after the anti doping efforts, America cannot win many medals as before.

After the Olympic, will the negative comment end? No, they will remain the same as before. It may be good for China so they have to continue fighting inside and outside.

自從1949年起，所有關於中國的事都是負面。主要的兩個因素包括政治及經濟。由美國帶領的西方國家都是反對共產主義。大部份移民到香港及其他地方的中國人都是來自富有家族。

2008奧運是中國的偉大工作。大量的投資，大量的工作，這是最昂貴的奧運。但是正如一向的情況，有不少負面的批評。選用的範圍包括了空氣的素質，熱度及中國的主辦目的等。

其中一個例子可看" U.S. Cyclists Are Masked, and Criticism Is Not". 我相信這四個選手是無辜，只是有美國奧委會職員未獲管理層批准而向他們分派面具。這也是美國失常行為的證明。

看看"Running on Fumes in Beijing"。

數日前，當中國網球女選手勝出一場比賽時，亞視一位報導員說這是因為北京的天氣太熱。是否奧運應該只在美國舉辦呢？我專心留意比賽的結果。最後，有不少世界記錄產生包括游泳、射擊及田徑。這是否在那麼惡劣的北京天氣才是打破世界記錄的最佳環境？100公尺的9.68秒是件偉大的說明，而且更因勝出者不是美國或中國的選手。

美國有另一個批評稱中國主辦奧運是為了獲得更多的金牌。噢！我從未聽過一個主辦國家是為了獲得較少的金牌。這告訴我們美國已變成中國多年前指出的紙老虎了。

簡單的事實是在反藥物努力下，美國已不能像以前爭到那麼多的獎牌。

在奧運後，負面的批評會否停止？不，他們將會繼續。這對中國是件好事，他們必須繼續對內及對外努力。

News technique HK Style 香港新聞特色

2008-08-03T03:37:00.000-07:00

The famous anthrax suspect, Bruce E. Ivins, committed suicide just before he would be tried in court.

The case is about seven letters containing anthrax were mailed, resulting in 22 infections; five people died.

I am not interest about what Americans had done to their own people; that is home affair. But the news I heard from ATV Asia channel is another sample of the HK Style news technique.

They said that Bruce E. Ivins needed to check if anthrax vaccination was effective. With a sweet tone, this message would let us believe that Bruce E. Ivins should be a hero of his country.

One can check "Bruce E. Ivins from Wikipedia" or "Anthrax suspect, scientist, kills self as FBI closes in" etc., it is easy to know that this case has nothing to do with vaccination.

Why Bruce E. Ivins committed suicide? Did he afraid to face trial? If so, why he did that? These may never be proved because of his death.

If the reason is about anthrax vaccination, he should not be the only one handling planning and operation, there must be some official person etc. to give the truth.

What the ATV news would be if this case happened in China?

著名炭疽毒案疑犯Bruce E. Ivins在被審判前自殺了。事件中有七封含有炭疽毒的信寄出，結果22個人受感染並中5人死亡。

我對美國人對美國人的傷害沒有興趣，這是他們的家事。但在聽到亞洲電視亞洲台的新聞報導，又是一個香港特色的新聞報導例子。

他們說Bruce E. Ivins有需要證實炭疽毒免疫是否有效。以非常甜蜜的語氣說出，這個信息令我們相信Bruce E. Ivins應該是美國的國家英雄了。

只須查看 “Bruce E. Ivins from Wikipedia” 或 “Anthrax suspect, scientist, kills self as FBI closes in”等，根據沒有與炭疽毒免疫有關。

Bruce E. Ivins為什麼自殺？他是否害怕審判？如果是，他為什麼要做這件事？他的死亡令這些問題永遠沒可能證實。但是如果原因是為了炭疽毒免疫，這樣的偉大工作絕對不會只有他一個人策劃及行動，一定有官方證人等出面來爭取公道。

如果這件事在中國大陸發生，亞洲電視新聞會怎樣說呢？

Hong Kong is the cancer of China

2008-07-31T05:45:00.000-07:00

I am very busy these days and hardly spare any time to say anything here,

It is certain that most would know the two recent cases about reporters, Li Yapeng and Felix Wong.

Last Saturday, when I was working around with my boss in his car, a program of the Radio HK mentioned about these two cases.

They were charging the China authority for hitting reporters and pointing fingers at the slogan "We are ready" for the coming Olympic. In short, they said that if reporters could not do anything they liked, then China should not say ready.

For the case of Li Yapeng, most of them except one female insisted that celebrity relies on reporters to become famous; therefore reporters could take any photos of the celebrities and their families.

Well, whether they are right or not will depend who we ask. Checking "The Hong Kong Reporters Deserve To Be Beaten", all video clips were from the TV channels, just like the CNN case, we cannot see the whole story.

The best tool for foreigners is the reporters of Hong Kong. After 1997, HK is part of mainland. I do believe that USA had done a great job tens of years ago by investing for a Hong Kong university with the first Communication course.

Hong Kong must not be stable; otherwise Taiwan will face the pressure of uniting with mainland China. This is a simple truth. Most Hong Kong people would not like to be ruled by China, this is a simple fact.

That is why I put the title "Hong Kong is the cancer of China". Cancer will not be cured by western medication. Yet most clever patients who turned to Chinese medication can survive. Surgery or radiation will not help. The complex method of Chinese medication is a good guide to treat Hong Kong, the cancer of China.

Although there were news reports basing on those from Hong Kong, yet this time I cannot find any effective response in foreign countries. Perhaps most of their leaders are getting ready to join the Olympic Opening and trying not to avoid the choice of giving up this chance.

The cancer acts at the wrong time.

One more thing, if there is no readers no reporter will try to take such photos or to create such news. They may be bad, but the readers are even worse.

我最近非常忙碌，所以不能在這裡說三道四。

相信多數人都知道最近有關記者的兩件事件，李亞鵬及王智強。

上星期六當我與老板駕車四出工作時，一個香港電台的節目提及這兩件事。

他們指責中國當局有關打記者的行為及針對有關奧運的宣傳We are ready【我們已準備好】。簡單來說，他們聲稱如果記者不可自由發揮，中國說不應說已準備好了。

至於李亞鵬方面，除了一位女士外，大部份都認為名星是倚靠記者才走紅，所以記者有權拍攝他們及他們的所有家人。

誰是誰非視乎我們問那個人，可觀看The Hong Kong Reporters Deserve To Be Beaten? ，所有視頻都是電視台播放的片段，正如CNN一樣，我們不能看到整個真實事件。

香港記者是外國的最佳工具。九七之後，香港是中國的一部份。我極相信美國在數十年投資在一間開設了傳理系的大學是極巧妙的決定。

香港不能穩定；否則台灣就面臨被中國統一的壓力，這是最明顯的事實。大部份香港人不願被中國統治，這是簡單的真相。

這正是我用香港是中國的毒瘤為標題的原因。毒瘤以西方醫術是不能治療。有些轉用中醫治療的聰明病人都能生存。切割或放射式治療都不會有效，複雜的中藥是治療這個中國毒瘤最佳的啟示。

雖然有不少外國以香港的報導來做新聞，但我看不見在外國有任何有力的反應。也許大部份國家的領導都預備參加奧運開幕，要避免被迫放棄這個機會。

毒瘤在錯誤的時間發作了。

再說一句，如果沒有觀眾就不會有這樣的記者。他們可能不是好人，但觀眾們比他們更差得多了。

The Showdown in August 2008

2008-07-13T02:31:00.000-07:00

Will Beijing know that the so called free news reporting for the coming Olympic Game would be a great chance for foreigners to challenge the old topics of human right, Tibet independence etc.?

I am sure that all leaders in China have already prepared long time ago.

No matter what will happen, this is a great chance to move these problems to a new phrase. It is certain that no winning or loss and these topics would never be over because those foreign countries need to keep it that way.

Same as I said before, everything has two sides of story telling. In modern time, I mean after the kingdom, nothing can be solved directly and with full acceptance. That is the problem of democratic.

Just like the Tibet event this year, we shall face manipulated images, the famous CNN photo may happen again. The shameless foreign reporting will copy from each selected source again. Fortunately, with the western developed Internet, we have some Chinese with time and abilities to work against such informative invasion.

The anti-CNN is a good work and I hope that they will continue to watch what happen in August 2008. CCTV may become the only trustworthy reporting channel after the Game.

Some reporters may be expelled and there may be events in Tibet and Xinjiang. Some foreign athletes may try to do some naïve acts. It is possible for some who know that they cannot win and the best is to be expelled instead of failure in competition. That would give the Olympic authority lots of trouble.

Just like the earthquake, it is another grand test for China.

In the history of modern China, the year of 2008 will be a turning point. Am I nervous? Yes, certainly.

Yet, it is interesting even before the Game. The dance of French President, the braveness of British Prime Minister, the assertive participation of American President will be hardly forgotten.

北京當局明白外地會利用所謂自由報導即將舉行的奧運機會來以人權，西藏獨立等問題挑戰呢？
我深信中國所有領導多年前已有準備。

無論有什麼事發生，這始終是一個機會來把這些問題轉到一個新局面。可以肯定是將不會有勝方及負方因為那些國家需要這些把柄來說話。

正如我常說，所有事情都有兩面性的報導。在現代，我是指在皇朝制度後，沒有事件是可以直接解決及受到全部人的接受。這是民主產生的問題。

正如本年的西藏事件，我們將面對更改的新聞照片，著名的CNN圖片可能再度出現。無恥的外國報導轉載選擇來源將會繼續。多得於西方發展出來的互聯網，不少中國人有時間及能力來抗衡這種報導攻擊。

稱為anti-CNN的網站是件很好的事，我希望他們繼續留意在本年8月可能發生的問題。奧運之後中央電視台可能變成最可信任的新聞報導。

有些記者將會被驅趕而西藏及新疆可能會有事件發生。一些外國選手可能會做一些幼稚的行為。
可能有些已經沒有勝出希望選擇被驅逐而不是在競賽中落敗。這會給奧運管理極大的麻煩。

正如地震，這是中國面對的大測驗。

在中國的現代史中，2008年將會是一個轉捩點。我是否有點緊張？當然是的。

可是在奧運前已有不少有趣事件。法國總統的舞蹈，英國首相的勇氣及美國總統的強調出席都是不可忘記的事。

The American Mind

2008-07-04T19:28:00.000-07:00

Civilization is belonged to all human. Before the western style of business, no one should stand against learning from each other. That is the major factor for human to develop from primitive to modernization today.

After learning from China, Greek etc., the westerners developed many technologies and declared intellectual property. However, that is OK because we know that we can play their games.

Everyone knows that Chinese medication is developed in China for thousands of years. Japan learns from China, no doubt about this. But when American copies any Chinese medical knowledge, they said that this is learnt from Japan.

From "China Inspired Interrogations at Guantánamo", I remember that this is the first time American said they learnt from China.

Yes, this is something not so good. That is why they are honest this time.

Such behavior is really childish. It is not eligible to complain at all.

For several years before, China has spent too much trying to learn from America and almost achieved nothing. Fortunately, China finally has home grown intellectuals and gradually develops lots of new technique and knowledge.

The success is based on the open mind initialized by Deng Xiao Ping.

I just hope that China will not follow the egoism of America. After the earthquake, I feel that China may be too confident and many Chinese are moving towards egoism. With the success of the coming Olympic Game, that is not something to be disregarded.

A great nation needs true respect from others, not self declared.

Will we see Ugly Chinese, adding to the Ugly American in the future? I hope not!

文化是屬於全人類。在源自西方國家的商業化前，沒有人會反對互相學習。這是人類由原始進步至今日現代化的主要原因。

在從中國，希臘等學習後，西方國家發展出不少科技及宣稱要保護知識產權。不過這個問題不大，因為我們也有能力依照他們的遊戲規則。

所有人都知道中醫是由中國在數千年前發展出來。無可懷疑，日本是從中國學習的。但當美國獲取中醫學識時，他們說是從日本得來的。

從【China Inspired Interrogations at Guantánamoa】，我記得這是首次美國稱是由中國學來的事。

是的，這並不是件好事。這正是他們說真話的原因。

這種行為極之幼稚。絕不值得任何批評。

在不少年間，中國花費了不少來向美國學習而差不多一無是處。幸而中國終於有本土培養的知識份子在新科技及學識方面漸漸有進展。

這方面的成功是建基於鄧小平發起的思想開放。

我只希望中國不會跟隨美國的自大。在地震後，我感到不少中國人已有這個趨向。在主辦奧運成功後，這絕不是可以不理的事情。

一個偉大的國家是由其他人的真正尊重而達到，不是由自大產生。

【醜陋的美國人】是否會有【醜陋的中國人】陪伴呢？我希望不會吧！

Made in China

2008-07-04T07:18:00.000-07:00

About twenty years ago when China just opened up, the 'made in China' had been taken as inferior quality. When I was asked about this, I said 'made in China' would be success because 'made in Japan' required tens of years to move from low to high quality and 'made in China' improved much faster.

That is the average and not covering everything. Even those products made in USA, Japan etc. are not all in high quality.

The world's factory, a common term for China, is comprised of the most complicated structure of manufacturing. State owned, private owned, joint venture, Hong Kong investment, Taiwan investment, foreign investment, foreign outsourcing suppliers, sub-contracted suppliers etc. are all taken as 'made in China'.

Perhaps we have not known that ammunition of USA is also made in China until we read "American Envoy Is Linked to Arms Deal Cover-Up". Of course, this is for Iraq.

I just hope that if Iraq failed to control the country, 'made in China' ammunition would not be blamed.

Remember the Baxter case. When we buy a medicine, who will we trust? It is the brand. That company should be responsible for everything from raw materials to production. Not so, see "A Blood Thinner Might Be Linked to More Deaths" and it is certain that they blamed the unregulated farmer in China who supplied the sick pigs. In order word, the medicine should be labeled 'China Unregulated Farmer' instead of Baxter. Ah, I forget who get the most profit, not the farmers, of course.

Such saying from a world leading country is so naïve that I do not know how to call it.

When I found some people in Hong Kong expressing their dislike to China, I would say "Those who dislike China should not eat any food from China; otherwise he would be dead by bleeding from all opening. Those who earn a dollar from China would suffer ten generation of bad luck.". Once I said so in a bus, the driver almost headed for accident. See, if you do what you say, you are a man; otherwise you are not worth for me to condemn.

廿年前當中國開放後，【中國製造】是被視為低素質。有人問我這方面的意見時，我說【中國製造】一定會成功，因為【日本製造】需要數十年才由低素質升為高素質，而【中國製造】當時的進展速度較快。

這是指平均而不是所有產品。即使是美國日本等的製品也非全部都是高素質。

世界廠房是中國的通用稱呼，是包括了最複雜的生產結構。國營、民營、合資、香港投資、台灣投資、外國投資、外國外包供應、分包等都歸納在【中國製造】之內。

也許我們在未閱讀American Envoy Is Linked to Arms Deal Cover-Up之前未知悉美國軍火都是【中國製造】。當然，這是交給伊拉克使用。

我只希望當伊拉克不能控制國家時，不會歸咎於【中國製造】軍火。

記得Baxter的事件，當我們買藥物時我們是信任誰呢？當然是那個牌子。這間公司一定要為採用的原料至生產負責。非也，看A Blood Thinner Might Be Linked to More Deaths，明顯是指責沒有管制的中國農民供應有病的豬隻。換句話說，該藥物應採用【未有管制的中國農民】為名而不是Baxter。呀！我忘記了是誰獲得大幅度的利潤，一定不是那些農民。

由一個世界領導地位的國家報導出來，我真的不知怎樣稱呼才合適了。

當我在香港見到有些人表達反中時，我會說【反中的人如果吃了中國食物一定會七孔流血死，如果從中國獲得一元利益就會衰十世】。有一次在巴士上說了這些話，那個司機幾乎撞車。如果你是言行一致，你就是一個人，否則你連給我指罵也不值得。

Stock is just a nice name of gambling

2008-06-26T05:42:00.000-07:00

The stock has cost a lot from many Chinese, may be the total loss would be similar to the earthquake. There will not be any rescue because the investors were not victim.

Why one wanted to invest in stock? It is quick profit, of course.

If you buy a stock at its face value, it is certain that the chance of earning is very high. If you do not know the difference between face value and market value, you are a sure prey for predator.
In Hong Kong, the only healthy stock market is the 60'. From 70's onward, the stock market has become a gambling ground. The famous Hang Send Index 1700 had lead many people especially housewives and elder people lost every dollar.

Before the catastrophe, almost all newspapers had reported the rising price of this or that stock making everyone crazy. Only one or two well-established newspapers had very small essays saying that it would be better to invest instead of speculation.

Similar cases happened elsewhere and in different period. This proves the saying, a fool and his money soon parted.

Of course, a very few will earn or suffer no loss. Of course, someone must earn all their loss.
Can any of them be saved? No, you cannot ask them to withdraw from this money hunting game.
There are many reasons including:

most know nothing about stock;
most have money and so greedy to get more;
they listen to good news only;
even someone advises them, they will not listen;
with the initial earning, they are proud and suppose to be the most diligent investor.

The money is not evaporated, just changed hand only if there is no foreign involvement.

Will any government be responsible for people who loss from gambling? The most one can do is to safeguard against fraud.

Of course, trying all means to educate people is important. But is any university working on this? No, they train those who can grasp money from stock market only.

I have many thing to say about stock, but let's see later.

股市令不少中國人蒙受損失，可能失去的總額與地震相近。這將不會有救災行動因為投資人者不是受害人。

為什麼要在股市投資呢？當然是即時利益。

如果閣下是以股票的面值購入，獲利的機會極高。

如果閣下分不清股票面值及股票市值，那閣下就一定是他人的獵物。

在香港，只有在60年代股市才是完全健康。由70年代起己變成了賭博的場合。著名的恆指千七點股災使不少人特別是主婦及老人失去所有財富。

在這個股災發生前，所有新聞報導都是稱這個或那個股票的升值，令所有人都陷入瘋狂。只有一兩個主流的報紙有一個極細小位置提出要投資不應投機。

相同的事件在不同地方不同時期都有發生。這證明了常稱的愚蠢的人與他的金錢很快分手了。
當然有極少數人會獲利或沒有損失。當然有人會獲取所有人失去的金錢。

他們有沒有機會獲救呢？沒有，因為閣下是不能說服他們離開這個財的遊戲。

這是有不少原因包括：
大部份人沒有股票的真正認識；
大部份人有一些錢所以極之貪財；
大部份只會聽取好消息；
即使有人勸告，他們也不會理會；
在初期獲利後，他們極之驕傲及認為他們是最聰明的投資人。

只須沒有外地人參與，那些金錢絕不會氣化，只是轉了手。

有沒有政府為因賭博失去金錢的人民負責呢？最多只能預防騙局而已。
當然，最重要是想盡辦法來教育人民。但有沒有任何大學對這方面研究呢？沒有，他們只有訓練在股票市場發財的人。

我有不少有關股票的事可以討論，日後再談吧。

The tale of two countries

2008-06-24T02:42:00.001-07:00

If there is more than a few sicken by eating poisonous food in China and the authority declares that the source cannot be found, you and I would know what will happen.

The world over would point their fingers at China, saying that China is hiding something. Many assumptions will include government secret test, corruption etc.

If that happened in America, well, no one will say anything. Why? The basic humanity is all men are equal. Such discrimination is the sad thing that Chinese should aware of.

The news article, "F.D.A. Says Source of Tainted Tomatoes May Stay a Mystery", is published on Jun. 16, 2008. Till now, there is no comment from anywhere.

Furthermore, "Call for Change Ignored, Levees Remain Patchy", indicated that American government failed to build better levees according to the report for fifteen years. America is said to be the best in humanity and with advanced technology and great wealth. This sounds like propaganda only.

Of course, there are many difficulties to administrate a country. Not only China, not only America, any country in the world has different problems to have everything perfect.

If you cannot understand this, please do not complain without investigation. If you like to go anywhere but China, sure you know where is the airport.

I know that many people who like to have some companion so that they are not alone. A prostitute would like to have many friends to follow so to comfort her from wrong doing. A gambler who lost everything would like to guide many friends to gamble like him. That is a common behavior of human.

My concern is that some who are supposed to be intellectuals yet failed to have full knowledge expressing the wrong message.

I can say any fallacy because I am no body and no one will trust me.

如果在中國因為進食了有毒食物導致若干個案，而當局公佈不能找出來源，你和我都會知道有什麼會發生。

全世界都會指責中國，聲稱一定有隱瞞的事件。有些更會包括政府有秘密測試，貪污等。

如果是在美國發生，那就沒有人會說三道四了。為什麼？人權的基礎是所有人都是平等的。這種歧視是中國人必須清楚的不幸事件。

那個新聞報導F.D.A. Says Source of Tainted Tomatoes May Stay a Mystery是在2008年6月16日刊出，至今沒有任何評論出現。

還有Call for Change Ignored, Levees Remain Patchy指出美國政府十五年來都沒有根據報告來建設更佳的堤壩。美國稱為最佳人權擁有最先進技術及極之富有的國家。這就變成了一個不確實的口號了。

當然，管理一個國家是有不少困難。不止中國，不止美國，世界上任何國家要所有事物都達到完善是有不同的問題。

如果閣下不明白這些問題，請勿在未有深入了解前批評。如果閣下只求離開中國，相信閣下知道機場在那裡。

我明白不少人會找多些同伴來避免孤單。做妓女會想多些朋友入行來安慰她的錯誤心態。因賭博破產的人也會引誘多些朋友來與他同路。這是人之常情。

我最關注的是那些稱為知識份子但又在沒有全面了解前表達錯誤的信息。

我可以發表謬論，因為我完全沒有地位而且沒有人會相信我。

Great exposure program

2008-06-17T05:33:00.000-07:00

From the CCTV today, there is a case about the 'Exposure' broadcasting.

One 'Exposure' program is concentrated on reporting those who were convicted by court to pay but failed to commit.

It is quoted that one such person was forced to pay because of his son. After his case was broadcasted, his son did not want to go to school. When his father asked why, he said all classmates pointed fingers at him because his father was such a bad guy.

I have said in my post here on May 20, 2008 about taking the earthquake case to teach the children against corruption.

Certainly, there is no way to get rid of corruption completely and there is no country free from corruption.

There are many reports, e.g. "Mississippi Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Case", "Top City Crane Inspector Accused of Taking Bribes" etc. in America.

In fact, the corruption in China is of low level while those happened elsewhere are much sophisticated. It happened that a country leader got a huge donation from a billionaire to a non-profit fund named after him and for the purpose of supporting his work.

Can non-profit fund be used by a person? Yes, it just needs a title like humanity research etc.
That is why there is no solid way to erase corruption except when all children want their parents to be clean of this.

I remember that some years ago, a Chinese told me that he had took the risk of smuggling for the wealth of his family and accepted it might take the cost of his life.

In a big country with over billion people, it will take some times to enforce anything. But, it must be started now. The 'Exposure' broadcast is one of the great tools.

今日在中央電視台有一個關於【曝光】的廣播事件。

其中一個【曝光】節目是專門公開那些被法院判處賠償而未有履行的人。

節目中提出一個這樣的人被迫依法院指定來賠償。因為在他的名稱在【曝光】節目中播出後，他的兒子不肯到學校上課。他查問兒子時，他兒子說同學們指責他因為他父親是這樣的人。我在2008年5月20日已提出利用地震事件來教導兒童反對貪污。

當然，要完全杜絕貪污賄賂是沒可能的，而且沒有國家可以說完全沒有這樣的事。

有不少報導，例如在美國的“Mississippi Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Case“，“Top City Crane Inspector Accused of Taking Bribes”等。

事實上，在中國發生的貪污水準較低，而其他地方的已極度現代化了。已發生了一件關於一個國家的領導人得到一個億萬富商向以他為名的基金捐出一筆大額金錢，而該基金是支持他的研究工作。

非謀利基金可以給私人花費嗎？是的，只需要一個名堂例如人權研究等。

所以根本上是沒有實際的方法來除掉貪污，除非所有兒童都要他們的父母不會有這樣的污染。
我記得多年前有一位中國人告訴我，他為了家人的富裕而冒險走私，而且接受可能會付上他的生命。

在一個龐大而且超過十億人口的國家，任何事情的推動都需要相當時間。但是，有必須及早開始。【曝光】廣播正是最佳工具之一。

The most annoying thing is to compare

2008-06-16T06:05:00.000-07:00

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。

The real meaning of freedom of press

2008-06-13T18:44:00.000-07:00

When rulers want to hide their wrong-doing or corruption, it is certain that they would try to control any news to disclose. Therefore, freedom to report is important for the sake of the people.

Taking this point as a mean to raise discontent without a righteous cause is a political tool instead.

May be there is only two ways of reporting the earthquake now, either broadcasting the good things as CCTV or picking some selfish discontent of naïve people.

So the other date, ATV reported some people were discontent because the monument they had built at a damaged building where bodies of their children buried down below was broken down by authority.

For personal, it is certain that everyone will be sad and hope to do something to comfort their minds.

Just think about the whole picture, there are thousands bodies still buried down below the ruins. Most have relatives alive. If all of them want to set up a monument, there will be hundreds if not thousands around. These sites need to be clear and reconstructing will be arranged. This kind of thing will lead to chaos and add burden to the leaders.

Just take the 911 event, there were thousands buried under the collapsed towers, their relatives had not done anything like that. We may not like everything of American, yet their reasonable response is the reason that they can have selections. Yes, I am saying that since most Chinese are selfish in comparison, any such selection would be a disaster to the country. Of course, we can see what happened to America these years and it is certain that very system would have its drawback.

Without certain good quality, becoming rich will increase the degree of selfishness. That is the problem China will face in the future.

For the earthquake, we can see the freedom to report has highly appreciated. But it is a need to watch if such opening will give other countries a way to bring troubles instead.

當執政者需要隱藏他們的惡行或貪污等，他們一定會進行控制新聞以免被揭發。所以新聞自由對人民是非常重要。

利用來引起不滿而沒有正確的原因只是一種政治手法。

可能在今日報導有關地震的現況只有兩個方式，一是有如中央電視表揚救災的偉大事件或找一些無知的人選播他們的自私式不滿行為。

所以香港亞洲電視在前天報導了一些人士因他們在一個倒塌地點安裝的紀念碑被官方人員拆毀。
以個人來說，當然會是極之悲傷及希望做些事來感到安慰。

只需從大局面著想，仍有千計的遺體藏在瓦礫下。大部份都有親人在生。如果所有親人都要安裝紀念碑，將會有數百數千個。這些地點需要安排清理及計劃重建。這種做法只會引來混亂及加重領導們的負擔。

正如911事件，上千人被埋在倒塌的地底，他們的親人並沒有這種行為。我們可以不贊同美國的所有事件，但他們的理性態度正是他們可以有選舉制度的原因。對，我是指出由於大部份中國人在比較上是自私的，任何類似的選舉都會是國家的災難。當然在這些年間，可以看到美國的情況，證明任何選舉系統都有不足之處。

在欠缺正確的品質，富有起來是會增大自私的程度。這是中國在日後需要面對的問題。

在這次地震，我們看到被高度贊賞的新聞自由。但必須留意這種開放是否會成為外國給中國製造麻煩的機會。

The two sides of reporting

2008-06-07T21:55:00.000-07:00

I have never handled big things. But for about some years from 1985 with my Photo Education Program, I had operated many photo trips and events for participating secondary schools in Hong Kong.

Basing on these small scale operations, I had experience to say something and I shall assume that my activities were reported by CCTV and local reporters.

If happened once during a photo trip to the Ocean Park. There were about 300 participants. My arrangement was for each school, there would be a maximum of 20 students and one teacher. I had ordered lunch boxes from a fast food company appointed by Ocean Park and requested them to deliver at noon time that day.

There was heavy rain that day all over Hong Kong except the Ocean Park. Therefore that fast food company failed to arrive in time. It was not easy to face about 300 hungry young ones. The assumed CCTV reporter would report that the weather was so bad that the delivery of lunch boxes were not possible to arrive in time; the assumed HK reporter would report that the organizer failed to care for the youngster.

Finally, the lunch boxes arrived about an hour late. I must control the order of distribution and therefore based on the list of participation. That event was operated by me and my wife with assistance from two teachers. So I asked them to hand over to two representatives of each school for the total number that I announced, The assumed CCTV reporter would report that the distribution of lunch boxes to participants was handled orderly; the assumed HK reporter would rush to some students whose school had not been called and asked them what they felt. Certainly, these hungry young ones would complain that the organizer was not care for them.

Facing some hungry students around me, I told them that they would never be the last one to eat. The last one was me and I ordered my wife not to eat until we had distributed to everyone. The students of the last school were awarded with two lunch boxes each.

Just think about distributing food or tents to hundred thousands of disaster victims. There is no way to give simultaneously to every one. It is so easy to motivate some impatient victims to complain or enough them to do bad things just take photos and make news and good enough for the foreign countries to keep it in the 'against China' data record.

One more thing we have to know. There are good and bad guys everywhere. Not all victims are good guys. Bad guys can be victims too.

我未有處理大事的經驗。但在1985年起在我的攝影教育計劃中，我舉辦了不少攝影旅行及活動給參與的香港中學。

根據這些小規模活動，我可以從經驗中說一些話。我將假設我的活動得到中央台及本地新聞記者報導。

在一次是到海洋公園的攝影旅行。參加人數達300個。我的安排是每間學校最多是廿個學生及一個老師。我向海洋公園指定的快餐供應機構訂了飯盒及指明在中午送到。

那天全香港除了海洋公園外都下大雨。因此那間快餐公司不能準時到達。面對近300個肚餓的少年絕不簡單。假設的中央台記者會報導因為天氣太差引致飯盒不能準時到達；假設的香港記者會報導主辦人在照顧少年方面出現失敗。

飯盒終於在約一小時後到達。我需要控制分派的秩序，所以根據報名的名單處理。這個活動的工作人員只有我及我的太太及一兩位教師協助，所以我安排他們根據我叫的學校名稱及總數派給該校的兩個代表。假設的中央台記者會報導分派飯盒有序進行；假設的香港記者會急急找一些未有輪到的學生，詢問他們的感受。這些飢餓的少年當然認為主辦人沒有照顧他們。

我告訴在附近等候的飢餓學生他們不會是最後的人。我才是最後有飯吃的人，而且我下令我的太太在未分派完畢前不可進食。

想想如果是分派食物或帳蓬等給數十萬人災民。絕對不可能同一時間派給所有人。所以向一些沒有耐性的災民，煽動他們投訴或做破壞的事非常容易，只需可以拍攝一些就可以大事報導，足夠給外國記錄在批評中國的資料庫中。

有一些事不可不知。任何地方都有好人及壞人。災民不會全部都是好人。壞人也會成為災民。

The Big Mistake of American

2008-06-06T07:23:00.000-07:00

It has been over forty years that I started my Time Magazine subscription.

Reading every issue immediately had been my practice for almost thirty years. I have pointed out before about the change of Time Magazine. Ever since they employed correspondents in Asia, most articles about China were not up to the minimum standard of Time. That is why now I have some issues of Time remained unopened.

There are different edition of Time magazines and that would be for business’s sake so that they can have advertisement from different region. I have not compared among these editions and I believe most content will be similar. Of course, my subscription is for Time Asia.

The cover story of Jun. 2, 2008 issue is China Stands Up. After going through, I am astonished that it is so naïve that I supposed that I was reading local propaganda English reporting. After checking the list of editor etc., I understand why. From producer to editorial, almost all are Asian, perhaps Chinese. Sorry, I may make mistake. Their names look like Chinese and they may not be Chinese.

It is so easy to see that the whole story is taking some parts of what have been reported in other media and added with some propaganda statements, like corruption etc.

If Time Asia needs to be part of American political action, not only readers will depart from it, it will not have advertisement at all. Of course, if that would be true, they do not need advertising income any more.

What happened this year is believed to be a plan to harm China. A few friends in mainland told me that they understood that America will take this chance, the Olympic year, to do something, like harvesting their investment for Dalai Lama etc.

Just see the composed news photo or taking movie scene or taking what happened in Nepal to blame China that is a full co-operation of a number of foreign countries. However, God is on the side of China. The earthquake happened just in time.

I am deeply sorrow for those who died and suffered. In fact, from May 14 till now I watched CCTV through the Internet and my eyes were full of tears most of the time.

Every one of us will die soon or later. If one's death contributes to the country, he/she is a hero. I am happy to know that a memorial set up will be arranged for all who died during this earthquake. That means they will have glory in history forever.

I am sure that American failed to understand Chinese people and I can write a book about this. Of course, I shall not.

China will stand up. The success will hardly be understood by American mind. No problem, who care?

我訂閱時代週刊已超過四十年了。

約有三十年期間，立即閱讀每一期已是我的習慣。我曾經指出有關時代週刊的轉變問題。在他們開始聘請亞洲通訊員後，幾乎所有關於中國的文章報導都達不到他們的最低標準。這正是最近的十年間，我有不少期刊仍未打開的原因。

時代週刊現在有不同的版本，主要是業務上的目的作為收納各地區的廣告。我未有機會把不同的版本比較，相信大部份內容是相同的。我訂閱的當然是亞洲版。

2008年6月2日的頭條專題是China Stands Up（中國站起來了）。閱讀這個專題後，我對無知的程度感到非常驚訝，有如本地政治式英文宣傳報導。在查看有關編輯名單後，我明白了。因為由出版負責人至編輯人員絕大部份都是亞洲人更可能是中國人。對不起，我可能弄錯了。他們的名字似乎是中國式，但他們可能不是中國人。

很明顯這個專題的內容是選一些其他新聞機構已報導的部份，再加入一些政治式宣言例如貪污等。

如果時代週刊亞洲版需要成為美國政治工具之一，不單止讀者會離棄，廣告也會消失。當然如果這是真的話，他們絕不需要廣告收入了。

這年間發生的事相信是針對中國的計劃。有些在大陸的朋友告訴我他們明白美國會利用奧運的機會來製造不少事件，向多年來投資在例如達賴喇嘛等實行回報。

只須看看經裁剪的新聞照片或從電影片斷來冒充或把在尼泊爾發生的事件當作在中國發生，這完全是幾個國家的聯合行動。上帝這次站在中國方面。地震出現在最適當的時間。

我對已死亡感到悲傷及同情受傷害的人。由5月14日至今，每日我都通過互聯網收看中央電視台，大部份時間我的眼淚都不停流下來。

我們所有人遲早都難免一死。如果一個人的死亡對國家有貢獻，他說是英雄。所以聽到將會建立一個紀念式建築物來懷念因地震而死亡的人我非常興奮，這樣他們將會在歷史中永遠享有這份光榮。

我可以確定美國人是不明白中國人。我可以用這個題目寫一本書。我當然不會。

中國一定會站起來。美國人是不明白中國成功的原因。那有問題。誰管他呢？

Do not say what you cannot handle

2008-06-05T06:59:00.000-07:00

It is always easy to comment when you are not the administrator. Just like fortune tellers, with if one among thousands of forecasts really happened, then this will be the selling point forever.

If thing is simple, just like a race in Hong Kong, there are maximum of fourteen horses for one race. Can all of us get the winner? If so, we can be the richest man in the world. If you have many friends, you can offer tips for each one with a different horse. Fourteen friends will be enough. Then you can have free dinner every time because one of them will win.

When it comes to nature, can any specialist tell exactly when and where the earthquake will occur? Don't tell me it would be a province or a couple of year. It is not possible.

Of course, the warning will be like "There will be an earthquake possibly Richter Scale around 7 and may happen within a couple of years." So what can administrators do? Let's assume that such warning is really accepted. First, a plan must be arranged and then the fund will be raised before any operation.

The area has millions of people, many thousands of building. It is a simple fact that it is impossible to rebuild all of them simultaneously. So the administrators will ask the experts where would be more urgent. Can the specialists pin-pointed where? Now, after the quake, even an idiot can say where.

How about evacuation? Again, it is impossible to migrate millions of people together. Even if we can find somewhere suitable for them, so where we have to start first? Can specialists say?
I am not against scientists. To offer their warning is their duty. To say why not enact in time is their ignorance.

Do you think people in that area will listen to this assumption? If Chinese authority forces people to evacuate, that will be taken as kind of conspiracy by the whole world.

Furthermore, to evacuate such number of people is not a simple thing. They need home, they need work, they need education, they need medication etc. Can we build a city in a few years?
Another point about money, can we ask for contribution because there will be earthquake forecasted by specialist?

See "Experts Warned of Quake Risk in China" and you know what I am talking about.
No one would prefer to live on top of a fault. Their ancestors did not know. OK, Chinese is lack of scientific knowledge. How about America? San Francisco and many cities are built on top of various faults. I have pointed this out here in May 18 and asked readers to see "The Next Big One—Earthquake Technology".

The most annoying thing is not the earthquake, but those ignorant people telling nonsense.

當自已不是負責人時通常都是很容易批評。正如占卜的人，只須在無數預言中有一個命中就可以大做文章來宣傳。

簡單的事例如香港的賽馬，一場賽事最多只有十四匹馬。我們可以預知那一匹勝出呢？如果可以的話，我們就可以是世界首富了。如果我們有很多朋友，我們可以對每一個朋友提供不同馬匹的貼士。只要有十四個朋友，我們就必定有人請食飯因為一定有一個人買中。

如果是大自然事件，有沒有專家可以指出那個位置那個日子有地震呢？切勿告訴我是一個省或是在數年間。這是沒有可能處理的。

當然，警告的是“四川省汶川等地區在這兩三年間將會有可能達到7級地震”。領導人會怎樣做呢？讓我們假設接受了這個警告。在任何行動前，首先是安排一個計劃，然後開始籌款。

那地區有數百萬人，數十萬間房屋。絕不可能一併重建所有建築物。領導們將會問專家那個位置最危險。專家可以指出是那個位置嗎？在今日地震出現後，白痴都可以說是那裡。

可以採用撤離嗎？要撤離數百萬人幾乎是沒可能的事。即使可以找到容納他們的地方，也會需要知道從那處開始。專家可以確定嗎？

我絕對不是抗拒科學家。提出警告是他們的責任。說為什麼不採取行動是他們的無知。

而且要轉移這樣多的人絕不簡單。他們需要家庭，他們需要工作，他們需要教育，他們需要醫療等等。我們可以在數年間建立這樣的城市嗎？

那地區的人們會聽從這個警告嗎？如果中國政府強迫他們撤離，全世界都會指責這是個陰謀。
至於金錢方面，我們可以說專家警告有地震來募捐嗎？

請看Experts Warned of Quake Risk in China就可以明白我說什麼。

沒有人會選擇居住在斷層之上。他們的祖先沒有這樣的認識。那好！中國人在科學方面是落後。美國又如何呢？三藩市及不少其他城市都是建立在各斷層之上。我在5月18日已在這裡指出及提議讀者去看"The Next Big One—Earthquake Technology"。
最令人氣憤的不是地震，而是那些無知的人說三道四。

Do not argue with such kind of people

2008-06-02T02:54:00.000-07:00

For years until China wakes up, you could never find any argument from Chinese against Western comments.

Some may wonder why I never join such argument. There are many reasons. I do not have time to follow; I do not like to argue with someone without actual knowledge. For this blog, I only write when I need to rest during my work.

Everyone loves his/her own country. If a country has decided to do something, the support from nationals is a principle factor. Of course, when a certain action was failed, like the invasion by Germany and Japan, all their people would keep silent and pretended not involving with the failed motive.

If you like to see those comments after Sharon’s famous wording, please browse "Under God".

We have different concept and valuation for each leader or event. That is the best thing of human society.

Just like Sun Yat-sen, most Chinese respect him. I admit that he was not selfish; he cared for the country; but he was lack of the leadership and therefore making mistakes with kind intention.
Just like you and me who are lack of leadership, we would not do any harm because no one would follow us, not to say sacrifice.

I have met American, British, German, Dutch and Japanese. Even if controversial subject was raised, I would take a neutral standing and avoided going into details. The simple truth is everyone will support his/her own country. Just like an old Chinese saying, “Do not complain their parents when you talk to the sons or daughter”.

Why we need to talk about China with foreigner? I do not talk with foreigner about the wrong-doing of their countries.

Just the other days I told some friends that American always said "I love you". That is a true expression at that very moment. But that would be gone to-morrow, even move to hate. Chinese does not want to say that because that will be a commitment and may have to stand by it for the whole life.

If you have watched the "Power of 10", it happened once with a question, "How many percent of American would pay for double price for an American flag made in USA instead an American flag made in China?". The audience at the time expressed their dislike of "made in China". The MC, Drew Carey, said that if you looked around yourself, you must have something made in China, either your utilities or even your underwear. The participant's girl friend also expressed that what American said was not what they have done.

So why argue with this type of people about China? Just have a drink and talk about NBA or so would be fine.

在中國開放前，絕少會看到中國人參與爭議。

有些人會奇怪我為什麼不參加這種爭論。這是有不少原因。我沒有足夠時間來處理；我不喜歡與無知的人爭議。至於這個博客，我只在工作中需要休息時才寫。

每個人都會愛國。當一個國家決定一個行動，國民的支持是決定的因素。當然，如果有如德國及日本的侵略失敗後，所有國民都會保持沉默，好像沒有參加過這個失敗的決策。

如果閣下要看看有關莎朗·斯通名言的爭論，可瀏覽Under God。

我們對各領袖或事件都有不同的觀念及評價。這正是人類社會最佳之處。
正如絕大部份人都尊敬的孫中山先生，我認為他真的無私，真的為了民族，但欠缺領袖的才能，有點好心做壞事。

正如閣下及我都是沒有領袖才能，這是沒有害的。因為沒有人會追隨我們，更不會為我們而犠牲。

我接觸過美國人、英國人、德國人、荷蘭人及日本人。即使是談及具爭議的題材時，我會採用中立的態度及避免涉及並中的細節問題。簡明的真相是每個人都是支持他們的國家。正如中國古語說：向子女批評他們父母是無禮的事。

我們為什麼要與外國人談論中國呢？我不會與外國人討論他們國家的錯事。

正如數天前我與朋友說美國會隨時說我愛你。這是當時的真心話，但明天可能已不是了，甚至變成憎恨。中國人不會說我愛你，因為認為這是一個承諾要一生去遵守。

如果你有看CBS的Power of 10，其中有一個問題是美國人有多少會選擇購買貴一倍的美國製美國旗而不選擇中國製的美國旗。現場的觀眾對中國製造作出不滿的表示。主持人說看看你們的家居，一定會有用品甚至內衣褲是中國製造的。參賽者的女朋友也表示美國人言行絕不一致。

所以為什麼要與這種人爭議中國的事？乾脆飲杯酒談談NBA是最好的事了。

Good, Sharon, that is the truth of American mind.

2008-06-01T04:57:00.000-07:00

One may pretend to be kind. That is political.

Years ago, if one tried to seek business opportunity in Beijing, one had to get drunk because they believed that the truth would be spoken when one was out of mind, drunken, of course.

I had a colleague who was pro-American, pro-Taiwan and anti-communism. We always argued about any issue related to China. Then I asked him whether he knew that China had almost divided into eight parts by foreign countries including America. Of course, he would not believe me. But after he was aware of this historical fact, he started to change his attitude.

After he had retired for a few years, he told me that he had met some relative in Fushan and went there very often.

Many people like him who are lack of the knowledge would be misguided.

I am not defending for Sharon. She just expressed the truth; the true mind of American.

Just like the 911 event, when Arabians were asked about how they feel, they said that they had prepared big feasts for all their friends to celebrate this event.

Should we hate American? Not necessary. Nowadays, we have to live with the wolves. Just to keep in mind that our friendship or co-operation with American is for mutual benefit. That is the game we all have to play.

In fact, not only Sharon Stone, many famous American have the same attitude. I do not think that they are wrong. The only problem is that many Chinese blindly believe that American is always good.

Just like my colleague, they need to know more to find the truth.

一個人總會假裝是仁慈。這是政治手腕。

多年前如果要在北京找尋商機，一定要飲醉，因為他們認為當一個人失控例如醉了就會講真話。

我有一位同事，他是祟美，親台及反共。所以我們經常因中國有關的事而爭吵。最後我問他知不知中國差點就被包括美國的八國聯軍分割。他當然不會相信我。但在他終於找到這個歷史真相，他的態度開始轉變。

在他退休兩三年後，他告訴我他與一些在佛山的親戚重逢而且經常到佛山。

不少人像他一樣欠缺真實的認識才會被人誤導。

我不是為莎朗·斯通辯護，她只是表達真心話；美國人的真心話。

正如911事件，當阿拉伯人被問及他們的感受時，他們說當時他們大宴親朋來慶祝這件事。

我們應否憎恨美國人？不必。在今日我們一定要與狼共處。只是要記著與美國人的友誼或合作純粹是雙方面的利益。這是我們必須要參加的遊戲。

事實上不止莎朗·斯通，不少美國名人都是有相同的心態。我不覺得有甚麼問題。唯一的問題就是不少中國人盲目相信美國人一定是好的。

正如我的同事一樣，他們需要多些認識真相。

Do not trust second hand information

2008-05-31T19:10:00.000-07:00

Years ago, when China started to open up, there were many Hong Kong companies especially foreign branches had established offices in China. Many Hong Kong managers were transferred to lead various operations.

At that time, I had been told that it was better to avoid telling truth to those Chinese local employees.

I was not one of them and I had only invited by a company to organize a four days training program in Shanghai and Beijing.

So I started to know many of them. After my co-operation with some local units for courses, I began to move around Guangzhou frequently for a number of years. Many of them were well educated young people and like to talk with me.

They expressed their envy for life in America. I understood that they were told by Hong Kong people because at that time there was no Internet and foreign news were not broadcasted in China. In Guangzhou, they could watch Hong Kong Television. But most would watch the Chinese channels.

I told them their concept was wrong. Since I might be the only one who said so, it would not be easy for them to trust. Therefore, I told them the way to know about a country was to read and see direct information, not interpreted or translated selectively by someone. As they could watch Pearl Channel, it would be good to watch CBS's 60 Minutes.

After some months, some of them told me that they now knew that every country had similar problem, not only China.

I watch 60 Minutes, 20/20 etc. for many years. Recently, thanks to Internet, I can watch CCTV too.

Of course, it may take a long time with continuous attention for anyone to get full knowledge of a country.

I believe that the TV station also found that the content of these TV program were contradict to their intention and therefore starting last year, the caption of translation in Chinese was replaced by English caption. The reason they claimed was for Hong Kong people to learn English. The hidden aim is easy to understand.

Recently, there is a follow up program about the subprime mortgage crisis. There is a statement: "Firms like Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch sliced the loans into little pieces and packaged them up with other investments, then sold them to their best customers around the world as high-yield mortgage-backed securities, turning sows' ears into silk purses, all with the blessing of rating agencies like Standard & Poor's."

Chinese people should learn from this fact that these famous financial bodies are not trustworthy any more.

If you missed this program, you can read the written text or rerun from CBS. The web page for the text as well as comments can be found at The U.S. Mortgage Meltdown.

Remember not to take translated information; you must see the original from local source to find the truth.

多年前當中國開始改革時，不少香港公司特別是外資企業都在中國開設辦事處。不少香港的經理們被調派到大陸負責各方面的運作。

有不少人向我說最好不對大陸的員工說真話。

我不屬於這批人士，我只是被一間機構委託安排在上海及北京進行四天的員工培訓課程。

所以我開始認識了不少當地的人士。在我與一些當地的機構合作課程後，我就在那些年間經常在廣州。他們大部份是大學程度的年青人而且都喜歡與我交流。

他們都表示非常羨慕在美國的生活，我感到他們是受那些香港人的影響。因為在當時沒有互聯網，而且外國新聞也沒有正式的傳播。他們在廣州是可收看香港的電視，只是絕大部份都只看那些中文台。

我指出他們的觀念是錯誤的。由於我可能是唯一這樣說，他們不容易相信。我告訴他們了解一個國家的方法一定要看直接的信息，不是由其他人轉告或選擇翻譯。由於可以觀看香港的明珠台，最佳是收看CBS的60分鐘時事節目。

幾個月後，其中一些人告訴我他們已經明白每個國家都有相同的問題，並不是只在中國。

我多年來都觀看60分鐘時事，20/20等。近來更因互聯網的貢獻，更可觀看中央電視台。

當然我們需要在長時期不斷的留意，才可真正了解一個國家的真實情況。

我相信由於這些電視節目的內容與香港電視台的目的出現差異，所以自去年起，翻譯成中文的對白改為英文。他們聲稱是為了給香港人多學英文。隱藏的真正目的顯而易見。

最近有一個再談關於次按金融危機的節目。其中有一段話：意譯為
“像Bear Stearns及Merrill Lynch把這些借貸分批與其他投資混合成產品，有如把廢物裝成珍品，向他們世界各地的最佳客戶作為高增益的抵押借貸項目，更獲得Standard & Poors的高度評級。“

中國人應該從這個真相明白那些著名的金融機構是不值得信任的。

如果閣下沒有收看這個節目，可以到CBS的網站再看文字的報導或重播。文字的信息可瀏覽這個網頁The U.S. Mortgage Meltdown。

必須記著永遠不可接收轉譯的信息一定要從當地的信息來源來了解真相。

What difference will be if you have money

2008-05-23T02:57:00.000-07:00

One day when something like rice cooker or TV etc. was out of order, I might rushed to buy a new one immediately.

One day when something like rice cooker or TV etc. was out of order, I might tried to find the problem, repaired it if possible or found an alternate way to overcome the need.

The difference is simply MONEY.

Who would not like to be able to handle anything without pain? Who would not like to be able to pay without worrying?

It may be too simple about my living. When it is a country, the problem will be much greater than one can guess.

Now, everyone cannot complain the fast reaction of China government against the earthquake. Now, someone asked why this time is much better than the previous one. Even an idiot can know, it is MONEY, STUPID.

Just like America, the slow reaction to the Katrina storm catastrophe was simply MONEY. The Bush government spent too much for the wars and it was hardly to do anything instantly.

No country will not respond to any catastrophe of their people. The attitude towards foreign aids is another problem, mostly political. I do not want to confuse my topic and therefore not to cover this case.

To compare the rescue performance of the two earthquakes and deliberately or not is indicating the work for the first one was worse and it would be like pointing fingers to our beloved Premier Chou Enlai.

At that time, thirty two years ago, the economic condition of China was very bad. Even if there was no Culture Revolution, the country remained under developed.

Of course, China is not yet rich in comparison. But at least, the country can afford to pay and the people can afford to donate.

Can China be like today without Chairman Mao and Premier Chou Enlai?

Remember the old Chinese saying, "The Ancestors plant, the successors get the harvest". When you are rich, you would forget who let you have the chance to get rich.

有一日家中有用具例如電飯煲或電視失靈，我立即跑去買一個新的回來。

有一日家中有用具例如電飯煲或電視失靈，我設法去找尋如何修理或找尋代用品應付。

兩者的分別就是錢了。

誰不想有能力毫不困難地應付一切問題？誰不想有能力不用思索地支付一切費用？

我的生活問題太簡單了，以一個國家來說問題就會大到不可想像。

今日沒有人可以批評中國對地震的超級反應。今日有人問為什麼這次比上一次地震有不同的反應。即使是呆子也會知道就是錢了。

例如美國對那次風災反應較慢的原因也是錢。布什政府為戰爭花乾了錢，要即刻行動談何容易。

任何一個國家都不會對受災的人民不作出反應。至於有關外國支援是另一個多數涉及政治的問題。我不打算包括在這次的討論中。

把兩次地震救援來比較，是有意或無意地顯示第一次地震的事件是較差，更是意圖指責我們最愛的周恩來總理。

在當時，三十二年前，中國的經濟極差。就算沒有文化大革命仍然是極之落後。

當然，中國在比較上仍不是富裕。但最少國家可以付得起，而且人民也有能力捐助。

沒有毛主席及周總理，中國可以有今日嗎？

記得中國古語說【前人種樹後人收】，當閣下發達後將會忘記是誰給你建立機會。

A few corrupted guys is worse than any earthquake

2008-05-20T08:09:00.000-07:00

Throughout history, the strongest countries at certain era must have high percentage of patriots.

No matter these countries had invaded others or recovered from loss of war, such support is the only factor.

An old Chinese saying, when country is in trouble, any man should respond. Of course, no matter how the country would face, there were some bad sheep. They might not be traitors, but they might be so selfish to care their own benefit. The most common sin is corruption.

We all know that corruption is not limited to one country. Every country in the world, developed or not, big or small, rich or poor, is not short of corruption.

This time I am not talking about why China always face unfair compliant. I shall leave it for the future.

There are thousands, millions and even billions patriots right before our eyes. Some are heroes Some are good officers.

But during recent press release events, they always asked about how to guarantee the use of funds etc. This hidden reason is corruption. I feel sad for them.

To show respect to heroes by all means or tons of medals cannot change the bad image made by a handful of corrupted officers. This is worse than any earthquake.

This year is the best time to start a campaign to fight against corruption. The root of corruption is the attitude of people.

Why? Why one wants to get money? Being rich will be respected by most people. Who would not like to be respected?

Of course, if you are a hero or a great leader, you will be respected. But it costs a lot of hard work and perhaps a lot of sacrifice.

Let all children know that if they receive anything from their parent, no matter how insignificant it will be, if the money is earned by their work, it is a godsend. If the money comes from untold source, no matter how nice it will be, it is a shame. Not only shame for the children, it is a shame to their country, it is a shame to their heroes.

Why children only? Well, the elders cannot be taught anymore. If the elders know this, they will not behave like fawningly to those rich ones.

I use to say such manner is worse than a prostitute. A prostitute offers her body to one who pay and that means she have exchange for money. Those behave fawningly to rich one have no money received and that means they offer their soul, their dignity for nothing.

在人類歷史中，最強的國家必定是在該時代有高比率的愛國者。無論是侵略其他國家或是在戰敗後重建，這是唯一的原因。中國的古訓有說【國家有難匹夫有責】。當然，無論國家的情況如何，也必定有一些壞份子。他們未必是叛國，但他們是極之自私只為個人的利益著想。最普通的是貪污。

我們都知道貪污並不是在某一個國家。世界上所有國家無論是發展與否，大與細，富裕或窮困都不乏貪污的人。

這次我不是談中國受到不公平看待的問題。我會在將來討論。

這次在我們眼前的是千千萬萬以至億計的愛國人士。有些是英雄。有些是好官員。

但在最近的發佈會時，他們總會被問及如何捐款用途的保障問題。言下之意絕對是認為有貪污的機會。我為他們的遭遇感到難過。

向英雄致敬或無數的獎牌都不能改變少數貪污官員做成的壞聲譽。這些傷害比地震更甚。
今年是推動消滅貪污的最佳時期。貪污的根源是人民心態。

為什麼？為什麼一個人需要金錢呢？有錢就會受大部份人尊敬。誰會不喜歡受到尊敬呢？
當然如果你是英雄或是一個偉大的領袖，你一定會被人尊敬。但代價是相當的努力甚至不少犧牲。

告訴所有兒童如果他們父母給他們任何事物，無論是如何渺小，只要是父母工作得來的錢，都是極佳的愛。如果錢的來源是不明不白，無論是如何貴重，都是他們的羞恥，都是他們國家的羞恥，都是對他們尊敬英雄的羞恥。

為什麼只對兒童呢？成年人已不可教了。如果成年人明白，他們就不會見到有錢人時變成那麼奉承的像子。

我經常說這些奉承有錢人的行為比不上妓女。妓女向付款的人獻身但她們收到金錢作為交換。奉承的人沒有錢收而獻出他們的靈魂他們的尊嚴。

The earth will not change because of human

2008-05-19T19:01:00.000-07:00

Our Premier Wen Jiabao cares for Chinese. Every one knows. Recently he met with specialists and urged for quake prediction technique against similar disaster in the future.

Certainly we all hope that one day we can have this type of technology.

However, not only such technique has not been developed and even Japan that faces the most frequent threat of earthquake is still far from predicting exactly where and when will happen and how big.

Just the other day, the CCTV-1 had invited a Chinese specialist and asked her about the natural signals like ants and birds etc. She said all such signals were recorded and studied. She was asked why not gave notice to people. She said that there was no sure date and could not say which area. By announcing this forecast, it would only create panic and chaos.

That is what I have said on May 18, the more advanced we are, the more difficult we can react, something like exceptionally over-weighted.

Just think about going to do such forecast.

When it is announced, it would like "There will be an earthquake in Sichuan from a few days to a few months from now. Everyone should prepare and avoid staying at home or any building."
People in Sichuan would ask which location and how big the earthquake.

Then scientists may have to say "It may be between 6.0 to 8.0. It may be the northern or central part of Sichuan."

Then local officers will ask for whether people in all these areas have to move out. If so, what date should we move?

Now, there is a difficult time for specialists or the government. Can you say to-morrow? Can you say three days after? If earthquake does not happen for a month, who will pay for the loss.

Nowadays, it costs so much a day in term of production. The cost of evacuation and the cost of feeding thousands if not millions for a month will be hard to face.

It may also happen that after a month, when fund is over or people have lost their patience and demand a return.

Can anyone guarantee the return will be safe?

All these problems cannot be solved by anyone.

Can we build all houses that can stay firm with the highest level of earthquake? Just check California. According the TV program of National Geographic, only the Town Hall has the base rebuilt against earthquake. In the program, the question of why not all the other buildings is money. The cost for the Town Hall project cost over two hundred millions. The simple fact is no country in the world can afford to build all houses with such standard. Even if such houses were built, the price would be too high for anyone except the billionaires.

About my saying about development, just refer to the tsunami of Indonesia in 2004. A village with about a thousand people had escaped unhurt. They have knowledge inherited from ancestors so that when the elder chief watched the color of the ocean, he immediately ordered the whole village to move up the mountain. Their livelihood is fishing; no building except simple huts that can be built again easily. All their precious belonging is their lives only. If we are like them, then it is easy to run for our lives even against false alarm.

The most annoying thing is to criticize others when you have no knowledge at all. Knowledge is free for all to achieve.

Come now! Do not put back your developed human body back to animal entities.

總理溫家寶極之關懷國民。所有人都知道。他最近與專家們開會要求建立地震預警能力以防將來出現的地震。

當然我們都希望有一日人類可以有這樣的技術。

不過不單止這種技術未有發展出來，即使是面臨地震威脅最大的日本仍不能達到準確指出何時何地會發生及是那一級地震。

數日前，中央電視一台就請來了一位專家及問她關於大自然生物例如螞蟻及雀鳥等對地震反應的事。她回答這些資料都有留意及研究。主持人再問為什麼不預告這些事，她說這些資料不能說明何時何地會發生。提出來只會帶來恐慌及混亂。

這正是我在5月18日所說我們越發展就越難對這些事作出反應，有如極度肥胖不易移動。
只須假設我們會公佈這種警告。

當公佈時，可能會是這樣說將會在未來數天至數月間四川地區將會有地震。所有人都應該作出預備及避免在戶內包括住宅及任合建築物。

四川人民會問究竟會在那個地區及地震是多少級。

當地的官員將會問這些區的人民應否轉移？如果是的話，那個日子需要進行呢？

當時任何專家或政府都面對困難了。你可以說明天嗎？你可以說三天後嗎？如果一個月後仍未有地震，誰能賠償這事的經濟損失。在現今每天的生產價值極高。轉移及數千至百萬人的生活費用是不易應付的。

在一個月後可能經費已耗盡，也可能人民失去耐性要求回家。

有人可以擔保回家是安全嗎？

這些問題是沒有人可以解決。

我們可否建設能夠面對預計最大地震的房屋嗎？在我提過美國國家地理製作有關加州地震的電視節目中提出加州的市政大廈因此而重建可面對地震的地基。在節目中也說為什麼不為所有建築物進行相同的改建的原因是錢。市政大廈的重建項目花了兩億美元。世界上所有政府都沒有能力把國家的所有房屋建成這樣的水準。即使有這種房屋建成，價格只有億萬富翁才可購買。

至於我所稱的發展問題，只需看看在2004年印尼發生的海嘯。有一條約有一千人的村落竟然沒有傷亡。他們是有祖先們傳承的認識，當年長的領導看到海水的顏色有變時立即命令全村跑上山。他們是以捕魚為生，住的是極容易重建的簡陋房屋，他們最重要的財產只是他們的生命。如果我們像他們一樣，逃生是極容易，即使是虛假的警示。

最令人不滿的是沒有知識來批評。知識是免費的更是任何人都可以獲得。來吧！切勿把你的腦袋白費，把已進化的高等生物變回無知的動物。

A stupid question or a wish

2008-05-19T03:37:00.001-07:00

During a press seminar today, one Hong Kong reporter asked a stupid question. It is "Does the over development of Sichuan made the earthquake worse?"

The officer said that he could not understand this question. She added “There are chemical factories that would blow up during the quake,.,…”. Ah, that is the wish not for her I believe. Poor girl, she was brainwashed by Hong Kong news or by her editors.

The officer later said that Sichuan was ranked twenty something in China for development and had to try the best to develop. There is no blow up of chemical factory.

Perhaps, she would report the officer lied and hide the fact of explosion. There must be a lot of explosions that gave such tremendous quake. Perhaps the editor would changed it to the China was lying. It was a nuclear test.

Is it what they used to say, "making news"?

在今日一個新聞發佈會中，一位香港女記者提出一了個很愚蠢的問題。這是【是否四川過份發展令到地震更危險呢？】。

那位官員說他不明白這是什麼的問題。她再補充：因為有不少化工廠可能在地震時爆炸….。噢，我相信這不是她的願望，€她一定是在香港受到香港的所謂新聞或她的編輯洗了腦袋。

那位官員再說明四川在發展方面是中國排在二十之後有必要加大發展力度。四川沒有化工廠爆炸死人的事發生。

或者她可能會報導中國官員說謊，一定是有不少化工廠爆炸產生地震。或者她的編輯會改為中國是進行核彈…。

這不是他們常稱的做新聞嗎？

How stupid and ignorant you are?

2008-05-18T03:36:00.000-07:00

As always, whenever there is a big event in China, there are lots of rubbish talks or so called specialists' comment in Hong Kong.

I feel ashamed for Hong Kong because all of these saying indicated how stupid and ignorant they are.

They would never read anything about China except from those HK media. How about information from America? Recently there was a replay of National Geographic TV program about earthquake in California. Even advanced as America, there is no way to forecast when and where the earthquake will occur until it happened. OK, they may be too busy. Please read "The Next Big One—Earthquake Technology", this is based on the published article by National Geographic, not from China, feeling fine!

Sometimes, I am forced to say bad things. They might be better to have an American father. Ah, this means that they suffered because that was their mothers' wrong choice.

Back to the natural disasters, it is a sad thing for human. The more developed we are, the harder to avoid life threatening events. Developing is just like exceptional over-weighted. We cannot move easily because we cannot give up even it may cost our lives. That will be discussed later.

正如以往一樣，每當中國有大事發生，香港總有不少廢話及所謂專家意見。

我為香港感到羞恥，因為這說明了他們的愚蠢及無知。

他們當然不會閱讀中國的信息，只會看香港媒體的報導。那麼美國的信息如何呢？最近香港電視重播了美國國家地理有關加州地震的節目。即使是科技最先進的美國，也不能準確地預報何時何處有地震，除非已開始了得。好，他們可能太忙錯過了。請閱讀 "The Next Big One—Earthquake Technology"，這是取材自美國國家地理，不是中國，放心吧！

不少時我總會被迫說些不雅的話。他們如果有個美國人的父親可能會好些。噢，這是說他們的痛苦是因為他們的母親作出錯誤的選擇。

至於大自然的災害，這是人類的悲哀。發展越高，我們越難逃避有生命危險的事。發展有如極度肥胖。我們不能輕易反應因為我們不能為有生命危險而放棄。日後再談這個問題。

Shame, Shame, Shame

2008-05-16T23:46:00.000-07:00

When every human praise the Chinese Government's effort against the earthquake, when many parents suffer the loss of their children, the Americans after failure to cheat the world about the Tibet event, try to put the salt on the wound. This is one article "China's one-child policy causes extra pain" among many.

It is a naive idea to have more children when it is known that the over increased population will lead to human disaster. We are human, not animals, we should care for the whole human race instead of individuals. Do not suppose that I am exception, I have one daughter only. My daughter told me that she did not want to have children and I just reminded her to think about herself before it was too late to regret only.

I do not want to say any bad thing about American. Yet, their wrong-doing really force me to do so. To have many children will not guarantee your gene. One American with four children, after checking the DNA, only one child is belonged to him. Well, that is not one child policy; that is one child American fact. No wonder for a survey about which type of man is popular resulted for Fedex.

當世界上有人性的人都稱讚中國政府對抗地震的努力時，當無數失去兒女的父母正在哀傷時，那些美國人在西藏的虛假報導失敗後，竟然作出雪上加霜的事。"China's one-child policy causes extra pain" 是其中的一個例子。

在世界人口過度增多是會引發大災難的認識下，要多生孩子的概念是極無知之事。我們是人類，不是畜生，我們應該為整體人類著想而非個人。不要誤會我是例外，我只有一個女兒。她告訴我她不打算生兒女，我只是提議她想清楚以免在將來後悔。

我本來不想多說美國人的壞話。但他們的惡行真的迫使我要這樣做。多些兒女並不保證你們的基因。一個有四個兒女的美國人在基因測驗後發現只大一個是屬於他。這不是獨生政策，這是美式獨生事實。無怪一個向美國女性調查那種男人最受歡迎的結果是Fedex送貨員。

The factor for victory

2008-05-10T02:23:00.000-07:00

It may be good to be invaded.

As known from history, some governments would go to war when their nationals became unsatisfied with their ruling. The patriotism of nationals will be brought up in face of threat from outside.

However, the reaction from oversea Chinese is something that China could not hope for.

The most unexpected may be in Hong Kong. I am not saying that most Hong Kong people are anti-communists. But only a few will be patriotic to the New China.

The change from hundred thousands demonstration to low voting for the so called Demonstrative Party was not due to patriotism, but the REIT case that costed them the chance to gain.

Even though the news in Hong Kong are always bias, they had to show in a short time about the challenge by Hong Kong citizens against the icon of the Demonstrative Party during the Torch event.

I feel happy to see such change. So, thanks to those countries who still dream of turning over China.

受到侵略可能是件好事。

從歷史上可以看到，當國民對政府不滿時，最佳的是一場戰爭。受到外界的威脅時，國民的愛國心即會提高。

不過，中國可能不會想像到各地華僑的反應。

最難得的事是在香港。我不是說大部份香港人都是反共產主義。但只會很少數會對新中國有愛國的心。

由數十萬人示威轉至對所謂民主派投票低落並不是愛國原因，而是令他們失去發財機會的領匯事件。

雖然香港的新聞界絕對是偏差，也要報導香港人在奧運火炬傳遞時指責那位所謂民主派的代表人物。

我當然對這個情況感到高興。更感謝仍然夢想推翻中國的那些國家。

Today is the date

2008-04-21T02:20:00.000-07:00

I am a Hong Kong born Chinese; before 1997, my saying was somewhat troublesome, not only treated as a communist by other, also embarrassing when facing with mainland China.

For years, I always argued with classmates, friends, colleagues and my students (photography) about China.

Unfortunelately, I never have time to publish anything because of my busy life.

Sometimes before 1997, when almost every one in Hong Kong was trying to migrate, I was asked by the Financial Controller of the parent company in France during the auditing in Hong Kong, if I would go to France to work. My French manager told me that I was the only one in Hong Kong who would not think of migration.

Back to the present move, it is because every one knows about the Olympic torch event and the problem with Western media.

I do not want to repeat anything told. Of course, as usual, there are many who would not spend time to check all information and just took what they preferred.

If I have the change to tell China government, I would say "Keep on with what is doing today and continue even after the Olympic Games, until the date when the truth becomes universal. This is a war.”

For this moment, CNN, BBC etc. are losing all they achieved for years and from now on, they are just divisions under the dirty war department of their countries. Do not ask for apologize. That will give them chance to erase their bad conducts. Ask them to apologize is a wrong strategy.

我是一個在香港出生的中國人；在1997年前我這樣說有點問題，不單因此變成了左仔，也在面對祖國有點困窘。

多年來，我經常與同學、朋友、同事及學生們（攝影）爭議有關中國的事。

可惜我一直因太忙而未有時間刊登任何文章等。

在1997前當幾乎所有香港人都找尋移民時，法國總公司的財務總監在香港核數時問我會不會到法國工作，我的法國經理告訴他我是唯一不考慮移民的香港人。

回到正題，所有人都知道最近有關奧運火炬事件及西方媒體的問題。

我不打算在此重複已有的報導。當然不少人一如以往一樣，絕不會多看多聽，只是盲目地接收所選的信息來源。

如果我有機會告訴中國當局，我將會說“一定要把工作繼續下去，即使是奧運結束後仍要堅持，直至真相變成國際認同。 ”。

CNN，BBC等已失去多年的努力，已成為他們國家的卑鄙戰爭部門的附屬機構。不要接受道歉，不可給他們抹去惡行的機會。要求他們道歉是錯誤的戰略。