Ok, China has done incredibly well and I'm not taking away from any of that, but this quote above has me flummoxed. School children in London (or anywhere in England) talking about China? And this was in the 90s when it wasn't important like it is now. Maybe a few kids with Chinese parents said it, but the vast majority of schoolkids in London in the 90s wouldn't have given 2 hoots about China (why would they?)anneteoh wrote:There used to be a joke among school children in London that when China sneezes, the world will jump.
Sure as rain, the school kids said that. To be precise, that came from a school in Greenwich around 1998. There were hardly any Chinese kids ( Vietnamese , yes) and if there were, they'd be too polite to boast or too poor to know. Most of the kids, ( it's a boys' school) were British, a few Turkish, Caribbeans, Somalis and Africans.JayCee wrote:Ok, China has done incredibly well and I'm not taking away from any of that, but this quote above has me flummoxed. School children in London (or anywhere in England) talking about China? And this was in the 90s when it wasn't important like it is now. Maybe a few kids with Chinese parents said it, but the vast majority of schoolkids in London in the 90s wouldn't have given 2 hoots about China (why would they?)anneteoh wrote:There used to be a joke among school children in London that when China sneezes, the world will jump.
Now there was a saying that if America sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold, but it's adults that say it not school kids
anneteoh wrote:I hope the comradeship and commune spirit of the 60s endear and will not be squashed by the harshness of materialism.
Another typical gross generalisation. You must have taken in that they all wore the same clothes at one time and that's where you stopped unfortunately. One can see you're not even talking from personal experience.JR8 wrote:anneteoh wrote:I hope the comradeship and commune spirit of the 60s endear and will not be squashed by the harshness of materialism.
The Chinese are probably the most legendarily materialistic people on earth (with Russians a close second). Given the choice, I'd suggest that communism is being booted out ASAP by the people wherever possible.
Is the rose-tinted view you have of communism not somewhat discoloured by the fact that you chose to clear off and live in the UK?
To say nothing of China's record on human rights, John Frazer's 'The Chinese' makes interesting reading as David Bonavia's book under the same title.anneteoh wrote:Since 1983, China has made incredulous advancements in so many areas, it's mind staggering to me. I hope the comradeship and commune spirit of the 60s endear and will not be squashed by the harshness of materialism.
Sorry, but I just gotta laugh. Pot, kettle, black? But we need to add me and longstebe to the mix as well!JR8 wrote:I found the article interesting, and am unaware of communism being missed anywhere where it has been fully eradicated.
Maybe you're just trolling for a fight?
You're probably just jealous that I managed to get in there firstsundaymorningstaple wrote:Sorry, but I just gotta laugh. Pot, kettle, black? But we need to add me and longstebe to the mix as well!JR8 wrote:I found the article interesting, and am unaware of communism being missed anywhere where it has been fully eradicated.
Maybe you're just trolling for a fight?
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