Life and Travel in China

Some time ago I talked to a Chinese businessman, head of foreign sales (Zhejiang province). I told him that a bridge was being built to connect Ningbo with Shanghai. He didn't trust me, he obviously doesn't check the messages thoroughly. The bridge is to be 36 km long and is to be opened in June 2008. It will not only connect cities, but also shorten the crossing across Hangzhou Bay. Cost $1.42 billion. When this man, about 40 years old, believed me, he said: "And why such a construction? What does it bring? So much money, such an investment? It would be better to give this money to some poor school! Look what schools look like in some provinces." I admit that I was surprised by this approach to the matter. Quite an altruistic statement. I expected the answer: "Yes, it will be the longest bridge here! We will be in Shanghai two hours earlier," etc. After all, the Chinese are selfish and do not care about the fate of others. And many schools in rural areas are really poor and the government could easily help them.

In Poland, people are really brainwashed about China. I found a photo on WP.pl. The police arrest someone for selling on the street (because I see part of a shopping cart there), or for wandering around the main street and blocking traffic. The detainee kneels and cries at a road barrier. A policeman stands calmly above him. The caption proudly states: "China continues to violate human rights despite the upcoming Olympics. Wrongful arrests remain frequent." You can add an ideology to each photo. I'm not saying China is a paradise, but such nonsense? I also personally saw how two guys were stopped by the police, they took off their shoes (so they wouldn't run away too easily) and made them kneel on the sidewalk, and tied their hands behind their backs with disposable handcuffs. They were some thieves. So what? I could have taken photos and signed that they were detained for their political views or that they were protesting against the communist government. Later, people think that here they are rounding up people on the streets and they take them to prison in groups for nothing.

Chinese women are amazing, marriage is a determinant of existence for them. I was talking to a friend, a 23-year-old girl. I remember that a few months ago she didn't even have a boyfriend. Now, suddenly, she tells me that she is married. I ask how this happened, without anything, overnight? She tells me that marriage doesn't require a reason. She's a bit childish and I don't see her as a wife. However, I admit that Chikas aged 25-35 go ​​crazy. It's similar all over the world, but probably no girl, like a Chinese woman, is ready to marry anyone out of desperation. I know three such 'violent' marriages, two of which ended in divorce a year ago. It is still done in the traditional way here, especially in the countryside. The family introduces itself to two young people, they don't have to love each other, but it's time to get married and have children.

However, the Chinese are idiots (it's hard to call them anything else in this case)... imagine that they plan to demolish the beautiful, old, classic tenement houses (which you can also see in my photos - Zhejiang province) and build new housing estates. Congratulate! I also propose to completely demolish the Great Wall of China and build a chain of hotels along the ruins of the Wall. It's like a second cultural revolution. Instead of restoring something, it is being demolished, and there is also environmental degradation. They just have a practical approach to the matter. Why do I need an old tenement house where a family has lived for centuries?! I will move them to a housing estate and build a new housing estate here myself. There really aren't many monuments in China outside of Shanghai and Beijing. Poland probably has more to offer, even considering the size of both countries.

China's sex revolution is reaching a new level. My wife just sent me photos from the new KTV club in Beijing. The girls there are practically naked, all their clothes are transparent. I've been to such big clubs before, there are actually hundreds of girls there, in special waiting rooms (so far elegantly dressed, in dresses). Most of them just sit there, drink beer, let themselves be touched and run home, and few of them go to bed unless they see a good profit from it. Despite everything, girls there don't have an easy life (the Chinese like to take it out on them a bit - undressing, fighting, messing, screaming, general libation). And as you can see, it may soon get worse, because if they see them naked, these guys will go crazy.