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2008-08-18 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-08-18 15:07|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Ah, we do it a little different. We pile years of student loan debt upon millions of students seeking degrees in non-employable majors. That surly clerk at the check out counter who has an advanced degree in Middle English Literature or that arrogant non-French waiter with four years at Juillard's usually is a give away.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-08-18 15:29|| 2008-08-18 15:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Millions, afraid to face the real world, escape into video games, which the government considers a national epidemic.

Almost two centuries ago, the Chinese blamed opium addiction for China's problems. Never mind that opium had been available in China since the Tang dynasty 1000 years ago. Never mind that opium was legal and widely available worldwide in more concentrated forms (as laudanum and cough syrup in the West). Opium addition, in this view, was a cause, rather than a symptom, of China's problems. Sadly, the Chinese will swallow the current government's explanation just as readily as they swallowed the previous government's explanation for its failures.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-08-18 15:53|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-08-18 15:53|| Front Page Top

#3 A land without sisters or brothers, aunts, uncles or cousins.

How is this supposed to bind a nation together?

Posted by Seafarious 2008-08-18 15:55|| 2008-08-18 15:55|| Front Page Top

#4 It's a workers paradise. Game on!

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-18 15:56|| 2008-08-18 15:56|| Front Page Top

#5 I would say that someone with an advanced degree in Middle English literature would have many prospects as an English teacher or in other professions because she was taught to think clearly and write. The real wastes are low end BAs in Business Admin which can be all BS courses. You can bullshit through that degree without even having to write long essays or do math higher than you learned in High School.

Most kids could benefit from a year of prep school so they can shoot for more difficult science and engineering majors.

Posted by penguin 2008-08-18 16:12|| 2008-08-18 16:12|| Front Page Top

#6 even worse- a journalism major - learn to write about someone else's achievements, add your bitter little bias to a news story, and spellcheck cleans up the tripe

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-08-18 16:23|| 2008-08-18 16:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Not mentioned is that the Chinese much prefer boys and only being able to have one child caused couples to take steps to ensure that that child was a boy. Girls are dumped and/or sold to western couples looking to adopt. China (and India) have become the top markets for ultrasound machines.

China is now running about 120 boys for every girl. The internet is the only option for some of these guys (and I'm not talking games).

Posted by DoDo 2008-08-18 16:32|| 2008-08-18 16:32|| Front Page Top

#8 I bet that's 120 boys for every 100 girls.

Posted by mrp 2008-08-18 16:38|| 2008-08-18 16:38|| Front Page Top

#9 I think owning up to a mistake would be cheaper than taking the bet.

Posted by DoDo 2008-08-18 17:10|| 2008-08-18 17:10|| Front Page Top

#10 The disadvantage from a military standpoint is that they're becoming a nation of sole surviving sons. Once Sonny goes, the family line goes with him.

Posted by Fred 2008-08-18 18:43|| 2008-08-18 18:43|| Front Page Top

#11 The disadvantage from a military standpoint is that they're becoming a nation of sole surviving sons. Once Sonny goes, the family line goes with him.

An interesting prospect is of kids without aunts or uncles.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-08-18 20:17|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-08-18 20:17|| Front Page Top

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