Kaixin
My website, www.kaixin.com.au has been created to bring you a broader and positive view of China. As Carmel Lillis wrote in her entry for the writing competition, 'An exercise in colouring in' ;
Why not China?' she (her daughter who was about to travel to China) repeats.
'˜Because,' I cast about for a metaphor to explain, and seize upon the colouring book that my five year old is busy over. '˜Because when I think of China I see nothing reassuring, nothing familiar, no colour. Only grey. People dressed in grey, shoulders stooped, heading into grey factory smoke, or shuffling home in grey twilight to grey flats.'
When I think of China now, I see images of vibrant colour. Warm smiles of welcome; rich architecture; children bubbling with excitement.
That is the China Kaixin wants to bring you, "... images of vibrant colour. Warm smiles of welcome; rich architecture; children bubbling with excitement."
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Why not China?' she (her daughter who was about to travel to China) repeats.
'˜Because,' I cast about for a metaphor to explain, and seize upon the colouring book that my five year old is busy over. '˜Because when I think of China I see nothing reassuring, nothing familiar, no colour. Only grey. People dressed in grey, shoulders stooped, heading into grey factory smoke, or shuffling home in grey twilight to grey flats.'
When I think of China now, I see images of vibrant colour. Warm smiles of welcome; rich architecture; children bubbling with excitement.
That is the China Kaixin wants to bring you, "... images of vibrant colour. Warm smiles of welcome; rich architecture; children bubbling with excitement."
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B.Fin & Dip Ed (China) B.A & LLB (Aust)Interests
China, China Current Affairs, China Politics, Economic China, Green China, China Society and Culture, Yuan Internationalisation,Motto
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China & HappinessChina has achieved stellar growth in terms of money accrued, but has it achieved equal wealth in happiness? -
NYT - Arab Revolts as Viewed from Beijing... it is best to take the scribblings of people like Ms DiDi with a grain of salt, in same cases, a whole bag of the stuff.
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Mistress Event Ends in UproarAn Online Event to talk about the subject of mistresses in China descended into uproar. Some background. -
WSJ - China Co-Opts Social Media to Head Off UnrestBeijing is keeping an eye on things, but Kaixin can report there is no unrest to speak of.
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China Property IndexThe WSJ and most economists and commentators in the '˜west' seem to believe that the Chinese real estate market is going through the same thing as that crazy ride to the top of the roller coaster as America did (and most of the '˜west'). -
China Marriage Law & MistressesYou don't get rid of millennia of tradition in just one edict and a decade or two. In China, one of the perks of being rich and/or powerful was having several wives and a mistress or two.
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Beijing Issues New Rules to Limit House PurchaseAs a close follower of events in China, it occurred to Kaixin that these controls on property in China, while laudable in their intent, are perhaps flawed.
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WSJ - Chinese Savings Binge to End?The Chinese learnt, over a long history, that it was a mistake to rely on the government. Governments and Emperors can be fickle.
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WSJ's Chinese Readers Not Proud to Be No. 2Will the teenager (America) learn to live peacefully with the old man (China) or will it pick an un-necessary fight?
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Democracy - Just What is DemocracyJust what does the right to vote deliver to the average person in the west?
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China - Massive Population Lifts Nation's GrowthThe western nations were the leading economies because of productivity per worker. They had less workers but higher productivity.
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EGYPT in CRISIS Under the (Egyptian) VolcanoThat is how Kaixin reads it also. There is a long way to go before the '˜Street' in Egypt takes control.
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WSJ - Much Ado in China About Fannie and FreddieChina is evolving Economics Yi Ling Yi (101) for the 21st century.
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China - Bosses Battle it Out for WorkersThe world gorged itself on this cheap labour and eventually threw up -- the GFC. The Chinese workers now want to go home.
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China - the Price of Success, PollutionIn Kaixin's opinion China's Green Credentials are without doubt. However it certainly allowed the environment to bear the brunt of its rapid economic growth over the first 30 years, from 1979.
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Chinese FM: Leave Internal Affairs to EgyptiansKaixin is unsure about the rulers of Egypt. Their rule smacks too much of the repression China suffered under Mao. Maybe all this strife will throw up a Deng Xiaoping in Egypt.
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Riots in Egypt, Droughts in ChinaRiots in Egypt, droughts in China, the world's poor finding it harder and harder to afford basic food (see below) -- are these the first rumblings of an event that will threaten International Peace?
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China's Unskilled Migrant Labour MarketKaixin sees definite signs that the unskilled migrant labour market is starting to flex its bargaining powers. Kaixin also sees definite signs that industrial unions are becoming stronger.
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China's Tech-DemocracyIn Egypt it is the voice of the people shouting to the small group of people in control that they have had enough.
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The New Great Leap ForwardChina graduates are finding careers in the country.
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A Challenge to the World in General and the U.S In ParticularChina is aiming to lead the world in innovative R&D. Is this a threat or a challenge?
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Confucius in Beijing's Tiananmen SquareA statue of Confucius has just been erected in Tiananmen Square opposite the portrait of Mao. Mao tried to erase Confucius from history during the Cultural Revolution. Now Beijing is re-establishing his place in China. Why?