"mr. ye loves dragon" is my poor translation from a chinese idiom "ye gong hao long", which tells the story of a gentleman named mr. ye. he admires dragon so much that he puts the image of dragon everywhere at his home and writes articles to praise the spirit and virtues of dragons. then one day, a real dragon comes to visit mr. ye to see who is the man that admires him so much. frightened by the real dragon, mr. ye fled his home.
this is what i found yesterday at a kiosk selling magazines and newspapers:
the shanghai municipal government publishes a newsletter to inform citizens the latest policies and personnal changes. in recent years, more and more opportunaties are offered to citizens to take part into the process of decision/policy making, and non-government organizations are encouraged and often called for to work with government in fields of tough issues. however, talking with many who concerned with democratization and building a civil society in china, you will get the impression that most of them will only "talk the talk" but won't "walk the walk" when opportunities are presented to them to practice their ideas without huge investment of their time.
this type of indifference and idleness can not be attributed to the nature of these people, but are perhaps the sequela of a bad experience of hugging/trying hug the real/dreamed dragon.