Bingfeng Teahouse

via: fear of a white planet

more update from the previous one:

a chinese media that has world wide influence. china not seen as a "threat" or a "giant" by other parts of the world, similarly, chinese could overcome the so-called "inferiority-superiority complex" brougt by her history. taiwan peacefully reintegrated with mainland china or at least towards that direction. wealth and power more evenly distributed among people, and a gradual evolution to a federation + republic style democracy.

me? my business could sustain myslef an escape to the "poor man's hawaii" - hainan island, for 6 months every year. (is that too much?) i will be there doing nothing but having more "chinese dreams"

- bingfeng

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I hope we can see blue sky again in those once polluted cities. I hope we can still keep our bicycles instead of buying cars. I hope China won't be controlled by multinational corporations. I hope we can still keep our culture. I hope Han-Chinese don't give too much influences to other ethic groups. I don't expect major political changes, but definitely more democratic.

 

- leylop

 

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all i want to say about Hope are mentioned above. I believe the world's tomorrow belongs to Asia, especially China which will drive the whole world, just like the uprising of the Europe and America. though i don't know the exact way how to achieve this and how long will it take, i think the escalating economy will finally change everything. thanks laowai for listening. i think we all need this to make understanding.

 

- henry

 

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I hope in 20 years' time,

Less Chinese become money slaves; more Chinese help others.

The gap between the rich and the poor is smaller; the hatred towards Japanese is vaguer.

People are as innocent and as united as their grandfathers in the 60s, still believe in utopia, believe that every little thing they do is helping building our nation.

There are still different opinions, but less discrimination;

Less people claim to hold different opinions to make themselves cool; more people speak for themselves, care about our nation and our people.

- hailey xie

via: black china hand, read the post: 胡说八道（rubbish talk）

in that wired news article:

Mao dismisses that statement as disingenuous. The company, he says, is going above and beyond official censorship practices, which deal decisively with speech critical of the ruling communist government, but don’t outright ban words like “freedom. They could try to reach a balance, so the users will understand, but the government won’t try to make trouble for the business,” says Mao. “Instead, they’re just trying to flatter the government.”

mr. black china hand has a different opinion:

I’m no Microsoft fan but is this Mao guy serious. Microsoft is doing what any cautious business in China would be expected to do…eliminate the risk that the CCP will pull the plug on them. (Microsoft is not the only company that follows this unwritten rule and the rule is not confined to just technology…for example schools “self-censor” texts as do news media with any “risky” stories.) If anything you have to applaud Microsoft for “learning the realities on the ground” and applying it to their business model. As the saying goes…the nail the sticks up gets hammered. Accordingly, any “revolt” against the rules are not going to come from a company that has money to lose but from individual bloggers waging a guerilla campaign outside the government’s and big businesses ambit. That’s where Mr. Mao can help the most…blaming Microsoft for caving in accomplishes nothing.

TBC...

let me elaborate my points here - i am not supporting the ban of any nice words on the web (as mr. asiapundit misinterpreted me). labeling something you don't like as "evil" is quite easy, how to make things move and advance requires something more than simplistic labeling ("evil"), confrontational criticisms (like some media commentators did) or merely an escape (the levi case), it requires patience, wisdom and "change-seat perspectives". now you ask me what's my point, simple, let MS Spaces compromise and in, to help young people learn independent and critical thinking, to foster a culture in which people tolerate and benefit from different voices (in MS Spaces), to contribute to the local communities and prove MS is a positive power, not a danger to social stability, to create a virtuous circle and therefore detoxify the me-you and black-and-white mentality (existing in both chinese and western sides). all these, and much much more, are valuable work for MS to do and are important for chinese as well. let's boil the water from 60 C to 70 C, then from 70 C to 80 C, don't waste time chanting 100 C water makes best tea (everybody knows that!), someday when the water is 99 C, then it's the time Mr. Isaac Mao should appear in the scene.

note: i don't have problem with isaac personally, he is a cool guy with a moustache and looks very smart when he appears on tv, maybe i should have a isaac-style moustache to make myself look more "mature" :)