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via: eswn - The Coal Mine Dilemma in China

Here is the dilemma.  On one hand, there are so many mining disasters with so many casualties.  On the other hand, if the coal mines are closed down, it will affect the livelihoods and investments of many people too.

it's more than a dilemma. lately, some whose pensions depend on investments in coal mining business went to street protests, and to move money from other places to compensate these guys will create more problems. it's a chain of problems, a systematic problem.

it's not a patent of hollywood hits, in the good old days of red revolution back in 1950s and 1960s, chinese movies are masters of presenting a black-and-white world in which "bad guys", i.e. enemies of the revolution, are demonized and, like in hollywood movies, defeated by "good guys". two differences here - chinese "good guys" are usually a group of heros (or at least a hero supported by a group), and the fight is low-tech and without kung fu.

let's enjoy a few evil chinese moive characters:

a bandit, supported by KMT

a translator of japanese army

a KMT naval officer

a traitor

a crazy scientist in the first chinese SF movie

a translator of japanese army

a spy

an american general in korea war

a spy of KMT

a traitor

a spy

a tibetan slave master

via: danwei - focus media gobbles up its rivals

rumors from some sources say that customers are starting to suspect the effectiveness of the ads they put on Focus Media's LCD screens in office buildings.

now the LCD screens appear in supermarkets, hospitals and other places that Focus Media say could attract the attention of customer groups, but as we in shanghai all know, they are advertisements and advertisements don't get a lot of attention from shanghai people because they hate advertisements.

let's wait and see how this influence the business prospect of Focus Media and its investors