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Posted by Joe on 11/09/07 14:18
Is there any talk of building mass transportation systems in China? Of
course they already have some, I mean modern systems that people will like
enough to sacrifice the prestige of driving their own cars.
Joe
"PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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> "Martin Heffels" <goofie@flikken.net> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 18:53:34 -0800, "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>I see you've never been to China. If you'd like to see video of people
>>>practicing their religion in China, I have lots -- there are Confusian
>>>and
>>>Budhist temples all over China.
>>
>> He was talking about Falung Gong. But you knew that :-))
>
> Yep.
>
>> You will see them
>> outside mainland China as well. Hong Kong (near the famous Wong Tai Sin
>> temple) or Sydney (I think they have an office on Elizabeth St). All
>> videoable without any risk.
>>
>>>As for massive environmental damage, pollution is, almost certainly, the
>>>biggest challenge facing China right now
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>> Trying to nail down the skyline of Beijing should say enough :-))
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> Beijing has gotten quite bad. Ten years ago, almost everyone rode
> bicycles and the sky was only moderately polluted. Now, everyone has
> cars, it takes 30 minutes just to go the mile or so between ring roads,
> and the pollution is really bad -- like Los Angeles in the 70s.
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>
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>>>I'd recommend that you visit some time -- clearly, you have a very
>>>mistaken
>>>impression of the country.
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>> It takes some time for people to realise that China has changed, and that
>> Mao died already quite some time ago :-))
>
> Exactly.
>
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> -martin-
>> --
>> Official website "Jonah's Quid" http://www.jonahsquids.co.uk
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