Chinese Language Banned In China

China's Middle Class Aspirations vs Economic Reality

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China is to build a fake English market town where Chinese language is banned and its residents and visitors must speak only English. Miyun County official Wang Haichen said....

 "We plan to build in the European architectural style...with a castle. When people arrive in the town, it will be like going abroad. They have to get a 'passport' which has to be stamped," 

Four miles of polluted rivers running through 1,000 acres of blighted semi-rural land in Beiing will be restored and landscaped into scenic standards becoming of the English countryside to lure the middle classes seeking to boost their linguistic skills in an English-inspiring, green setting.


Mr Wang unveiled the county's anglophilisim at the Communist-run Miyun County Fifteenth People's Congress, a major regional government meeting, on Thursday.

Thames Town on the banks of the Yangtze River near Shanghai was opened amid much fan fare in 2006, boasting mock tutor brick homes, a pub, chippy, privet hedges, manicured lawns and leafy roads.

Five years on however, the complex is a near ghost town and draws mainly newly weds seeking a novel backdrop for their wedding photos.

American English may be more widely taught than The Queen's in Chinese classrooms, but all things British remain a benchmark for style and standards for many Chinese. 

Economic Reality of China's Ghost Cities...

Bumbling Detective In The Murdered Simon San Case Is 'Promoted.'

Full Article: The Scotsman

The family of tragic Chinese delivery driver Simon San today mounted a furious attack on the police, saying they had been left “betrayed” and “sickened”. 

Relatives of Simon San hit out after learning that a detective involved in the heavily criticised investigation into the case had been promoted. They said there was no explanation for the decision to promote DCI Gareth Blair to the rank of Superintendent just months after an internal inquiry found “significant failings” in the police’s repeated denials that the killing was racist. Deputy Chief Constable Steve Allen made a high-profile public apology for the force’s failings following the case. Today, however, the San family branded that apology a “public show”.

Their statement read: 

“We believe that no explanation can justify [the decision to promote DCI Blair] considering the pain [he] and his colleagues have inflicted on the family. We feel deeply betrayed by Lothian and Borders Police and by Mr Allen in particular. We trusted Mr Allen to do right for the family, however we now feel Mr Allen says one thing but does the other. Some of our family members felt sickened by the news and no longer wish to have any interaction with the police on this matter. We feel the trust we had in the police is completely lost. We now feel the public apology was just a public show. We feel we have been lied to by Mr Allen as he continually reassured us the complaints were being handled seriously by the force and by himself.”

Mr San, 40, died last August after an attack by a gang as he parked outside his family’s takeaway in Lochend Road. Mr San’s head hit the ground with fatal force after one attacker, John Reid, 16, struck him with a single blow.

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Where Does Your Loyalty Lie? East or West?

Figure skater Patrick Chan received a rousing ovation from a home Canadian crowd at the ISU Grand Prix during the world champion's first competition since he caused a furore saying that he felt unappreciated in Canada and is becoming increasingly drawn to his Chinese heritage. Chan was quoted as saying...

“Several years ago I felt more Canadian but I’m slowly feeling more Chinese and feel I should be more proud of being Chinese and appreciate where I’ve come from. (This is because) of the support I get from the Chinese community in Canada,”

“I do (wish I could have represented both China and Canada when I compete). That would be the ideal situation… in a perfect world.”

Patrick Chan, 20 years old from Toronto, is a CBC, Canadian Born Chinese of Hong Kong Chinese immigrants, suffered a backlash with Canadian fans and media pundits questioning his loyalty.

Chan supports a tattoo on his left calf of a Canadian Maple Leaf with the Olympic rings and flame was crowned world champion in April after romping to victory with record scores in Moscow, was asked about the furore caused by his remarks during a taped CBC interview that aired ahead of his routine.

"All I can say is I apologise and there is no doubt in my mind that I am more than happy to represent Canada ... and I really don't want people to think differently....I am extremely happy to be born in Canada and skate for my country and the support is just unbelievable and I couldn't ask for more."

Full Article Link: Yahoo Eurosports

Given a choice, would you represent your Chinese ancestral homeland or the west? Should we be forced to choose? Should western born Chinese apologise for showing pride in their race and their ancestral home over their western home?