Comments on: Incoming!! http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/incoming-water-bottle-that-is/ The MBA Graduate Program at Cal Poly Mon, 21 May 2012 23:50:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Simeon Trieu http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/incoming-water-bottle-that-is/#comment-5143 Simeon Trieu Sun, 11 May 2008 05:34:50 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/incoming-water-bottle-that-is/#comment-5143 Even more so than Americans are of America, the Chinese are passionate about China. In America, we have varying backgrounds (ie. ethnic, religious, or what have you), and the simple truth is that not everyone who comes here has a national culture they can identify with. It is the melting pot. Just about the only common point is that we share the same language, government, and air. China has suffered a lot from the Western powers, and has made great progress. It is something to be commended, but they still have a lot of ground to cover in human rights, healthcare, and censorship, for example. As for the Western news conflicting with Chinese news reports, don't believe everything you read/hear/see. If we learn anything from the Tbtan uprising and the media, the truth is always somewhere in the middle. You have to discern it for yourself based on the biased reports from both sides. Even more so than Americans are of America, the Chinese are passionate about China. In America, we have varying backgrounds (ie. ethnic, religious, or what have you), and the simple truth is that not everyone who comes here has a national culture they can identify with. It is the melting pot. Just about the only common point is that we share the same language, government, and air.

China has suffered a lot from the Western powers, and has made great progress. It is something to be commended, but they still have a lot of ground to cover in human rights, healthcare, and censorship, for example.

As for the Western news conflicting with Chinese news reports, don’t believe everything you read/hear/see. If we learn anything from the Tbtan uprising and the media, the truth is always somewhere in the middle. You have to discern it for yourself based on the biased reports from both sides.

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