BeijingOlympics

'Impossible is Nothing' Beijing Olympics

It's too bad that there are so many problems being caused in China by the Beijing Olympics. From what I've seen though in the local people that I've met whether they're Dai minority, Han, Haini, Naxi, Cantonese, from Beijing...most Chinese are excited to have the Olympics and proud of their country, but, A lot of Chinese don't even have time to think more about the Olympics. They're working in their crops, washing their clothes, making dinner or generally filling their time in other ways. China is a communist-socialist-capitalist country and I've seen signs of all three systems-ideals since I've been here. I don't generally think about politics incredibly in depth, but since there is so much negative news about China-Tibet it has me thinking. China is not a bad place. I've spent the past 5 months here and most people can live a comfortable life. Yes, they're paid less than us Canadians or Westerners but the price of everything matches up pretty nicely I believe. I read so many posts of people hating China because their government system is different than ours. People are scared of the unknown..I've even met local Hong Kong people who think that China is a dangerous place, that the people are bad. These people though, have never left Hong Kong, have never traveled to the countryside or even deeply into their own country. It's interesting for me to see some opinions from the West and in Westernized Hong Kong metropolis, about China now that I know both regions intimately. It's not democratic here in China, there is no monarch, there is no Queen as symbolic head of state(pretty useless in Canada anyways) but I've seen just as many people living on the streets of Vancouver though as I have in China. How does that make any sense? There are 30 million Canadians and 1.3billion Chinese. How is it that China can manage to create more jobs for it's people? Any government would have a hard time dealing with that huge population! En plus, I have never once felt that I was in a dangerous situation, I've never been assaulted, attacked by a Chinese citizen. At all hours of the night I was safe to walk the streets of China. Can this be said even of France, Britain, USA or Canada? I feel defensive of this beautiful country filled with beautiful people that I have come to love as my second home.