Life and Travel in China

Dear My Friend,

Good morning!

I am very sorry and sad to hear that your country has occurred such tragedy by the airplane accident on 10th Apr. sincerely wish all the best for your country!

Best Regards!
Jason

I'm distressed to hear the air crash of 10 April today and I am writing at once to express our deep sympathy on behalf of my colleagues.

I know it's a great sadness for your people to lose so many excellent leaders. Hearty condolence to you may you have strength to bear this great affliction.

Please accept our deepest sympathy and convey our best wishes to Polish people.

Steany

Firstly, I were full sorry to hear that your president plane was crashed. I on behalf of Chinese people and myself join in sorrow of this victims of air disaster. May their soul rest in peace! We highly believe Poland will be power and power with people's unity.

I am disarmed by comments on certain news items on the Internet. They write that Adamek's sole came off during a boxing fight. Internet users, of course, blame China for this, ha ha! Here are the comments: "little Chinese hands, the 7-year-old who sewed these shoes didn't make an effort", and another "he probably bought a fake Chinese one and is surprised". First of all - I don't think professional boxing shoes are ordered by container from China! Secondly: Nike, Adidas, Reebok - they also produce in China and ensure quality. Thirdly, I have probably visited several hundred factories in China and I have never seen children working there. Usually these are people, young people aged 16-60. If there are young people there, it is only because they do not want to study or their family or financial situation does not allow them to do so. Such comments and the average Pole's idea of China are pathetic! If something is of poor quality, it is from China. Yes, that's right, just like iPhones, iPods, Nokias, Samsungs, LGs, IBM Lenovo laptops, Sony Playstation consoles... If something is of poor quality, it's only because someone didn't take care of it and bought cheap crap that is perfect for the Polish market. You can blame this on importers who want to make a lot of money and order the cheapest possible crap from China, Turkey, India, Pakistan... The truth is that if you pay more and check the goods before shipping, there are no quality problems in China. And this is the truth - if someone doesn't like the Chinese quality, let them go to the importer who introduced this product to the Polish market! The Chinese produce everything according to the order, and the quality matches the price. Simple and logical. In the 1980s, we could still criticize something here, because there were no advanced technologies, there were not many engineers, people with higher education in general, and not many Western specialists worked here. But now! People, you are picking on a country that sends spaceships, has trains running at 431 km/h, skyscrapers 500 meters high, the longest bridges and tunnels in the world, the railway route with the highest height above sea level - according to you, everything is of the same poor quality and will fall apart?! There are no words... there are simply two extremes in Poland: those who have never been here and know about labor camps, poverty, factories full of children, poor quality, the second group are people who have been to Shanghai or Hong Kong twice and found China to be super rich, modern and wonderful. Just two extremes, lack of knowledge and objectivity!

My Chinese friend is changing her view about China and the Chinese government. It started with the fact that she couldn't open blocked Facebook, so a friend gave her a program to bypass Chinese blocks (some kind of proxy, IP hiding). This is how my friend started reading about scams in China, about propaganda, lies, and embellishment of reality by the Chinese authorities. As an example, she said that photos and information about the alleged rescue of many miners were fabricated, but in fact they all died and the authorities made a show of a nativity scene. Personally, I don't know if this is true, but she found out this information. However, I think her change of heart is that her (Chinese) husband now works in Canada. A year ago, the same girl even defended the Chinese government and accused Western media of inciting hatred against the Chinese authorities! It was about clashes with Uighurs in Urumqi. She then said that what kind of media freedom is this if they incite the world against the whole of China and are not objective, because the Han are not guilty of anything and it all started with the aggression of the Uyghurs. This year, after the wedding, her views are evolving. It's like opening a window once every ten years and enjoying the fresh air. The problem is that the authorities order this window to be closed, but young people like such fresh air, a breath of freedom and truth!