Latest comments posted about The price of coal on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1595-The-price-of-coal- http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1595-The-price-of-coal- I went to see China Blue,a documentary that narrates the sad and saddening stories of young Chinese women working in sweatshops that produce jeans whose consumers are westerners. I feel extraordinarily ashamed and I believe all the viewers should have the same feeling. China, in the efforts to raise its GDP, has been translated into factories for the whole world producing goods that sell at an unbelievably low price. How many of us could actually feel or hear the cries of those migrant workers (many of them are juvenile women) behind the superficial prosperity of our country? How many of us have ever stopped to ask ourselves if we truly deserve the ease of our life? How many of us can learn to act on our conscience rather than on our greed? Deep in my heart, I weep for the sufferings of those young girls, who should be staying at school rather than toil and moil in those ruthless factories. Is it a must that our nation has to sacrifice their interest in the course of modernization? I love my country, but I hate its inhuman practices. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:47:06 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6983 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6983 I would say then the root of the problems that undermine and derange the Chinese society is the overarching metaphor characteristic of our patriarchal society: managing a country is managing a family. This metaphor helps officials from the lowest level to the top to justify their lawless manipulation of the collective wealth and cruel and beastly control over the fate of the general public. The good thing is that people are becoming more and more aware of its deleterious impacts of such a mindset. Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:01:21 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6970 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6970 The central government knows everything too well, but it simply does not have the power to control further regions, where local officials with absolute authority keeps turning their power into wealth, often with the help of greedy land developers. The central govenrment can only fix the "branch" while problems lie within the "root". Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:26:45 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6967 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6967 It is really a shame to read articles of this kind. It is true that the glaringly fast economic development of China is achieved mainly at the sacrifice of the environments and the interests of those at the lowest rung of the social ladder. While the central government is acutely aware of the consequences, the regional government officials have never stopped (I doubt if they would) playing the dirty tricks of deceiving and bullying. The continuation of those mafia-like violence against the disprivileged people would only mean a quicker collapse of the society. God, if you are real, please show us your almighty power to eradicate the evil from my beloved country. --Donald Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:48:27 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6960 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6960 If the public don't have any awareness of group unity, then it's just unaware. On the other hand, if the leadership don't have any awareness of group unity, then there are serious problems. If the leadership move slightly, then everyone moves with them. It's a shame that the main character in the article doesn't have the resources to move anyone, we are forced to rely on the leadership - the unaware leadership. Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:27:56 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6802 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6802 Very good story. Thanks! It might not be another "surprising story", but it tells again that there are still so much for us to do. Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:52:22 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6625 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6625 Good job, Wu Nan! - Linjun Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:45:34 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6624 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6624 Exploring resources can bring in a fortune. In hot pursuit of money, some people would go against their conscience. This, combined with the collusion ,corruption and incapability of the government, will make the tragedy in the article occure agian and again. Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:12:53 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6604 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1595#comment-6604