Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading!

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Inside Jobs (Score 5, Insightful) 75

There is heavy unrest at the elite level China now, and the authorities are handling it in the typical full-retard fashion with which authority typically handles things in general.

Two weeks ago, Bo Xilai was removed by Wen Jiabao. This conflict has been buzzing all over the news here, and it is profoundly important.

Xilai was a classic Chinese Marxist (think "Cultural Revolution" posters) who was steering Chongqing towards a social democracy. His major contributions included deposing the mafia, which angered the businessmen, and offering low-income housing. Wen Jiabao, on the other hand, is very similar to Deng Xiaoping in that he espouses the newer vision of a "free-market" China, where invisible hands reign and free market is the best path to their prosperity.

The Marxist side of China has been raging ever since, and much of these people have been put on a "terrorist watch list", so to speak.

On the other hand, China still very much has an underground internet presence. You just haven't heard of it. As someone who is living here, I assure you, discourse is far from stifled.

Comment Show Me the Money! (Score 1) 227

You mean it's a brilliant invention, released by a private company, but no one has access to evaluate it? Somehow, this company is going to surpass the utterly painful grammar correction offered by Microsoft Word, and we're supposed to believe it? What blantant advertising. This stuff never lives up to its promises. Hype.

Slashdot Top Deals

New York... when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you. - David Letterman

Working...