Chinese locals don't want to change... (Score 2, Informative)

Chinese people will very rarely say anything bad about the government for fear of consequences so these stats make sense.

Take my girlfriend for example (we live in Beijing) she's far more open to outside influences than most Chinese. Was talking to her about starting a blog to protest the new Chinese visa regulations for foreigners. Her response...please don't because the Chinese government will punish me if they find out I live with someone who does this. Like most people in any country she does not like to hear bad things about the Chinese government. Part of it is the old Confusion ideology and ancestor worship...what is done by those above must be respected.

She is educated but still has no idea of what censorship is and what is censored in China. Believe me I have tried and showed her info about the 3T's, human rights, etc... but her response is that western media is publishing this and they are not to be trusted as much as the Chinese press. Truth is most Chinese do not understand what censorship is and will not learn about it from foreigners or foreign media. China is booming and the people in cities with influence are happy, they do not want change.

From a westerners point of view it would be nice to find a happy medium between Chinese media and western media. Every time I go back to Canada the news is full of gloom and doom. It may be free media but I find it kind of depressing. Meanwhile in China it's an absolute joke and everything is 'good'. Was reading on the main page of a newspaper the other day about an old man who helped society by trying for years to stop a tree from falling over. Every day he would go out and try and push the tree straight...ridiculous stuff. The earthquake would be on 24 hours a day if it happened in the US. Meanwhile I'm working in front of the TV and find it hard to find any news about the earthquake. Chinese media is filled with feel good stories. Why can't there be a middle ground?