That doesn't work that way, you just invite corruption. Some countries try paying their politicians very low wages (China for example), but that just doesn't work.

Except of course if the employee wants to rest during the holiday, for some petty reason like the fact that all his family is free this day. The whole point of these holidays is to remove the choice from the employer.

And when launching the probe, they changed the orbit of the Earth ! Why is it that no one showed us the calculations proving it is safe ?!

Chinese users often have no choice, as Google Play is often not present in the phone. Manually installing it is quite complicated.

And you need to show an ID to go to an internet cafe, so no difference here...

Read more about the way World War II set in motion. Hitler had the people's support, an armed citizenry would have changed nothing.

That's not true, except maybe for some government officials and other activities "involving the national security" (which can be pretty vast and arbitrary in China). Regular citizens do not need this exit visa and can leave the country whenever they want (it is the entry visa to any other country which can be hard to get).

No, when you are on www.duckduckgo.com, you show the list of search engines by clicking the small arrow, you see "Add DuckDuckGo" at the bottom, you click it and you are done. Admittedly, that's two clicks.

I think you should think about this again, a little bit harder this time ...

I live in Shanghai. Where should I go to know about this kind of event (if possible before they happen, not like this one) ? What are the good local websites or resources ? English and Chinese both OK.

Let me guess, WaterGems and co ?

What a coincidence ! The plant we are talking about is in China.

That's right, because at the end, they still have the house.

You are right and I sure hope they are running like GP says they are. If you have backup pumps, of course you do not run them like the others. You shouldn't forget about them for twenty years hoping they will just wake up when needed, but running them full-time would be nuts.

So because it is worse elsewhere we shouldn't say anything ? An ad on a bus may be bigger and more distracting than an ad on a Kindle, but I have much less power over the bus company than over the device I bought myself.

And to answer your question: I can't drive or walk without seeing ads. And it does bother me.