what do you want to know about PRC?

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Aerodriver

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I saw a short protest, about 3 months ago, at Tiananmen Square by a lone middle age man. It lasted about 30 seconds, he opened a banner, I did not have time to read it, and the police in uniform moved him on. There was a large crowd and the man struggled, a little, and said to the police are you not going to hit me, the police officer just smiled and said why would I do that. I was pleasantly suprised by the way they dealt with him, although if someone wants to protest about something there should be an area where he is allowed but I don't think the CCP will allow that any time soon. Anyway the police were very good in public view, not sure what happened out of view though.
In relation to the house buying, the house is always your property, but after a certain amount of time and it varies, the government gets the land back. Yes it’s a strange situation. Not sure what will happen in the future if the government tries to take the land back though.
The government does provide houses for people to buy if their income is under 60,000 rmb per year- lots of completion for these houses though.
Religion. as long the CCP says it is okay, its okay -it can change its mind. For example -Catholics, the head of the church is not the pope, it is the CCP. If your Catholic and have the pope as the head of the church you an underground religion. They are getting more strict on underground religions now.

To the member called FuManCh- I sited Fox as an example of a news service that does not get it right regarding China.

Also I was not born in China,I'm from europe. I just live here.
 
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Azn boi

Just Hatched
Registered Member
Aerodriver said:
I saw a short protest, about 3 months ago, at Tiananmen Square by a lone middle age man. It lasted about 30 seconds, he opened a banner, I did not have time to read it, and the police in uniform moved him on. There was a large crowd and the man struggled, a little, and said to the police are you not going to hit me, the police officer just smiled and said why would I do that. I was pleasantly suprised by the way they dealt with him, although if someone wants to protest about something there should be an area where he is allowed but I don't think the CCP will allow that any time soon. Anyway the police were very good in public view, not sure what happened out of view though.
In relation to the house buying, the house is always your property, but after a certain amount of time and it varies, the government gets the land back. Yes it’s a strange situation. Not sure what will happen in the future if the government tries to take the land back though.
The government does provide houses for people to buy if their income is under 60,000 rmb per year- lots of completion for these houses though.
Religion. as long the CCP says it is okay, its okay -it can change its mind. For example -Catholics, the head of the church is not the pope, it is the CCP. If your Catholic and have the pope as the head of the church you an underground religion. They are getting more strict on underground religions now.

To the member called FuManCh- I sited Fox as an example of a news service that does not get it right regarding China.

Also I was not born in China,I'm from europe. I just live here.
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Well I can answer your question about what happens out of view. If they were taken to prison they would be torture/beat up etc by the cops. My uncle was a civil engineer that lives in china he was a wealthy man but a guy told the cops that he own him money but he never gave him any money. So my uncle is in prison for 11 years the cops says if he confess that he did it they will cut the sentence in half but he said he didn't do it because he is a very honest man.
 
Roger604

Roger604

Senior Member
The one thing that really irks me about China is the squat-toilets. I've been to some nice places in ML China, but as soon as I visit the washroom, I'm frustrated. Sure it's clean, but it's a squat-toilet. I just can't deal with those things. It hurts my knees and I can't balance. I know people in ML China are more used to the squat and often prefer it. But I think this custom has to change. Eventually China has to make a massive shift from squats to sit down toilets.
 
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Aerodriver

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Roger604... I hear you and 100% agree, squat toilet are a complete pain in the ass.......actually a pain in the calf muscle, and knee area. I won't even start to talk about the smell in public toilets!!! I don't know how many times have i gone to McDonnalds just to use the toilet. Now squat toilets are something worth protesting about even in the Heavenly Gate Square!!!
P.S.Have you tried using a squat on the train(???) and the bar they provide you to hold on is always wet, which always makes me think it has piss on it!!
 
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curse

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I'm a highschool student in the US, lots of questions. I hear alot of people talk trash about China in school alot, I tend to defend it and Communism everytime just because noone else is.

One thing they say is "The Government kills babies" and crap, now I know the population is high and all, but I doubt this is true. I know you all heard this one time or another. So what does the government actually do about population control and family planning?

And how is life in communist China in general? Have you lived in any other countries to compare it to, particulary capitalist ran countries?
 
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T-U-P

The Punisher
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Azn boi said:
Hi I am wondering if you drink any water from any city does it cause diareea?Also I'm wondering like that the gov't have new laws for coal factories to have new rules to reduce the pollution. Does the coal companies obey the laws if they don't does the gov't does anything to make them do it.
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diarrhea? of course not, the water is not that dirty, especially after you boiled it. although i would not recommand drinking straight from the tab. just think, how would a city function if everyone's having diarrhea? (of course if someone's charging for washroom service then he's gonna make a lot of money)
as for coal companies, i doubt the CCP can do much about it, there're just too many little private unregistered ones. it's nearly impossible to get them all.

as for the toilets, i agree, those squat ones are bad. i had to warn one of my friends before he travelled to china.
 
PiSigma

PiSigma

"the engineer"
answer to curse:

china is only communist in name, everything else is pretty much capatalist. so the western education system where china is labelled communist is very false. most people here actually live in USA/Canada/Europe/Australia, so ya, we do have a good comparison between the west and china.

there are forced abortions in china if caught in the early stages, or if the parents decide to have the second child, then just face some big fines. but there are a lot of loopholes in the system. like rural families can have two kids if first is female, and if urban and both parents are only childs, they can have two kids. minorities can have more than one child.
 
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Aerodriver

New Member
Babies.
If you want a second baby you can pay a fine, if you know the right person, (like a judge), and get a "birth permission" you then need to pay money each month until the child is 18. (not everyone even if they can afford it can get this permission) Sometimes again if you are the right person or know the right person you can move to an area the government is encouraging people to settle and then the money per month is cancelled.
As PiSigma said, if your from an ethnic minority or some places in the country you can have two babies, especially if the first is a girl- also i heared if you parents are both single parents you can have two children or some strange rule. If they want to get round the family planning laws it they can marry a non-chinese national.
If you can not get birth permission the government will "persuade" you to visit the hospital for a termination, people do not generally refuse this "persuasion". I do not want to write anti government things so make your own conclusions about persuading people.
Water
DO NOT DRINK unless boiled. I can not remember the exact figure but its quite high (like 70%) of water is below international health (world health organisation) standards, hence why you boil it.
 
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netspider

New Member
curse said:
I'm a highschool student in the US, lots of questions. I hear alot of people talk trash about China in school alot, I tend to defend it and Communism everytime just because noone else is.

One thing they say is "The Government kills babies" and crap, now I know the population is high and all, but I doubt this is true. I know you all heard this one time or another. So what does the government actually do about population control and family planning?

And how is life in communist China in general? Have you lived in any other countries to compare it to, particulary capitalist ran countries?
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The "One baby per family" policy is strictly enforced in China. Couples are allowed to have one child only. If they have more, they will be fined. If they work for CCP or government in general, their positions will be revoked.

In cities, when a couple get married and want to have baby, they will have to go to some offices to get a kind of "licence" or "registration card". Through this way, how many children a couple already have can be tracked. If somehow the couple decide to have another child, some officials may come to their home to pursuade them to give it up.

These days, it is become quite difficult to enforce this policy, especially in rural area. One reason is because the massive flow of population. Many farmers leave their home to work in cities and they keep moving around, which makes it challenging for local officials to track.
 
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