Think for a moment about this chart and wonder as to effect that unemployment may have on young people.
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Youth Unemployment in Europe - Will there be Social Consequences?
by fulltimestudent inthink for a moment about this chart and wonder as to effect that unemployment may have on young people.. .
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The end of a Chinese 'nail' house
by fulltimestudent indisputes between residents of resumed property in china, often become dramatic, as in these two cases.. .
these problems are not unique to china, but can arise in any society when the community (government) wants to use the land on which a house stands for somethings different (e.g.
a new school, roads, railways, etc).
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Magnum: Thanks, interesting. Actually, I thought the Chinese government would just forcefully confiscate the land and make a small reimbursement. It seems that the U.S. government is tougher than the Chinese in this area.
In China, land is (usually) owned either by the state or the village as a group ( a collective). What is sold is the right to use the land. That system is not unique to China, in Australia, that's the system in use in the capital city, Canberra, but not elsewhere
The village collective system is the most interesting to me (as an interested observer of the social changes in China). In south China, in the very large city of Guangzhou (once called Canton), the city has expanded over village owned agricultural land, The village collective still owns the land, but the system has enabled these formerly (relatively) 'poor' peasants to become very, very wealthy.
In the west this system is often called 'leasehold.' In the Chinese version, the length of the lease is subject to the use to which the land is to be put.
Purpose Years of Grant Land for residential purposes 70 years Land for industrial purposes 50 years Land for purposes of educational, scientific and technological, cultural, health care or sports 50 years Land for commercial, tourism or recreational purposes 40 years Land for combined usage or other purposes 50 years So if you buy a dwelling from a previous owner, you may actually 'own' the use of the property for less than the original 70 years, which of course must affect the price.
The above is a rather simplistic overview. The system is still evolving, as all tenure systems do, and difficult situations arise sometimes, as in the following instance. (Obviously the situation is more complicated than the FT video allows.)
I feel some sympathy for the situation of this woman and her family.
The family bought the house (in Beijing) during the last years of the Imperial Qing dynasty (which ended in 1912).
Then came the official Republic of China, whose authority did not extend far from Beijing- most of the country was ruled by the so-called war-lords (local dictators). Then, from 1937 to 1945, there was a Japanese ruled authority. In 1945 the Republic of China ruled during the civil war, until 1949, when the Communist dominated Popular Front won control of North China and Beijing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc_fGteRF0k
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The end of a Chinese 'nail' house
by fulltimestudent indisputes between residents of resumed property in china, often become dramatic, as in these two cases.. .
these problems are not unique to china, but can arise in any society when the community (government) wants to use the land on which a house stands for somethings different (e.g.
a new school, roads, railways, etc).
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And sometimes the main part of a project is completed as the dispute drags on, as in the case below in Changsha, Hunan province, where failure to settle impacts the completion of a public square in front of the new shopping centre.
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The end of a Chinese 'nail' house
by fulltimestudent indisputes between residents of resumed property in china, often become dramatic, as in these two cases.. .
these problems are not unique to china, but can arise in any society when the community (government) wants to use the land on which a house stands for somethings different (e.g.
a new school, roads, railways, etc).
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Disputes between residents of resumed property in China, often become dramatic, as in these two cases.
These problems are not unique to China, but can arise in any society when the community (government) wants to use the land on which a house stands for somethings different (e.g. A new school, roads, railways, etc). In China, as elsewhere, most people settle sooner rather than later with the government, but in China some refuse to settle, and the dispute goes on for much longer periods of time. The usual result is as pictured, the project goes ahead anyway and the property of the people who have refused to settle is left sticking up like a nail in a piece of wood.
Its not always a building, in the image below, a family refused to have the tomb of a relative re-located.
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Have Anglosphere (USA+UK) sanctions against Russia failed?
by fulltimestudent inits fair to say that western sanctions have hurt the russian economy and made life a little more difficult for ordinary russian families, but as far as causing a political/economic collapse of russia - there is not much evidence that the sanctions are causing grief in russia.. and when you examine 'deals' that russia has made since the sanctions were authorised, it may be that russia is ahead of the game.. it can be suggested that sanctions are a very weak tool.
famously, sanctions have not worked against china (back in mao's time), cuba or north korea.
they weakened iraq, but caused the 2nd world economy then operating, and helped push iraq back into anarchy.
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Another deal that seems likely to come to reality:
http://atimes.com/2015/07/russia-may-build-india-new-super-advanced-submarine/
“Several sources related to the project that ET spoke with confirmed that talks on leasing a new submarine under the ‘Chakra 3′ project are in advanced stages and that the issue will be discussed during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Russia this week,” the report said. ...
As Kyle Mizokami has observed on The National Interest: “The Yasen class is one of the most advanced submarines in the world. The class reportedly has a crew of only ninety, implying a high level of automation. A 200MW nuclear reactor is thought to power the submarine to a maximum speed of 35 to 40 knots, with a ‘quiet operating speed’ of 20 knots.” ... -
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I think it's saying, "Buy Japanese" ...
by fulltimestudent inor, maybe it's being promoted as the next big thing to replace manga.
sent to me by a university lecturer of my acquaintance.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=260&v=m8-vje-bq9c.
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LisaRose : Yikes! I have a Vietnamese American friend who is in Japan with her husband for six months, he is on a student Visa. She says it's much like you expect from Anime and this kind of thing, everything is so cute and tiny and adorable.
Lisa, that's a perfect description of some things the Japanese call 'netsuke,' which were little button like things used to attach items to clothing, they were often exquisitely ornamental. Do a search and see what you think. Because of that the the points you're friends have observed it's often thought that the Japanese have a knack for making things small and beautiful.
ron rawson: I dunno....almost pedophilic (is that a word?)....at about 3:20 the banner on the bottom of the screen says "love us from top to bottom". Maybe selling Japans version of the worlds oldest profession thru this weird, disturbing video. Cute kids , but man-o-man this is twisted....or maybe it's me. Either way I don't care for it.
Then again, I'm not 25 anymore.Interesting observation Ron, and thnx for discussing your feelings. I think Japanese (in particular) and East Asian (generally) attitudes to sex do push the boundaries for Americans (in particular) and the Anglosphere (in general).
However, having some experience (after six years of studying Asia) in Japanese cultural attitudes, I do NOT think that there is a specific sexual intent in the video. While the girls may look young, I'd be surprised if they were say 15, much more likely they are around 20. East Asians often look much younger than they are.
And yes, 'pedophilic' does seem to be a word, at least in some usages. But the problem is that there is no universal standard for pedophilia. In the USA, the age of consent is now 18, in 19th century Vermont the age for marriage for a girl was supposed to have been 7.
IF an adult in the USA has sex with a 17 year old partner, its a crime, but here in Australia its not, because the age of consent is 16. Go back a hundred years or so, and the age for getting married was often around 13-14.
So you may be surprised to know that the age of consent in Japan is 13, nationally, though in many provinces, there are additional laws that govern age of consent.
The other cultural factor, is that we are acculturated by Christian attitudes. Galations 5:17 sums it up for us:
"For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do what ever you want."
So sexual discussions and off-key sights often make us feel uncomfortable, but the Japanese have little in their own unique culture that makes them feel uncomfortable over sexual matters. I'm not trying to say that in East Asia/Japan its a sexual free-for-all. Its not like that at all. Its just that they are much more comfortable about sex than we are likely to be.
I think you may have put your finger on the real difference, when you said that you were not 25 anymore (nor am I anymore!). When we were young, silly things were more attractive.
I see this video in much the same classification as a Chinese video I posted some time back. Called 'Little Apple" it takes a swipe at the Bible story of the Apple, at the importation of western attitudes and sexual attitudes generally. For some reason it caught the Chinese imagination and song and dance groups all over China were singing and dancing (public dance groups are very common) 'Little Apple,' everywhere, so just a bit of silly fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d59boCs31uM
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I think it's saying, "Buy Japanese" ...
by fulltimestudent inor, maybe it's being promoted as the next big thing to replace manga.
sent to me by a university lecturer of my acquaintance.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=260&v=m8-vje-bq9c.
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Or, maybe it's being promoted as the next big thing to replace Manga. Sent to me by a University lecturer of my acquaintance.
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On another forum, discussing this same problem, someone put together this table of (taxpayers?) money paid out to save American and other financial institutions.
While acknowledging the importance of 'banks' in providing credit and capital, it seems that the Greeks may not be as important as some other people on this planet.
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PS: This is not my ownwork, its someone elses, and I have not attempted to verify the amounts of money listed.
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Chinese Bikies
by fulltimestudent indid you know that china has bikies, too?.
a group (should i say "gang" - grin) of 23 chinese bikies, taken yesterday in beijing, at the start of a 3600 km road trip to lake baikal in siberia.
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Did you know that China has bikies, too?
A group (should I say "gang" - grin) of 23 Chinese bikies, taken yesterday in Beijing, at the start of a 3600 km road trip to Lake Baikal in Siberia.
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JW's came to my door 6 weeks ago. I told them I was inactive.......
by Alchemist in6 weeks ago some jws came to my door.
i've been inactive for 8 years.
after they gave their presentation i told them i was inactive.
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LisaRose: " but from what I have read there is a great deal of apathy on the part of JWs these days. People do the bare minimum of door to door work and no one has time or the will to devote to others in the congregation ..."
Smile!
A generation (in human terms) is often counted as 25 years. But even if we counted it as 40 years, we see that there have been three generations, since old Charlie Russell started pounding the ears of humankind with a message of urgency.
Proverbs 13:12 noting how humans react to that says:
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. (NIV)
So for three generations, at least, the hopes of those preaching, have been deferred. There has been no fulfillment of the promises of the Bible as preached by Charlie Russell, Joey Rutherford, Nathan Knorr/Freddy Franz or the current lot of Bible gabblers. No wonder they are apathetic.
It was just the same in the early church. They believed that the end was close, as the author of Luke wrote:
"Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened." (Luke21:32 NIV).
So after the first generation of Christians had died off, gradually the same sort of apathy set in and problems started to arise within the church. Today, I think we can predict, many will also turn to other interests.
Another XJW that I was speaking to recently, told me of his two adult children (who are still in), and with teenage kids of their own. In one family the two children train at athletics every morning. Another is involved in ballet with many classes. The "truth" is no longer their only interest. Most interesting is the fact that in the case of those two third generation families, the elders in their congregation say nothing about those extra-curricular interests.
Clearly, their paradise is right here, in the here and now.
