tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307350.post114943760480515206..comments2023-10-25T09:26:08.362-05:00Comments on raze the ladder: Markets in China and their victimsWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06912406198051338502noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307350.post-1150216015206277942006-06-13T11:26:00.000-05:002006-06-13T11:26:00.000-05:00go back to europe, shoe lover!go back to europe, shoe lover!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313221618619430392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307350.post-1150206352449513212006-06-13T08:45:00.000-05:002006-06-13T08:45:00.000-05:00Who wears shoes IN THE HOUSE? Talk about cultural ...Who wears shoes IN THE HOUSE? Talk about cultural bias, Chris... You silly Americans and your shoes, I swear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307350.post-1149734978003064022006-06-07T21:49:00.000-05:002006-06-07T21:49:00.000-05:00One thing that i wonder - are there marxists in ch...One thing that i wonder - are there marxists in china that reject the party line? i assumed that some labor organizers are probably leftists/marxists, and i know they're pretty severely repressed.<BR/><BR/>yeah, that deal-breakers article is pretty funny. interesting question for me that was (conspicuously) avoided: is vegetarianism a deal breaker? also, is there a sliding scale of deal breaking based on level of involvement? like, if you wouldn't have a relationship with a center-democrat, would you make out with them at a party? i think we need to turn this one into a survey that we send to all our friends by e-mail.<BR/><BR/>and what's up with the shoe one? it should be "your date is wierded out cause you want to take your shoes off..." who wears shoes in the house anyway?! that's totally culturally biased anyway.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313221618619430392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307350.post-1149654966032305762006-06-06T23:36:00.000-05:002006-06-06T23:36:00.000-05:00i’m not sure i agree with you that chinese workers...i’m not sure i agree with you that chinese workers/migrant laborers/etc. don’t connect their local grievances to larger structural problems. i mean, sure the ny times will publish any quotes that help push their property rights/free market=panacea agenda. i’m just hesitant to draw conclusions about the ideological nature of the protests when only viewed through the lenses of the chinese and us mainstream media (and our 2 chinese friends). <BR/><BR/>stephen glain recently wrote in the nation about the increasing number of protests in liaoning:<BR/><BR/>Li Zi Zhong lost his job at the Shenyang City Metal Works after it was privatized in 1998. "It used to be you had guaranteed employment, but no longer," says the 54-year-old Li, who gets by with the help of his daughter, who earns about 700 yuan ($87.50) a month selling art and calligraphy from a tiny stall in Shenyang. "The lower class is suffering due to these free-market changes." http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060501/glain<BR/><BR/>sounds like a structural critique to me…not a particularly comprehensive critique, but he’s also not like “i’m out of work b/c the local officials are greedy”<BR/><BR/>also, after reading “dealbreakers for radicals”- omg, i’m not allowed to like hotel rooms? what if the workers are unionized but just, you know, exploited? are you going to break up with me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307350.post-1149547232738429922006-06-05T17:40:00.000-05:002006-06-05T17:40:00.000-05:00Well, to make the reasons a little less unknown:-1...Well, to make the reasons a little less unknown:<BR/>-<BR/>1) We couldn't think of a title and had done the layout by the time you suggested one.<BR/>2) The full title is "State power, the market and oppression: a look at barriers to social justice in modern China"<BR/>3) The second part of the title didn't go online, for unknown reasons<BR/>4) On the layout, the state power, market and oppression part is really big because it is crushing people. Although this may not have turned out very well. Close enough.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for submitting though. There's a little blurb on the table of contents about you and Joe. Aww..<BR/><BR/>See you in a couple months.<BR/><BR/>!<BR/><BR/>Kylekylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00467917817801365087noreply@blogger.com