Life and Travel in China

Today, Google and Gmail, Google Maps, etc. were blocked. It may be some technical problems in this area, but generally it is related to blocking the Internet, because when I hide the IP, Google works without any problems. On July 1, Chinese netizens organize a protest. New computers with Green Dam software are being sold in the Middle Kingdom, it is supposed to block pornography, but it is also supposed to control the actions of the computer user. Maybe it's a network to capture addresses and block subsequent access? I just wonder how Internet users will mobilize themselves? Will they send each other emails with information? After all, it can also be blocked, and the most active Internet boycotters may end up in arrest!

It turns out that Google.com has been blocked for good - Google.cn still works because it is probably 100% censored. Apparently they said something on TV about Google promoting erotic content. Today, many people no longer have access to Google and Gmail. You can't just give people a bit of freedom and then take it away. Today you have Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, but tomorrow you don't. The government will get into trouble with such games of privileges and their lack.

Green tea-flavored toothpastes are popular in China. Today I even got the flavor of chrysanthemums and tea, a beautiful combination. I'm thinking, maybe this is some kind of nod to Chairman Mao, who never brushed his teeth but only rinsed them with green tea? Only health...

Michael Jacskon has never performed a concert in China, however he has been to mainland China. In 1987, while on vacation in Hong Kong, he crossed the border and visited the town of Zhongshan, the villages of Yongmo and Cuiheng. He also visited Sun Yat-Sen's residence and school. Apparently Michael was aware of who the real smart politicians were in China. I also had the opportunity to visit this city and the Sun Yat-Sen monument, but I have no idea why Jackson chose this place. Even though he never had a concert here, he was very popular. For many young Chinese, the 1990s marked a thaw and contact with Western culture, and Jackson's music and music videos were the first Western songs to appear on Chinese television. He became a symbol of pop music, dance, madness... he was a real idol in the Middle Kingdom. To this day, many Chinese people have 90's Jackson style hairstyles, I'm not kidding! I think his appearance influenced their fashion. White socks + black loafers, tight jackets, tight pants are still popular here... He was a symbol of someone who is cool, is from America, is a singer and an excellent dancer, he is simply a perfect idol in China!

Just a month ago, the Chinese (Han) admired Uyghur dance performances during the Cultural Fair in Shenzhen... and now in the capital of XinJiang province, both nations are fighting each other. The riots began with the mysterious death of a Uighur in southern China, with people demanding justice and explanations. This is, of course, only one reason. Mostly, though, it's probably about mutual hatred. XinJiang is a completely different culture, religion - Islam, different language, different spelling, these people even have different names than typical Chinese. Of course, the version of the Chinese media is that it is about riots provoked from abroad by the World Uyghur Congress. It was the XinJiang people who started the attacks and tried to take revenge on the Han. From what I heard in the Polish media - today the Hans tried to take revenge on the Uighurs. I don't know what the truth is, but this confusion will definitely hurt China again (just like the fighting in Tibet). It is possible that the Uyghurs simply attacked the Han in a fit of hatred that was intensified by an outsider. By default, however, the world and all media will always be against China. It's hard to say who is right here, but still, someone killed 156 people. In China, these are just numbers, without much meaning as usual!