Life and Travel in China

The Chinese have been accustomed to obedience for over 50 years. For years they built a new, wonderful China, they believed in the communist revolution, Mao's slogans. They lived in suffering, subjected themselves to self-criticism, agreed with the party's program, and in fact, politics was their religion. They sacrificed their own families for the "good" of Chinese communism. So today, if someone talks about freedom and democracy in the Middle Kingdom, they probably simply don't know the mentality of these people. It will be hundreds of years before this nation rises from its knees and rebels.

Today, quite by accident, I came across our class's profile, which contained the main photo of me, my model! I don't know this person, fictitious account, with a Chinese name. As you can see, people don't care about copyright and the rights to use someone's image. If only someone would take the trouble to ask me for permission? Or explained why? I immediately warn other visitors to this website that I will not tolerate unlawful taking of photos! Just ask - I usually agree to private use when everything is clear. Commercial use without any benefit for me - I tend not to agree to it. There are photo banks where you can buy my works. I expect some respect. And because of such situations, I will never publish larger photos here.

Yesterday I was riding a bicycle. On the main street I was rushing between cars because there was a terrible traffic jam, four lanes and everything was crowded. After two kilometers, it turned out that a suicide bomber had blocked half of the street. The guest climbed onto a steel platform with information boards, about 4 meters above the road. The firefighters stopped traffic and deployed the airbag, but it's a pity that when I passed it, it wasn't even inflated. Maybe they thought it was better not to inflate, because the guy won't kill himself from this height, and if he breaks, he will learn a lesson. This was the second time I saw a similar situation. It looks like there will be more and more such suicide attempts (like in Japan)?! The Chinese once had the god Mao in their hearts, but in the 1980s this god was replaced by money. We have a crisis now, no money, no good job, no meaning to live. Spiritually, the Chinese are really poor. Whenever they are abroad for a longer period of time, they admire our churches and quickly try to get baptized (I know such a case personally). Others treat faith as a fashion, it is appropriate to believe in something. Others are left with money, and still others are content with the still-living cult of Mao.

I liked the (how stupid) golden idea of a certain Chinese president (I'm sure you can guess who he is). I don't want to write this name because they will block my website in China. Well, this famous and wise (in other words, wise) leader once said: "The more books a person reads, the stupider he is." Deep thought. It is worth mentioning that this leader did not read many books himself, but he loved writing various nonsense and brainwashing all Chinese people. If it had never existed, I wonder what China would be like? Certainly better.

Recently, our friends from a provincial town visited Shenzhen. They came with their daughter (about 4 years old) and niece (8 years old). Their daughter was behaving like an "animal" in the restaurant. She climbed under the table, screamed, grabbed people's shoes, jumped, knocked, and simply went crazy without any attention from her parents. My niece was much calmer and even spoke a lot of English, she wasn't too pushy (children sometimes get too excited when they see a foreigner), and she just talked to me, quite seriously, it turned out that she was a top student in English. When her urchin daughter's behavior exceeded certain limits, her mother drew her attention. Her father said they were raising her "in the Western way." Interesting? This would mean that in the West (that is, in Poland too) children are raised indifferently, without any interest, without stress (as it was put in a certain comedy). Apparently, the Chinese assume that if a child is spoiled, it can be attributed to the Western lifestyle, and that's great because it is worldly!