tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post8172120048296653619..comments2023-10-28T18:12:33.101+07:00Comments on The Opinionated Diner: There are more questions than answers....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-43603607515379539182008-04-28T10:07:00.000+07:002008-04-28T10:07:00.000+07:00Damn, I was kind of hoping you'd answer 'free heal...Damn, I was kind of hoping you'd answer 'free health care';).Main thing that has concerned me, is the pay in advance system, which isn't so conducive to receiving medical attention if you're lying unconscious on the pavement....blogrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266745511776012262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-37838700420082286732008-04-28T09:58:00.000+07:002008-04-28T09:58:00.000+07:00I don't know exactly what or how much, he wasn't s...I don't know exactly what or how much, he wasn't specificSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-4689419371008486112008-04-28T09:52:00.000+07:002008-04-28T09:52:00.000+07:00Token payment towards what?Token payment towards what?blogrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266745511776012262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-9533493942179610602008-04-22T06:52:00.000+07:002008-04-22T06:52:00.000+07:00Hi Chris, My comment about free healthcare came af...Hi Chris, My comment about free healthcare came after talking to the young guy at the Sun Yat Sen Centre who said that, in Guangzhao at least, such is available, or a least a token payment is made. From what I understand thing vary greatly from province to province.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-64152252608115396642008-04-22T00:25:00.000+07:002008-04-22T00:25:00.000+07:00"coupled with free healthcare" - wasn't clear if y..."coupled with free healthcare" - wasn't clear if you meant China, or the western countries, but to clarify. Healthcare isn't free. It's pay in advance.blogrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266745511776012262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-16586080210142765932008-04-12T20:25:00.000+07:002008-04-12T20:25:00.000+07:00thing with china is, nobody really knows what's ha...thing with china is, nobody really knows what's happening. it's a problem of scale and censorship.<BR/><BR/>i am sure it was the same with the new order, silent (or buried) evidence is hard to find, but doesn't make it less important.<BR/><BR/>hu jia, a recently jailed human rights activist, said something to that affect about china. and it's an important thing to keep in mind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523641844919145486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-14165378928067809632008-04-11T13:03:00.000+07:002008-04-11T13:03:00.000+07:00Thanks for this, Simon.The official censorship and...Thanks for this, Simon.<BR/><BR/>The official censorship and security practices seem fairly awful, but I get the feeling that China has become a quick and easy scapegoat for the Western world at the moment -- it's a game everyone can play. The comparisons to apartheid South Africa really do my head in.Russell Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272870489640380269noreply@blogger.com