it’s the end of the world as we know it …
… and i feel fine
Back in America, when I first told people I was moving to China, some immediately expressed concern for my safety. Communism equals crises in the minds of most Americans, who still have an antiquated Cultural Revolution image of the country. Before I left, one of my former co-workers advised me to call the same person back home at the same time every week. That way, if one week I failed to make that call, my family would know something was wrong — they could call the American government and put into motion the process that would lead to my safe removal from the country. I never took her advice. And now, as my dear nation is in the throes of war, I find it strange that I feel much safer here in communist China than I would in nearly any city in America.
03.31.2003, 11:31 PM · Observations, Politics · Comments (5)
or do i? (cough, cough)
Um yeah, well there’s that SARS bug going around over here. Just over a week ago, I asked one of my Shanghainese friends about it … and he had never heard of it. Ah yes, that good ol’ state-run media. Never let a worldwide epidemic get in the way of a story that promotes party politics.
But who will be laughing when the entire readership is dead? Well, no one, I would assume.
03.31.2003, 11:28 PM · Observations, Politics · Comments (2)