Comments on: China: The Vagrants behind the Wall http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:05:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Uncle B http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1579554 Uncle B Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:43:34 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/#comment-1579554 Sadly, mans inhumanity to man shows even in America, it has tent villages springing up, people riding trains illegally, Hoovervilles, soup kitchens and many folks who have lost all hope and behave badly in society! Can social assistance prevent their misery? Can we force them to take it? Not likely! It is not part of human nature is it! best we can do: feed them bathe them give them work if they can do it, and give them a place to survive, even if they prefer a place on the street! Police them well to protect them and always remember, they are a part of us, and we may become them at any given moment! It is a mental quirk, a genetic thing? or psychological? Who knows, It is certainly a universally human thing. Show care! Sadly, mans inhumanity to man shows even in America, it has tent villages springing up, people riding trains illegally, Hoovervilles, soup kitchens and many folks who have lost all hope and behave badly in society! Can social assistance prevent their misery? Can we force them to take it? Not likely! It is not part of human nature is it! best we can do: feed them bathe them give them work if they can do it, and give them a place to survive, even if they prefer a place on the street! Police them well to protect them and always remember, they are a part of us, and we may become them at any given moment! It is a mental quirk, a genetic thing? or psychological? Who knows, It is certainly a universally human thing. Show care!

]]> By: Global Voices in Italiano » Cina/Olimpiadi: le finzioni della cerimonia inaugurale http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1501117 Global Voices in Italiano » Cina/Olimpiadi: le finzioni della cerimonia inaugurale Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:49:23 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/#comment-1501117 [...] armonizzata, abbellita: proprio mentre tutti sembrano appassionarsi a questi Giochi, arriva la notizia della [...] [...] armonizzata, abbellita: proprio mentre tutti sembrano appassionarsi a questi Giochi, arriva la notizia della [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » China: Faking the Olympic opening ceremony, at what expense? http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1500288 Global Voices Online » China: Faking the Olympic opening ceremony, at what expense? Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:52:17 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/#comment-1500288 [...] harmonized, prettified, just when everyone seems so into the Games, out comes the news that two of the highlights of the [...] [...] harmonized, prettified, just when everyone seems so into the Games, out comes the news that two of the highlights of the [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » China: Olympic outhouses catch on fire, explode http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1471294 Global Voices Online » China: Olympic outhouses catch on fire, explode Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:47:57 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/#comment-1471294 [...] Laohu ‘Tiger Temple' Miao, who spent months earlier this year blogging the stories of destitute Beijing residents whose makeshift homes were harmonized to make way for the Olympics brings us a post today about a [...] [...] Laohu ‘Tiger Temple' Miao, who spent months earlier this year blogging the stories of destitute Beijing residents whose makeshift homes were harmonized to make way for the Olympics brings us a post today about a [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » China: Wen Jiabao’s neighbors forcefully evicted http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1390835 Global Voices Online » China: Wen Jiabao’s neighbors forcefully evicted Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:58:21 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/#comment-1390835 [...] Temple” Miao has over the past two months taken on the part-time job of social worker for a group of homeless and destitute senior citizens living behind a temporary roadside wall just opposite Tiananmen Square, collecting donations and [...] [...] Temple” Miao has over the past two months taken on the part-time job of social worker for a group of homeless and destitute senior citizens living behind a temporary roadside wall just opposite Tiananmen Square, collecting donations and [...]

]]> By: yangtung http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1376712 yangtung Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:14:11 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/#comment-1376712 There is always the poor who will go to the Urban cities to look for jobs. No work, no money and no shelter, where will they stay?..these incidents will happen in developing states. What can be done? Nothing except the NGO and other chatitable organisations come in. The government have a lot of problem at hand.The poor must also play a part. Highlighting such state of poorness does not help the situation...do something yourself. There is always the poor who will go to the Urban cities to look for jobs. No work, no money and no shelter, where will they stay?..these incidents will happen in developing states. What can be done? Nothing except the NGO and other chatitable organisations come in. The government have a lot of problem at hand.The poor must also play a part. Highlighting such state of poorness does not help the situation…do something yourself.

]]> By: Chris Crook http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1373173 Chris Crook Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:19:47 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/#comment-1373173 I went down to the hutong area today to see if I could take some snapshots with my digital camera. It was a very eerie experience, almost like walking through a ghostown. There were a lot of eviction notices, notices for missing people, and lots of padlocked doors. Despite the best efforts of the Chinese bloggers, you'll see that there are still some people living there (my girlfriend told me that there was someone sleeping in one the little cubicles as I was taking photos). English translations of the various signs are welcome, as are any other comments. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zombie_chris/sets/72157603829318557/ I went down to the hutong area today to see if I could take some snapshots with my digital camera. It was a very eerie experience, almost like walking through a ghostown. There were a lot of eviction notices, notices for missing people, and lots of padlocked doors. Despite the best efforts of the Chinese bloggers, you’ll see that there are still some people living there (my girlfriend told me that there was someone sleeping in one the little cubicles as I was taking photos).

English translations of the various signs are welcome, as are any other comments.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zombie_chris/sets/72157603829318557/

]]> By: Civic China » Seeing the Beijing Olympics as an Opportunity http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1369131 Civic China » Seeing the Beijing Olympics as an Opportunity Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:17:39 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/#comment-1369131 [...] Fact is that while Beijing is being prettified to be the highest honor and dream of the whole country, there is another totally di... [...] [...] Fact is that while Beijing is being prettified to be the highest honor and dream of the whole country, there is another totally di… [...]

]]> By: China’s darker side | Antony Loewenstein http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1368616 China’s darker side | Antony Loewenstein Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:52:46 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/19/china-the-vagrants-behind-the-wall/#comment-1368616 [...] regime can’t suddenly disappear beggars from central Beijing and local bloggers are revealing the extent of the [...] [...] regime can’t suddenly disappear beggars from central Beijing and local bloggers are revealing the extent of the [...]

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