Check this wild shit out....

[lilithstarr]

Originally Posted by MitsyMayhem

That's because America as a country thinks it needs to go out and 'do things'. You know what's funny?
Almost everyone hates us the more we do.

I agree. Perhaps we need to stop "doing" things. We need to really start looking after ourselves. We don't need the economy to get any worse then it is.

[lilithstarr]

Dubai does look incredible. Perhaps it's wrong to say, but I'm actually afraid to visit. My boyfriend wants to go.

[Tam Li Hua]

Originally Posted by PortraitOfSanity

You don't see half of what goes on in China when you visit Shanghai or Beijing. Try going out to the country where people die in masses in the coal mines, as one example.

Yeah, no kidding; they're both like a completely different country.

But I didn't live in either one of those places. I lived in a 'small' Chinese city called Shi Yan, in Hubei province. It was much more 'real' China. And I visited the country and the villages out there several times. When we would go to the orphanage every week during my first year, we had to walk through one of these smaller village communities. An experience you never forget, I'm tellin' ya.

Anyways, like I've already said about 3 times, I never said their system couldn't use work. I just said it's not quite the disaster everyone here seems to think it is. More and more of the population are leaving the villages in favor of living in the cities, and the quality of life there -is- on the rise.

But hey, why take my word for it? Feel free to go to China and see for yourselves.

[Tam Li Hua]

Originally Posted by metum_capere

what happens in china, stays in china... however this arguement has nothing to do with the topic of dubai abusing chinese workers, and giving them pennies a day. the point is not what happens in china, but to those who emigrate to another land in hopes of a better life, only to be forced to work extremely long hours, earn barely any pay and be forced to live in a tent alongside the road outside of town (so the rich tourists don't see this eyesore). Dubai has recently addressed the human rights issue by building barracks for its chinese slaves.
again, rather than flame someone for trying to explain the situation to you, please try to educate yourself on the matter.

I'm not flaming anyone. Like I said, I'm just explaining things as I see them.

Dubai may very well be guilty of doing such things, but I would rather read a news article on it or see some pictures than just take someone's word for it. :/

If anyone has something more substantial than a random opinion, that would be -greatly- helpful.