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No reincarnation without the government's permission. This law seems so Ministry of Magic, don't you think?


You know, after hearing that a Chinese executive responsible for the lead toys killed himself recently in addition to sentencing a Chinese official to death for taking bribes to allow unsafe drugs on the market, I was starting to romanticize China a bit. I allowed myself to daydream how cool it would be if corporate execs and government officials who were responsible for the deaths of innocents would voluntarily take themselves out, or be put to death.

But hearing news that the Chinese government also imprisoned environmental activists and the recent reincarnation law (allowing the government to select the next Dalai Lama) has brought me back to my senses. I will no longer harbor such romantic notions of the powerful being punished for their egregious abuses of power.

Date: 2007-08-15 06:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] einai.livejournal.com
Heh. The executive who killed himself was from Hong Kong. His good friend from mainland China, who's the paint supplier (the problem was that the paint has too much lead), cheated him on the cheap paint. The Hong Kong guy didn't know about the paint but he felt that he's responsible. So yeah, China still sucks.

Date: 2007-08-15 07:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaktwos.livejournal.com
Indeed. :(

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