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Posts tagged with "china"

China Earthquake / tremblement de terre au Sichuan

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Le 12 mai, en Chine, un tremblement de terre d’une magnitude de 7,8 a secoué la province du Sichuan.

Les médias relaient l'évènement, c'est très, très impressionnant. Et le bilan humain est très lourd.

Ca se passe à la TV pour vous, c'est à côté de là où j'habite; et nous y étions l'année dernière, Waiyim et moi, le temps d'une semaine de cours à Chengdu. Nous avons des amis là-bas. Voir mes 4 pages de newsletter à ce sujet

Pour les anglophones, je recommande vivement le blog de OLE, terriblement instructif en la matière environmentale.

English version:
2008 Wenchuan earthquake occurs in Sichuan, China

It's not just on TV, it's the country I'm living in. We were there in Chengdu. last year with Waiyim, there's people we know there. See my newsletter about this trip here (in french, 4 pages to go).

For all english-readers, I highly recommand OLE's blog about all environnment, climate and geological infos.

UPDATE : impressive pictures on this french blog, start from here

child at work3 / travail des enfants 3

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english translation:
what are you doing?
Uh? Well I'm working?

No, stop. It's bad. Take this money and go back home.
Err.. Thanks?

Shame on those countries who send children to work. Fortunately, we stop up to enforce the children's rights.

Stop. Where are you going now?
I go back to work. We are short of money.

No way. Children at work is bad. Thou shall not work for money.
But my parents already work as much as they can and we have no money anymore.

I said no way. Children shall not work. You shall be at school now.
I' off from school. School's over now. That's why I'm going to work for money.

No. Children shall not work for money. It's bad. Go home now.

Children shall not work. It's a shame. We'll prevail children's work in any case.

and we... What? Again?
I want to help my parents!

I won't let you do. I will protect you against all.
What? Leave me alone!

You don't realize. Children's work is evil. I know it!
What do YOU know about my life?

I'm not pretending there's no exploited children in China or elsewhere; but I want to talk about MY experience now.
Well yeah... well no... well I...

to be continued...

children at work 2 / travail des enfants 2

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English translation"
...suppose a regular chinese boy.
He is not poor, otherwise, you'll immediately think of a so-called poor communist-opressed chinese.
His family has a few troubles to make ends meet, as the thousands of same families you have in your « richs » countries but you don't want to see or to show.
He works at home, after school, he builds, let's say, red blinking gadgets for a quite low salary (for your westerns criterias). Suddently comes mister or miss "Oh my God, all those working children, Iit's a shame, I HAVE to do something, my, my..."

children at work / travail des enfants 1

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*ma newsletter à ce sujet ici(3 pages à lire)

english translation:
I've just heard on radio that western's associations recommand to boycott toys and gadgets made in china for the coming olympic games.
Ah?

Yes, because they're made by children.
Oh, so I guess they're right then.

But ALL toys of ALL olympic games or world cups have ALWAYS been made by chinese children!
So what?

So what? So this time, it's boycott because chinese are going to get the money and not the westerners!
Aren't you exaggerating a bit?

But can't you see? Every time China's involved, "it's evil". But when western countries are involved, nobody's talking!
Err...

Remember your childhood's toys? I made them!
Well, I guess...
(*(read my newsletter about it, 3 pages to read, in french)

Was there any poor exploited child's scandal then?
Well, yes, I can remember a little bit about it.

Yeah., well, now, people are screaming as if chinese invented the worst thing on earth ever!
It's not reallyharmless don't you think?

wait, did you EVER ask yourself why children are working?
Err...
(to be continued...)

Hong Kong newsletters

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Added: a newsletter gallery.
I'm leaving my website, so I transfered my newsletters on a photo album:
http://my.opera.com/pfelelep/albums/show.dml?id=247009

They are written in french, but, at last, you can look at the pics...

en français:
Comme je vais prgressivement abandonner mon site web, j'ai rajouté un album photo NEWSLETTERS:
http://my.opera.com/pfelelep/albums/show.dml?id=247009

the end of the world continue / la fin du monde continue

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There's also a video you shall not miss.

and listen to the voice and the end of the movie: it's again the Bus Oncle...
As I told you, this man is now a symbol...





Ne loupez pas non plus cette petite vidéo:

et écoutez la voix à la fin du film: c'est ENCORE l'oncle du Bus.
quand je disais que ce type est devenu un symbole.


NOTE: if you cannot play the video (?), here's the youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM2seNeU19A
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