"CLAD in a blue China Telecom jacket proclaiming We protect the nations
cables, Hao Dawei sets off at sunrise from his parents mudbrick home in
Shanying to ride his motorcycle along the route of his state-owned
companys main cable to Beijing, 300 miles to the west.
On the road to Huairen he finds 100 workers digging a trench right on top
of the China Telecom line. He jumps off his bike. Stop immediately, he
shouts. You'll cut our cable. The gang glare at him. Hao Dawei knows the
type. They work for one of the many rival telecom companies who are laying
their own cables. He calls for backup, but the five colleagues who arrive
within minutes are no match for the workers. Soon 20 of them are beating
the 26-year-old patrol rider as a crouches in the grass. His colleagues
flee and he ends up in hospital having stitches in his head."
Recall that this is a place where 'Freedom of Information' is a semi
non-concept. Reporters quote the party line. Newspapers praise
prison as a learning experience.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2002/May/33528.htm
"Qungdag found the outside world entirely different when he walked out of
the Prison of Tibet Autonomous Region after serving his 8-year term
there...Qungdag opened a teahouse in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous
Region. Business soon boomed. "I built up experience in business
management when I served as a member of the prison catering management
committee. And it worked in running the teahouse...I benefited a lot from
the skills and managerial experience I learned in prison...""
Who needs a college degree or certs? That's a non-issue, just go to
prison, become "educated" and get "skills and managerial experience"
Dilbert would luv it...
Maybe this backs up the basis of the article that was so well timed...
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2002/May/33524.htm
"Only by strengthening government supervision in a competitive and open
market can a sound development of the information industry be
guaranteed...developing countries should establish a centralized,
independent, authoritative and efficient regulatory system, and formulate
telecommunication laws and regulations as well as regulatory policies in
line with national conditions...the 'game' cannot continue properly
without rules..."
This is from "China's top telecommunications industry official...Minister
of the Information Industry Wu Jichuan...[at the]...5th APEC (Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation) Ministerial Meeting of the Telecommunication and
Information Industry..."
A side question is: Can WE 'play the game' properly without governmental
supervision? This is not a troll. It's just an observation and a sort of
rhetorical question...
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2002/May/33528.htm "Qungdag found
the outside world entirely different when he walked out of the
Prison of Tibet Autonomous Region after serving his 8-year term
there...Qungdag opened a teahouse in Lhasa, capital of Tibet
Autonomous Region. Business soon boomed. "I built up experience
in business management when I served as a member of the prison
catering management committee. And it worked in running the
teahouse...I benefited a lot from the skills and managerial
experience I learned in prison...""
Who needs a college degree or certs? That's a non-issue, just go
to prison, become "educated" and get "skills and managerial
experience" Dilbert would luv it...
as i live in a country notorious for having more people in prison
than in tertiary education, i find this hopeful indeed.
type. They work for one of the many rival telecom companies who are laying
their own cables. He calls for backup, but the five colleagues who arrive
within minutes are no match for the workers. Soon 20 of them are beating
the 26-year-old patrol rider as a crouches in the grass. His colleagues
flee and he ends up in hospital having stitches in his head."
I bet they wish they only had to worry about backhoes. At least backhoes
won't come after you and beat you senseless. (awaiting stories to the
contrary now ...)
