squid's picture squid Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/02/2014 - 00:27

I had said something very similar to this, several weeks back on this site. there is no way that private passenger vehicles are causing the kind of pollution we see in Beijing. In Beijing it is heavy particle smog, and modern cars just don't have much of that. Some of the industrial trucks and buses are a relevant cause, so doing something about them would help, but trying to control personal cars might help traffic, but will do nothing about the smog.

squid's picture squid Submitted by Guest on Mon, 12/30/2013 - 21:14

mtnerror wrote:

(Yawn) "Of course, the system only nets out that way because of low-interest loans from a Japanese development bank, with the remaining favorable financing from the state and national governments. The state supplies electricity for running the Delhi subway."

The state supplies electricity...which the subway systems pays for! At a rate that is higher than neighboring communities no less! That is why power accounts for 40% of the subway systems budget!

Which means they probably pay more for power than Beijing does. Imagine if they had an even lower energy bill.

squid's picture squid Submitted by Guest on Mon, 12/30/2013 - 10:33

mtnerror wrote:

Stop backing your claims with copy/pasting of Wikipedia blurbs, but instead go to the articles which are referenced and get the full picture, by people who write for a living. Once in a while you may run into someone in a forum who actually values journalism, reading more than a paragraph's worth, and putting forth arguments based on sound reason and supported by verifiable sources. It's plain to see you and I do not share this in common, and I would imagine that's why for you it's been much easier in life to smear "you can't read" than attempt objectivity.

Haha, more satirist humor. The copy and paste was from the article WHICH YOU REFERENCED for God's sake. Your own article says that the Delhi system receives ZERO, NADA, NO subsides from the government. All for an average fair less than Beijing's. They do it by managing the business better.

mtnerror's picture mtnerror Submitted by Guest on Sat, 12/28/2013 - 11:50

Stop backing your claims with copy/pasting of Wikipedia blurbs, but instead go to the articles which are referenced and get the full picture, by people who write for a living. Once in a while you may run into someone in a forum who actually values journalism, reading more than a paragraph's worth, and putting forth arguments based on sound reason and supported by verifiable sources. It's plain to see you and I do not share this in common, and I would imagine that's why for you it's been much easier in life to smear "you can't read" than attempt objectivity.

chickenchicken's picture chickenchicken Submitted by Guest on Thu, 12/26/2013 - 15:59

All Chinese men take note, never date a foreign journalist. She will write about your penis size on the internet.

If any of the two read that, would you maybe like to comment about her private parts to return the favour? Preferably together with a stereotype and an insult?

Reddragon75's picture Reddragon75 Submitted by Guest on Wed, 12/25/2013 - 13:35

It happens to be a traditional American thing to eat turkey and ham on Chistmas. What do you eat...........FISH?

No one is criticizing or riduculing your country's traditional Chistmas foods, so try being considerate and not do so with others'.

Every country has their own traditions and we should be respectful of those traditions.

The Beijing Deva's picture The Beijing Deva Submitted by Guest on Tue, 12/24/2013 - 14:55

Wait? What? Erm......

She barely had enough material to hash together a mawkish blog post of tired and bigoted stereotypes. Are you seriously telling me there is an entire book containing this inane drivel?

This surely has to be a parody of some sort and there is going to be a Scooby Doo style unmasking of George Ding live on Xinhua tonight?

squid's picture squid Submitted by Guest on Tue, 12/24/2013 - 10:16

I love the chicken tortelloni as well, and its obvious that no one could even come close to their speed and efficiency of ordering. Sometimes they are so fast when they ring my door, I have a hard time believing its really them.

I would however be willing to help them create a better light salad, with nuts and cheese perhaps, some better leaves, and a more creative salad dressing choice. Its the one area that I feel they could expand and do better on. Salads are easy, but surprising few places seem to get it right.