Auto Body Indeed

Which body is this young Chinese girl selling?  Like it or not, isn't Chinese capitalism (a.k.a. Chinese style socialism) a bit extreme?

Flight incident

Another flight incident, this one doesn't result in any deaths despite its victim wished otherwise.  This time, a family of at least five was bounded to the USA.  The child developed the urge to join the ten-mile-up club in the middle.  In the middle as opposed to using the toilet (bathroom, restroom, loo, potty, etc)

After years of advocating against mainlander misbehavior to the deaf ears of the white folks, Hongkongers have this urge to say "I told you so".  Yet, our interests will be better served by taking this opportunity to point out the difference between Chinese and Hongkongers.  We are both Asians unfortunately, but years of British rule have changed the Hongkongers.  Likewise, years of communist rules have changed the Chinese.  Both groups has undergone dramatic changes in the past century or two that the traditional Chinese stereotype no longer applies.

So, please, before we rejoice in the "I told you so".  The more important issue is to point out the divide between us and the Chinese.  The more Chinese are misbehaving, the worse others may perceive the Chinese.  Pardon my cruel pun in this time of great pain, we Hongkongers do not want to go down in the same ship as the Chinese.

http://m.smh.com.au/travel/travel-planning/travel-news/passengers-rage-as-child-defecates-in-plane-seat-report-20140729-3cr0x.html?skin=smart-phone

How to tame a dragon or polar bear

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the downing of Cathay Pacific flight.  On 23 July 1954, the Chinese air force opened fire on the civilian plane from Bangkok to British Hongkong, killing ten of the nineteen aboard.

Unlike the chickened US and EU responses we have seen so far on the Malaysian bombing.  Immediately after receiving the S.O.S., the Vietnamese, British, French, American and even Filipino were all participating in the rescue effort.  Between territorial rights and lives, the international community has chosen life.  Note, the site was less than a mile from Chinese province of Hainan, home base to Chinese navy.

The US has even dispatched two aircraft carriers to retaliate.  Two fighters shot down our civilian plane, the Allied ensure the Chinese paid for it.  Since then, the Chinese military did not dare to try that again.

On the contrary to our Chinese experience, we have let the Russian off easy on the 1983 shooting of a Korean plane, killing 250.  Thus, almost 300 innocents lost their lives over Ukraine.  Clearly, the West needs to toughen up against the Sino-Russian aggression.  That is the only way dictators learn.  No, they will never learn to respect life, but at least they know their actions will have consequence.

More details are on wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Cathay_Pacific_Douglas_DC-4_shootdown