further ponderings

There are times when people just need to die. With death will come their healing. Sometimes in life people just continue to be in hell and to inflict pain on other people from their own personal hell -- they make it communal hell. They inflict pain and trauma on those around them.

China has gone from feudalism to communism. The common denominator is authoritarianism. Christian love, hope, and faith fly in the face of Chinese culture. Chinese culture understands duty and not love. China is structured hierarchically and the government controls the church. Seeing that there is even a birth control policy one might think that the government controls all of life.

Guanxi means "who one knows." It is the intricate system of relationships that exist in the Chinese manner of negotiating life. Guanxi controls a person's life. If someone knows someone, then that someone will get a position even if there are better qualified people applying for it. The Imperial system has a new name and a new court, but it is alive and well in China.

Catching up and Finishing Up

In the next day or so I will be finishing up my Chinese blog and moving on to a Sudanese blog. Stay tuned! :)