Shanghaiist: Stephen Hawking, the Vatican and frail Chinese bishops

outofin

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:39:59 +0800

related discussions http://www.ting-shuo.com/viewtopic.php?t=110 bilingual thread http://www.ting-shuo.com/viewtopic.php?t=104 so far Chinese only

nadnerb

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:03:44 +0800

How much would you pay for a Steven Hawking action figure? For some reason I've got one lying around the house, still in its original packaging. Not too sure how it ended up there, I think it was a Scottish friends x-mas gift from his mother and he abandoned it on his way home. Its going up for sale at my Shanghai exodus garage sale, late August.

b

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:16:58 +0800

"Nonetheless, their influence exceeds their number. Zen said he had heard that there were Catholics loyal to the Pope at high levels in the government and even the armed forces." Is that such a clever thing to claim? I mean, even if we pretend that China is a Democracy, bragging about religious influences in the armed forces (with nukes) is hardly going to go down well with non-Catholics. And in the short term, it will only extend the fear, paranoia and mistrust.