Shanghaiist: Ted Koppel on human rights in China

T

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:16:33 +0800

Andy - the quote is not from the program, but from someone who is reviewing the program, so you can't really fault Ted Koppel for that. His appearance on the Daily Show was funnier. I, for one, am intrigued and will be bit-torrenting this later.

Andy Best

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:57:48 +0800

You're right it's not scholarly debate, just take the quote you used. What figures are they using to get 'vast majority'. Unless they take 'any increase in household income starting at 5 jiao' as their criteria for 'better off'. As a percentage of the population the vast majority have not seen any 'economic' miracle. And, if you take the environment and general health as a factor, it's debatable if the group who did get office jobs and cell phones have a better quality of life at all.

DKwan

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:33:12 +0800

Is there Discovery Channel in China? I guess you can say "the show began last night" since it's July 10 afternoon in China now, but it's still July 9 evening in California and Part 1 hasn't started here yet. 30 more minutes.