Freedom in China?

NOTE!
I tried to publish this post in Beijing and was impossible! I do it now... More than a week later!
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Some people ask me what about China? What problems have I found? What good things?

Many good things about the economy happen here.. you can see the development and the people spending everywhere. it has became the typical weekend hobby! "what do we do? Let's go shopping" it's the answer....

I know every country has its own problems and I know yes, the Chinese are developing real fast! You can see in front of you as the prices rise bit by bit and how the yuan is being pushed by the Economy to stop the same and start appreciating vs the USD, what means that the Chinese economy is strong but also that the exports could increase their price and then everything could desaccelerate or... collapse!!!

You can see the buildings, high, touching the skies, like the dreams of the people who are building them, living in them, planning them. Some of them are rapidly used and inhabited, but others stay empty for very long time...

Many things go right but some others don't, specially about freedom...

I would say that 2 freedoms in special are the more difficult around here.

1. Freedom of Movement and Association.
2. Freedom of Speech.

Yes you can buy whatever you want, but you cannot travel abroad without having the authorization of your superiors and their explicit recommendation, neither the money to pay for all the medical examinations, passport, visas and... other govnt requirements depending on the country.

You can fly or take trains, buses all over the country but don't think of staying for too long, if you don't own a Hukou (document, ID who establishes the most relevant data such as: birth place, graduation date, university, profession, children - if any-, spouse - if any-...) that is located in the same area, you won't have access to the basic services of health, education and many torubles about getting a job...

As you can see, even when the hukou has started to be less important nowadays, there are still a lot of problems for the migrant workers... who really suffer if not penalties for not having the hukou, some discrimination and less pay and things like that...

And if you want to know about the freedom of speech, just think of even a foreigner, who tried to post this blog to talk a little bit and cannot do it, because all my pc was closed, not once, but twice, when i tried to publish this entry!!!

But well, some other countries have some other problems, sometimes no freedom nor development... uff! Difficult to conclude....

Love,
Magamon...

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