Distaste for the Illogical

Whenever I have my ear to the wire, I can’t help but marvel at all of the funny shenanigans that come from the shores of China. When cruising around on the internet, some of the things I find make me do double-takes, and today’s scraps happen to be consistently themed about everyone’s favorite populous communist nation.

The first spoonful of ridiculous soup that I discovered (along with everyone else) had me staring blankly, asking question after question in my head. Over 53,000 Chinese children became very sick after drinking topical amounts of some very suspect milk-like product. Initially playing it all off as “Olympic Fever ” I’m sure, some realities ultimately had to be faced.

Like, for instance, thinning milk formula and then trying to replace lost proteins with melamine. If there’s a lesson in this whole debacle, it’s that cutting corners can result in at least four dead babies. I hate to assume, but with all the trends in faulty production, recalls, and generic apologies, China may just hate children. First, there’s lead in the toys. Then, there’s poison in the milk. What next, anthrax in the car seats?

Then I read the next story.

China apparently now has a huge thing for space travel. I thought it was a fabulous thing about ten years ago to hear about the International Space Station, a cooperative effort which envisioned humanity as a whole uniting in its ultimate scientific feat of discovery setting out to conquer the stars. Now, the Chinese have begun massively stepping up their space program , launching their third manned mission in five years. The rivalry for space travel has now begun to heat up, and people everywhere are….well, clueless. Nobody I asked had any idea that China had completely overhauled its priorities and started throwing people into space as fast as it was fiscally capable.

China is now hoping to conduct its first spacewalk this week, and have its own fully-functional space station by the year 2020. Prestige is the name of the game here, and with all of these sudden developments, China is quickly becoming the next big player in the league.

Soon, their program is expected to overtake ours here in the States if we’re not back at it soon. I read that they also have ginger beef and sauteed vegetables for their daily meals, and that’s pretty sweet. On the other hand, at least we don’t have green water .

This is a big turning point in international affairs. I’m excited to see what else happens.

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