You Can't Make This Stuff Up

Some interesting "China Fubar" moments came the last few days.

First, it was discovered that the flags for the "Free Tibet" movement have been coming from a factory in Guangdong province.  Even the anti-China stuff gets made in China.  What a surprise.

Second, seems the protester that attacked the girl  in the wheelchair in the French section of the torch run was Chinese, and was seen and photographed earlier with some folks holding Chinese Flags.  Popular sentiment is now that he was a "plant" to stir up anti-Tibet sentiment.

And enough of the Tibet nonsense,  Enough people are making careers out of writing for that one.

On the local front, seems the local Dongguan government is in the process of installing CCTV cameras (and I'm not talking China TV) just about everywhere.  Their goal, is to have a security system "modeled after Russia and Eastern Europe" Huh?   From the viewpoint of an old geezer that remembers doing "duck and cover" drills back in the 60's, anytime anyone models anything after Russia or Eastern Europe, especially security stuff, it makes one a bit nervous.  Kind of like being on Vegas casino security, except when you're walking the streets.

On the other hand, I hear they were able to catch some pick pocket/purse snatcher that grabbed a purse on a city buss (caught on camera and  tracked by GPS) by following him with this new surveillance system and catching up to him post haste.  Good for the coppers! Another bad boy settled down!

And for me, the job search still goes on.  This whole new labor law, revalued RMB and now the visa rules is making things tough in the employment world.  Currently working on 3 job possibilities, an done possible consulting/temp work gig.

I'm also investigating a career in the trucking industry back  in the U.S.  After driving in China for 2 years, I think I can deal with that.