Picture Perfect

Nothing is simple with China. Everything is so controversial, but ok, I can deal with that and it appears that my editor can too. But that doesnt't make it easy; there are always complications to contend with, usually due to the trappings of Communist government.

For example, how many Christians are there in China? The official figures say there are 14 million in total, whilst unofficial estimates range between 40-100 million. 

The olympic games is being hijacked by Chinese and non-Chinese as a political device, so it's impossible to just write about the games for the sake of the games.

Human rights, pollution, taiwan, tibet, it's all old news. What hasn't been said about these topics? All one can do is report the newest developments on the issues, but it's all the same: Human rights continues to be shaky and won't really cease to be so, as one expects with a communist government.  Taiwan continues to fall to the monster of international politics and is still not considered it's own country, it's appeal to be recognised on the UN body as such rejected for the 15th year in a row. Pollution still does it's worst in China and doesn't look like it's giving up anytime soon. Tibet still isn't "free" (contentious issue, who said it was ever subjugated? I'm not convinced). 

So, what to say? I don't know, but all I do know is if I don't churn out a few more articles, I'll be out of a job before I've held it for a month!

Unfortunately, I continue to be very, very busy with other things, but have the whole of this afternoon to write articles, which I must get to straight away. So, bye folks!