日志
雷小山 Shaun Rein
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Why do so many China Watchers who work for DC Think Tanks hate me?
Because I want US & China to cooperate peacefully while these immorals are literally paid
by US weapon manufacturers Raytheon & Lockheed Martin.
https://www.forbes.com/2009/12/11/women-job-promotion-leadership-careers-rein.html?sh=108046fb1b45
They spur Sinophobia & even war so their masters profit.
Tom
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shaunrein_my-son-tom-rein-i-finished-helping-a-school-activity-6959444054711418880-n08q/?originalSubdomain=lk
My son Tom Rein & I finished helping a school in Xinjiang. What a great experience learning from & teaching the local kids!
1 great learning for us was the region we were living in has been struck by drought. Crops are not growing, forcing many people to leave the area in search of job opportunities
We went several days without running water. Water, or lack thereof, was a constant theme of many conversations we had with the local population
Tom also lived in a crowded dorm room with the local students (even had the old style hole in the ground squat toilets). I was dorm leader in the same accomodations
It is a good reminder while China overall is getting richer there remains some very poor areas. That's why so many countries view China as a large threat but many in China consider it a poor or developing country
Very importantly I saw how minorities are treated by the Chinese government. To unify the country and prepare kids for better job opportunities, classes are now taught in Mandarin, much as the US teaches English in schools
One teacher said many of the parents of minorities initially objected to this but now support the policy as they see the opportunities being given their children - free tuition, free room and board
I will report more in another post and in my upcoming book about that
Clearly, there is some good and bad happening here, as well as grey area, but overall I am positive on the developments. The situation on the ground is nothing like the sensationalist reports that one reads in the NYT & other media outlets about Xinjiang, often by journalists who've never been to Xinjiang
How can one win a Pulitzer writing about Xinjiang when that journalist has never been here?!
Tom and I are now traveling around Nan Jiang (the southern part of Xinjiang) which is predominantly Uyhgur to learn more about the local culture and to get to the truth about what's happening here
As always, I'll report the good and bad
1 great learning for us was the region we were living in has been struck by drought. Crops are not growing, forcing many people to leave the area in search of job opportunities
We went several days without running water. Water, or lack thereof, was a constant theme of many conversations we had with the local population
Tom also lived in a crowded dorm room with the local students (even had the old style hole in the ground squat toilets). I was dorm leader in the same accomodations
It is a good reminder while China overall is getting richer there remains some very poor areas. That's why so many countries view China as a large threat but many in China consider it a poor or developing country
Very importantly I saw how minorities are treated by the Chinese government. To unify the country and prepare kids for better job opportunities, classes are now taught in Mandarin, much as the US teaches English in schools
One teacher said many of the parents of minorities initially objected to this but now support the policy as they see the opportunities being given their children - free tuition, free room and board
I will report more in another post and in my upcoming book about that
Clearly, there is some good and bad happening here, as well as grey area, but overall I am positive on the developments. The situation on the ground is nothing like the sensationalist reports that one reads in the NYT & other media outlets about Xinjiang, often by journalists who've never been to Xinjiang
How can one win a Pulitzer writing about Xinjiang when that journalist has never been here?!
Tom and I are now traveling around Nan Jiang (the southern part of Xinjiang) which is predominantly Uyhgur to learn more about the local culture and to get to the truth about what's happening here
As always, I'll report the good and bad
