Living in China and loving it
From the readers of the Mercury News
Article Launched: 04/22/2008
Living in China and loving it
I am writing to applaud George Koo (Opinion, April 20) as a rare voice of reason in a sea of ignorance. I have been living in China for the past year and observe daily an immensely peaceful and prosperous society where the vast majority of families are intact, people worship freely and openly, and there is an overwhelming feeling of excitement and optimism for the future. I myself feel greater freedom here, in China, than I do in the United States. China's workforce is happily working toward the future with a fervor and motivation that the United States hasn't seen since the Industrial Revolution. Quite simply: China is poised to become the next world superpower. From where I stand it seems certain and well deserved.
Kim Evanovich - based in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China
Deeply offended by commentator
Larry Engelmann (Letters, April 21) is entitled to express his sympathy to Jack Cafferty's controversial remarks against the Chinese on CNN. However, he distracted the readers from the real discussion, which is Cafferty's behavior. I am an educated Chinese-American with no link to the Chinese government whatsoever. But, I was deeply offended by Cafferty's description of Chinese as "basically the same goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years." If Cafferty used the same sentence to characterize Americans, there would be an uproar as well. Cafferty is just a bully, using the microphone as his weapon against others.
Dennis Chu
Saratoga, California
