Baoli Liu writes: <<<<<Hi Joe, I have read your post, I hope I didn't misunderstand you.My experience living in two different countries tells me that misunderstanding easily happen between people with different culture background. >From your post I would guess that you never been to China,or probably never been to a country with different culture from USA.>>>> This is true. I have never been to China. I have lived in the USA my whole life. <<<<Having been living in China for more than 30 years,I am sorry to tell you that your Imagine is totally different from a real China.>>>> I am glad to hear it. <<<<Just aauming that the sale of aborted baby as healthy food is legil(of course it's unlawful in any country!!),do you believe that a person without mental problem will pay money and eat the baby?? >>>> This is a story that received a pretty wide airing some months back. If you wish, I can see if I can still find the story. <<<<I would rather think that most the reporters working for the medias are reality and honest,I mean,most of the problems you mentioned could happened somewhere in such a big country,but we can not conclude that it's happening everywhere all over the country, make the country so worse as for making bad pianos! As a developing country,China does has many problems,some of them are serious,such as laid-off workers,coraptions,controll of populations. What is real China looks like? the best way to know the country is to to see by oneself.>>>> Someday...maybe. <<<<Let's come back and talk about pianos and piano workers in China.>>>> This is what I really wanted to know about. <<<<In China,piano workers are regarded as skilled workers, earning higher salary. Workers are glad to get a job in piano factory,no one is forced to work for a piano factory in China,just like no one is forced to work for Bill Gates in USA!>>>> This is good news. As for Bill Gates, we're not all forced to work for him....YET. (Just a little humor.) I hope you understand that there is a GENUINE CONCERN here for the Chinese people, in the USA, because of media reports and even reports in our churches from visiting missionaries. My questions, though unfortunately harsh, were necessary for me to ask for the sake of my own conscience. And regardless of what happens now, I know I did do the right thing. I NEEDED to know. (I'll bet my last dollar that I'm not the only one who wanted these questions asked.) Please bear in mind that if I had hostility toward the Chinese people, I would not have cared enough to ask about the safety of the workers in the piano factories.. <<<<From early 1980's piano has sudenlly become popular and in great demands,before that,piano is thought as "foreign instruments".In less than 20 years,China has made about 1,000,000 pianos,most of the pianos are for domestic use because the quality is not so qualified to em-port at large amount.In recent years,Chinese piano factory imported some equipments from Europe and other countries,hired some foreign experts,the piano is becoming better and better.>>>> There's no doubt about it; China's star is rising. <<<<Best! Baoli Liu (former) associated professor of Shenyang Conservatory of Music, P. China>>>> And my best to you. -Joe
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