In today’s post, I’m going to tell you the absolute and definitive truth about China!

Yeppers, I’m going to give you the skinny about such far-ranging topics as:

• Bo Xilia
• Chen Guangcheng
• Eating of horse, donkey, and other types of equine meat
• Eating of dog meat
• Spitting, nose picking, and other ways that folks use to expel, well, non-precious bodily fluids
• The “one-child” policy
• Attitudes towards America and other Western countries
• Attitudes towards Japan
• Attitudes toward the DPRK (referred to incorrectly by some as North Korea)
• Driving skills (or, more appropriately, the lack thereof)
• Beijing traffic
• Censorship
• The Great Firewall
• The Chinese government

And, I’m going to cover *all* of the above in nine words!!!

Ready?

Here goes:

• The truth about China is complicated and often contradictory.

Now, with that out of the way, I’ll also give you some additional thoughts.

If someone:

• Uses the term “Communist China”
• Uses the term “Red China”
• Uses the term “Authoritarian Chinese Government”
• Describes themselves (or is described) as a “Chinese Dissident”
• Communicates with phrases like “Chinese like to” or “The Chinese people”
• Is part of “think tank” based in Taiwan
• Is a reporter is on temporary assignment to China
• Is aligned with religious or political groups operating in the US of A
• Doesn’t have multiple caveats in an article or paper they publish

They’re probably not telling you the truth.

Wikipedia: The number in the third position left of the decimal point in an Arabic numeral. →