Discussion: Who will rule China after the Communists?

Many people have thought as driving out the communists the last of their worries. This was ended when a communist general stepped out and said: "Well, who will rule China after us?" This question seemed simple, until they found that the Chinese people would not stand being ruled by other countries. Why? It's because of this......

When people said that they did not want to be ruled by a foreign country, this presented a problem. Most people thought that they could just elect a president and everything would be totally fine, but, that wasn't the case. Why? Because there must be a person to be in charge of the election. To that, there must be an election for that manager, which has to be held by another person and so forth. There was another problem, which was, who would keep law and order in China in the time it takes to elect a new president? Military force from other countries do not make a good police force, as the American forces showed in Iraq. Just after that country was liberated from Saddam Hussein, even with a military presence, the streets of Iraq went berserk with ransacking. All you had to do was to look in a direction and you would see a person carrying a refrigerator, food and random stuff back home. And that was only in Iraq. What would happen if that same situation came to China? The result of that would be total chaos. Many other problems face a China with no Communist government.


On the other hand China with a Communist government is no solution either. The Chinese government treats people that don't support them like dirt. This includes all non-supporters, even for people who work until they almost drop. The communist system can be compared to a pile of dung (sounds a bit weird). The non-supporters of the communists are squashed at the bottom under layers of stinking neglect, while the communist supporters are at the top, enjoying freedom and fresh advantages.

After all of this, there is one thing that you can do. Post your own solutions to this problem in the comments section and start a discussion on who should be in charge of China.

Iran: Pointless President

As you probably know, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been elected by a landslide victory. What you don't know, is that he is obviously a treacherous president. Why? Well, here are the reasons......


First of all, why does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad respond to protests violently? It shows that he is a senseless president, as the only solution to a problem to him is violence.

“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.”

The voting also has been heavily rigged. The violence to the protesters shows that he is a desperate man, desperate enough to do such a despicable deed. Every action he does expresses every aspect of desperateness. The violence and the denial shows that it is not a fair vote. to further disgrace himself, he has denied a second vote, to secure his pathetic position in the government.

“If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.”

The second reason to why he is a disgraceful president, is that he does not respect the meaning of 'freedom'. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is more familiar with the word 'violence', using force against protesters. Basically, he is not much different from a ruthless killer. Actually, he is a ruthless killer with power, which makes it much worse for the world.

“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”

What is Iran in the hands of such a president? It is nothing more than terrorism. In fact, it is terrorism, but in it's darker, more secret form. The people of struggling to put forward their ideas, only to be repelled by this devil. A sign of this is the fact that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is trying to shut Iran from the outside world, so no one will find out about what his little scheme is. Iran is a classic example of a clash between peace and violence. He is the epic centre of cruelty. The only way to bring back peace is to fight back, and I ask you, anyone who has read this blog, to post your protest against against this corrupt president, and make a stand for the people of Iran.

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”

Tianmen Square Masscre

Yesterday there was a very important event that happened in Hong Kong. It was the protest against the Tianmen Square massacre. It was a very unfair killing. It started off with a handful of chinese students wanting to have the freedom of speech. They gathered into a group and started to attract the attention of other students at other universities. Soon, a total force of 1,000,000 people marched towards Tianmen Square. There, they erected a statue that they carved, which was called 'the statue of freedom' in defiance to the Communist's stance in 'stability' (otherwise known as, no freedom of speech). Unfortunately for the government, they soon started a hunger strike. Even when the cowardly Communist government started to imply physical violence in which to 'restore stability', as the Communists say, the protesters used peaceful means told hold back the army. One man, who became known in China as the 'Tank Man'. He held back the advancing line of tanks, one of the inhumane ways that the PRC uses to crush resistance. They kill by either of these ways: by running over the protesters, or by blasting them to meaty chunks. 'Tank Man' stopped the unceasing advance by climbing onto the tanks, defying the law, and opening the hatch of the lead tank. Eventually, though, the protest came to a violent end. The cruelty of the PRC was horrific. They used rifles, tear gas and tanks to murder innocent civilians, then, when the protesters tried to leave, they surrounded them and used heavy weapons, including heavy objects, to maul the civilians. As the chaos ensued, rickshaw-pullers ventured into no-mans zone to cart out the dead and wounded civilians. It is estimated by the Chinese Red Cross that 2600 civilians died. However, the PRC covered this up and released their own 'official' record, which showed that there were 200 casualties. Adding to their disgraceful action, they erased all evidence of the incident, so children would not learn of it. Even so, many people will never forget how their loved ones were viciously murdered in this bloodbath, and how it will never be replaced.

In my opinion, the PRC should have never been put into power in the first place. They used the slogan 'you give me power, and I make everybody happy and equal'. What the real meaning of this is 'you give me power, and I will take everything away everything from you, then some more'. To keep themselves in power, they offered to make anybody who supports them rich. In my eyes, they are ruthless killers, hidden behind a smiling wax face. One of the best examples is the farming industry. Here is how it works:

1. The farmer harvests his crops
2. The PRC orders the farmer to surrender his crops
3. They give a minute fraction of the harvest to the farmer

Result: The farmer starves

This is just one of the many examples in which the PRC shows it's power and ruthlessness. But, they do have a weakness. Since everybody in China hates the government, all they need is everyone to protest. This way, if the government tries to kill everybody again, nobody will be left working for them. If they don't stop the protesters, their government will come to an abrupt end. All China is waiting for is the spark, which one person must ignite.

Mel Li,
11 years old,
Hong Kong

Making Video, Lesson 3

Today was a very eventful day. I first went to Tsz Kit's computer to type two slides about cyber-bullying. Unfortunately, one of the group members, Tsz Kit, had the delightful idea of making me the bully victim in the videos. They were too realistic, as I soon found out. After punching scenes, it was almost time to pack up. That's when Tsz Kit and Jason started to argue. Jason was rather clumsy as he switched off the computer by accident, so Tsz Kit had to use my computer. Then, Jason switched off my computer, which looked as if he did it on purpose. After, that it was Afternoon Break.

Making Videos, Lesson 2

Today we started to do our filming. There were quite a lot of problems, since we were arguing about who should use the camera. We even had problems in setting up the camera, which took us about 10 minutes to do so. We tried to film some video, but that didn't work out very well, since one of the videos took 15 minutes to film, and eventually, we abandoned it. In fact, I think that we did not get a lot of things done today.

Making Videos

Today we were busy making our groups to make a video, we decided to focus on cyberbullying. Here is the information that we have prepared:

6 things that we will include in the video, in detail:

1. What Cyberbullying is:

• Cyberbullying=bullying over the internet
• Cyberbullying can be in lots of forms
• People that are cyberbullies try to get personal information

2. Who can cyberbullies be

• Teenagers
• Varies
• Practially anybody, even your closest friend, can be a cyberbully

The slides above are going to be produced by Tsz Kit

3. What cyberbullies do

• Try to take your personal information
• Try to meet you in a secret dark place, so that they can do something very, very horrific to you
• Threaten you so that you will be scared to tell anybody about he cyberbully

4. How to avoid cyberbullies:

• If you confront a cyberbully in the chat room, tell your parents to come and have a look at the things that the cyberbully is doing. If the situation escalates, you won't have to be scared and stare at the screen. Your parents will call the police.
• Only talk to people that have been your closest friend for plenty of time, tell your parents if even they seem to be in a suspicious mood
• Try to avoid talking to cyberbullies in private chat rooms in the first place.

The slides above are going to be produced by me (Mel Li)

5. What to do when you are being bullied:

• Tell your parents immediately, even if you may feel embarrassed, because that's better than being bullied or even kidnapped right?
• If the situation gets worse, you can call the police to deal with the matter
• Don't be scared to tell anybody, because that's what cyberbullies home in on, your fear and secrecy.

6. Source of information

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7. Credits

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The slides above are going to be produced by Jason Lam

The jobs that everone will have:

Tsz Kit is responsible for:

• The format of the video eg. Newscast, Chatshow etc.

resources needed: None

• The order of the presentation (what will be on the screen and what will be heard

resources needed: Pre-drawn or storyboard in resource folder

Everybody is responsible for:

• Writing the script, notes or questions out

resources needed: Paper, pen

• Deciding on who will appear on the camera, who will do the filming

resources needed: a camera

Jason Lam is responsible for:

• Investigating PowerDirector to see how to use PIP (picture in picture) and still pictures in a presentation

resources needed: PowerDirector

I (Mel Li) am responsible for:

• Editing the final script (making sure that the video is suitable for people to watch be cutting out bits that are irrelevant or not good enough for the audience

resources needed: the final show, final script, PowerDirector

Unit 2

Today we were learning to search on google! Actually, we learnt how to use google advanced search. It helps a lot because advanced search lets you lessen the amount of search results to a resonable amount. I ran into a lot of trouble, which meant that I couldn't lessen the amount of search results a lot. I hope next time I get more time to do my work properly next time.