Blogger’s sketchy anti-US facts draw fans in China

Associated Press ^ | Oct 28, 2014 4:14 AM EDT | Didi Tang

[Olog-hai]

So, dear Chinese reader, you still think the American Dream eclipses the Chinese one?

Well, take a look at Zhou Xiaoping’s blogs and learn that in the U.S. you would have to shell out $3,500 in mandatory car insurance a year and spend $30,000 for a low-end domestic car, and that more than half of the kids in most public schools don’t graduate.

All those numbers are way off. Even Chinese propaganda officials agree he makes mistakes. But while Beijing campaigns against what it calls online misinformation, erasing critical online comments and arresting dozens of bloggers over the past 18 months, the Communist Party has embraced Zhou. …

[Olog-hai]

The difference between “sketchy” and outright lies is quite wide as well. Chou Hsiao-p’ing fits into the latter category.

[icwhatudo]

shell out $3,500 in mandatory car insurance a year and spend $30,000 for a low-end domestic car, and that more than half of the kids in most public schools don’t graduate.

So its what? $1500, $18,000, and 35%?

[Gaffer]

Those kinds of insurance costs could be normal for a driver with bad credit, bad driving record and falling within a high risk category.

This kind of rate used to be called “High Risk Pool” or “Assigned Risk Pool” where outrageous rates are charged and insurance pool members take the ‘risk’ on in a rotating fashion (i.e., like gambling on a roulette wheel).

As for the car? Well, there ARE cars out there certainly much less than $30K, but when you start adding on the packages and conveniences some of these low-end cars can get on up there in price.

[Olog-hai]

That sounds like most of New Jersey.

[PoloSec]

I like your tag, very succinct.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

From the article: “Tight censorship in China constantly scrubs criticism of the Communist Party-run government from the Internet and silences dissenting voices. The party seeks to control the remaining online message, a daunting task when the country's 1.3 billion people are increasingly connected to the rest of the world.”

I'm sure there are those in our government who are jealous.

[Moltke]

Even Chinese propaganda officials agree he makes mistakes.

"Mistakes" would be telling the truth, from a propaganda perspective.

[mad_as_he$$]

Around here you can get a full size PU for $23,000:

http://www.renododge.com/new-inventory/vehicle-details.htm?vehicleId=c934b7820a0a00654f11330a71ac91ce