Eric's Beijing Diary

Well, the State Department must have released their annual human rights report again. Today the China Daily published it's response, citing numerous human rights problems in America. I suppose I shouldn't blame the Chinese for being a little irritated with the State Department, but their response is usually so poorly researched that it makes me laugh out loud. Don't get me wrong. I am not one who believes that the America has no human rights abuses. They should have me write that report; I could give them plenty of material. But ranting on and on about the plight of women and children in America is laughable. Asian women always prefer America if they have lived there. The men sometimes want to come back, but not the women. I have never met a Chinese woman who has lived in America, who preferred to be in China. Such women do not exist. Chinese women who have lived in America have a very hard time coming back to China. They tend to separate themselves from local Chinese people. I have never met one that goes to a Three-Self Church. They go to one of the International churches. China is a bit macho. It is better for men. But Chinese women overwhelmingly prefer America.