Comments on: Mud Buns http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6058.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: John Jay http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6058.html/comment-page-1#comment-261470 John Jay Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:09:21 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6058#comment-261470 Buns as in Bao Tz. They are a dense "bread" that is cooked by steaming. Bao Tz have a ground pork filling, Man To are just the bread, sometimes with scallions imbeded in the dough. Buns as in Bao Tz. They are a dense “bread” that is cooked by steaming. Bao Tz have a ground pork filling, Man To are just the bread, sometimes with scallions imbeded in the dough.

]]> By: Robert Schwartz http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6058.html/comment-page-1#comment-260633 Robert Schwartz Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:45:41 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6058#comment-260633 Is that buns as in a bakery? or is the more colloquial sense of human gluteus maximus intended? Is that buns as in a bakery? or is the more colloquial sense of human gluteus maximus intended?

]]> By: Lexington Green http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6058.html/comment-page-1#comment-259559 Lexington Green Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:30:25 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6058#comment-259559 <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/sports/mariotti/1107245,mariotti081408.article" rel="nofollow">Jay Mariotti in the Sun Times</a> <blockquote> So, to review, the Chinese government has: (1) faked a song; (2) faked the fireworks; (3) faked the idea that the Games are sold out; (4) faked the ages of female gymnasts; and (5) faked the idea that Beijing is safe, in that the father-in-law of the U.S. men's volleyball coach was stabbed to death at a tourist attraction on the second day. How do I translate "hocus pocus" in Mandarin? A scam is a scam in any language. </blockquote> Jay Mariotti in the Sun Times

So, to review, the Chinese government has: (1) faked a song; (2) faked the fireworks; (3) faked the idea that the Games are sold out; (4) faked the ages of female gymnasts; and (5) faked the idea that Beijing is safe, in that the father-in-law of the U.S. men’s volleyball coach was stabbed to death at a tourist attraction on the second day.

How do I translate “hocus pocus” in Mandarin?

A scam is a scam in any language.

]]> By: Lexington Green http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6058.html/comment-page-1#comment-259522 Lexington Green Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:06:36 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6058#comment-259522 Open institutions which generate friction, criticism and transparency are not luxuries to be foregone until some vague someday when the wise Party has guided the country to economic success -- defined in terms of cooked books and externalities imposed on people with no say in the matter. They are necessities to prevent individual, institional and nationwide brain-death of the type you describe. Without the feedback mechanisms of a free society, the whole purported Chinese miracle is a brittle construct which, as Shannon points out, could crumple at the first hard blow, or as John points out, could be subsumed in some new less benign-seeming authoritarianism with little or no notice. The Olympic coming-out-party has, indeed, backfired, in ways the Chinese leadership probably cannot even comprehend. Open institutions which generate friction, criticism and transparency are not luxuries to be foregone until some vague someday when the wise Party has guided the country to economic success — defined in terms of cooked books and externalities imposed on people with no say in the matter. They are necessities to prevent individual, institional and nationwide brain-death of the type you describe. Without the feedback mechanisms of a free society, the whole purported Chinese miracle is a brittle construct which, as Shannon points out, could crumple at the first hard blow, or as John points out, could be subsumed in some new less benign-seeming authoritarianism with little or no notice.

The Olympic coming-out-party has, indeed, backfired, in ways the
Chinese leadership probably cannot even comprehend.

]]> By: Shannon Love http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6058.html/comment-page-1#comment-259499 Shannon Love Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:40:20 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6058#comment-259499 The real test of Chinese change will come when times get hard again. China's current level of "reform" has prospered under an unprecedented two decade long growth spurt in the entire global economy. Its been 25 years since the US saw a serious recession or major inflation. Its easy to look competent when economic mana falls from the skies. If the world slides into a recession then there is a real risk that the Chinese house of cards will come tumbling down. (Hmmmm, I wonder if I could have crammed another metaphor into that last paragraph?) The real test of Chinese change will come when times get hard again. China’s current level of “reform” has prospered under an unprecedented two decade long growth spurt in the entire global economy. Its been 25 years since the US saw a serious recession or major inflation.

Its easy to look competent when economic mana falls from the skies. If the world slides into a recession then there is a real risk that the Chinese house of cards will come tumbling down.

(Hmmmm, I wonder if I could have crammed another metaphor into that last paragraph?)

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