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| Anti-trust law in ChinaI'm doing some research on anti-trust law in China because of my business law project. This is the Chapter 1, section 1 of the law...
第一章 总 则
第一条 为了预防和制止垄断行为，保护市场公平竞争，提高经济运行效率，维护消费者利益和社会公共利益，促进社会主义市场经济健康发展，制定本法。
"促进社会主义市场经济健康发展"....!
Looks like China is still not willing to giving up its "socialist" idea yet....:P
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| My air tickets so far....预订机票确认单
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| Corporate social responsibility and volunteer workI'm in writing mood today somehow, but I promised this will be the last one for today.
I remember writing in xanga about volunteer work a year ago. I believed that most volunteer work is not the most efficient use of resource, and therefore not the best way to help the people in need. Donating money instead would be a better way to help. For example, as a computer engineer, if you spend your time volunteering in building a school for the under-privileged children, you are not maximizing the society's value. You might as well work an extra hour and donate the wage of that hour to charity, where they can use the money to hire 10 people to help build the school.
I got a lot of feedback trying to convince me the value of volunteer work, but I remained unconvinced. In the CE class today, I came across a quote from Milton Friedman. As an economics major myself, I very much agree to his view.
"There is one and only one social responsibility of business--to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud." -- Milton Friedman (economist), 1970
Then the class move on to introduce the idea of strategic corporate social responsibility. When I saw this idea, I felt it is almost exactly what I wanted to say. Basically, Michael Porter believes that corporations should utilize their competitive advantage strategically to create value for the company and the society at the same time. This is in contrary to "responsive CSR", where you could simply be a good citizen in the society without utilizing your competitive advantage. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here is a suggested reading: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility -- Michael E. Porter)
I believe what applies to CSR also applies to individual level, which is volunteer work. It is important to realize and utilize your competitive advantage, so you can create value for the society and at the same time create value for yourself. Otherwise, volunteer work is not the best way to help the people in need.
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| China vs TaiwanThis was the topic we discussed in our international politics class last week. I am quite a firm believer that the conflict will result in a peaceful resolution, especially after the election of President Ma Ying-jeou in Taiwan. Our professor was trying to plant doubts in our beliefs, and highlighted the possibility of military conflict in the region. I didn't buy it at all, until I thought about the 1989 event today. In some way, China today is somewhat similar to the China in 1989.
Since the end of Cultural Revolution, China had opened up its economic and social ties with western powers. The economy growth during the years of 1977-1989 had been phenomenal. At the same time, social problems such as inflation, urban migration and corruption worsened. There had been more freedom of press for the few years before 1989 than China ever had. Isn't it somewhat similar to where we are today? China's GDP is growing at 8% per year, yet the social problems remained unresolved. With the emergence of Internet, information flow and freedom of press increased, as evidenced in the aftermath of the recent earthquake.
Why am I trying to draw a parallel of China in 1989 and China today? In 1989, China seemed to be heading to the right direction, but a protest coupled with political struggle almost destroyed the ten years of hard work. As an authoritarian state, the power structure of China is inherently unstable. That was true 20 years ago, and it is the same today. If an unexpected event occurs and threatens the political power of the incumbents in China, such as an economy downturn, a social crisis, a natural disaster, or a protest like 1989, the incumbents could turn to nationalism to secure their hold to power, and Taiwan could become a victim in the process.
Once again, I believe a peaceful resolution can be worked out. But maybe I might have been too optimistic in totally discounting the possibility a war in the conflict.
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| 19 years ago...(After seeing a message on facebook, I just felt like I have to write something about this. I started out in English, but somehow couldn't go beyond the second line, and ended up finishing it in Chinese somehow. Language is a weird thing.)
我「童年」回憶中唯一的新聞事件，就是發生在十九年前的今天。
對一個八歲的小孩來說，世界的事情都是非對即錯，黑白分明。其實，即使十九年後的今天，我對民主自由到底是甚麼也不是很了解，當年只有八歲的我又怎能掌握呢？但是，媒體全天侯的報道，「專家」們覆天蓋地的分析，只要你當時身處香港，都會不由自主地對在千里外所發生的事情略知一二。那時候，我只知道民主自由是「好」的，大學生和知識分子所爭取的一定有道理，逼不得已要以絕食方式表逹的信息一定很重要和迫切。鄧小平，楊尚昆，李鵬等等的名字雖然都可以郎郎上口，但是其實他們是甚麼人都不很清楚。我就只知道他們都是共產黨的，而既然大家都要打倒他們，那他們一定是大壞蛋了。
就在這樣一知半解的情況下，我跟著父母參加了我一生中唯一的遊行集會。那一百萬人的遊行，香港開埠以來最大的遊行的壯觀景象，我忘不了，也不會忘記。在茫茫人海中，我們高喊著「打倒李鵬」的口號，從銅鑼灣走到灣仔，感覺就好像是完成了歷史任務。
六月四日，從電視中看到了鎮壓的消息。我當時都沒有甚麼感覺，只是覺得有點反高潮，「這就是結局嗎？」。以後的幾天，我和同學們都在校服扣上了黑紗，社會上討論的先是民運人士逃亡的消息，待事件平靜下來之後，大家心中想的都是移民，居英權等去留問題。我記得爸爸也跟我們討論過，但最後還是不了了之。
這些年來，每逢六四，香港總有紀念遊行和燭光晚會，喊喊「毋忘六四」。隨著香港回歸，經濟好轉，今年的紀念活動就只有數百人參加，口號也沒有喊了。但是，「六四」真的被遺忘了嗎？當年只有八歲的我忘不了，我想當年曾跟我一起參加遊行的一百萬人也不會忘記。
我深信，事件總會有被平反的一天，就讓時間和歷史作公斷吧。
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