Murder At the Drum Tower

This is a common out come from dpression, along with drug and alcohol abuse. This signs of a loss of control need to be looked out for. Its these indicators that require a <a href="http://www.family-drug-intervention.net">family drug intervention</a> to prevent such overlooked issues in our society. I hope this can be prevented in the future by caring about the well being of our fellow man and addressing there needs befor something tragic like this happens. It doesn't need to go this far if we all learn to control our self.

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We Do NOT HAVE TIME TO GET INVOLVED IN CHINA"S POLITICAL CULTURE. WE HAD A CHANCE DURING TIANIANMEN SQUARE AND DID NOTHING.

THERE IS A CYBER WAR THAT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AGAINST AMERICA. AND THE CHINESE AND RUSSIANS ARE KICKING OUR A**ES. OBAMA NEEDS TO APPOINT COLIN POWELL TO HEAD ASSEMBLE A NEW ARMY. A CYBER ARMY TO FIGHT THE NEW WAR OF THE FUTURE. OUR ARMY IS VERY WEAK AND THE ENEMY IS USING OVERWHELMING FORCE AGAINST US. WE NEED TO ASSEMBLE A NEW CYBER ARMY BEFOR AL QUEDA CATCHES ON. IMAGINE LAUNCHING ATTACKS AGAINST AN ENEMY BY TAKING CONTROL OF THEIR OWN WEAPONS VIA COMPUTER. OBAMA NEEDS TO APPOINT RICHARDSON TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE. HE IS A CALM COOL NEGOTIATER. NON POLARIZING. HE SPEAKS SPANISH AND CAN REALLY IMPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIPS ON THIS SIDE OF THE HEMISPHERE. HE CAN BRING PEACE TO THE MIDDLE EAST. WOMEN ARE NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE LAST TWO SECRETARY OF STATES HAVE BEEN WOMEN. ENOUGH WE NEED A CHANGE. I REALLY LIKE WARREN CHRISTOPHER WE NEED SOMEONE LIKE THAT. RICHARDSON IS THE MAN.

Wow...my professor was a prophet in this respect. He predicted that the communist government of China would be overthrown the day citizens would become dissatisfied with its ability to provide them with economic growth. 7% was the number he cited...anything below and you have trouble. At some point, China will HAVE to adopt democratic reforms to allow for greater economic growth. Economic reforms come first...then the political reforms.

The murdered tourist was actually the last decendent of Western Bald Eagle clan whose founder took the famous twenty bell-strike sword stances scroll and left for America in 19th century to avoide feudal killing in the mainland. Tang being the last decendent of Wu-Tang clan knew that his destiny is to settle the feud once and for all once he found out that the clan member was coming to the Olympic disguising as member of US swimming team. That's reason why he disassociated himself from the loved one, visited the bath house to received the highest Qui-gong power from the twin-lotus petal maiden. He made up all the facade to trick the police so no one will be able to trace back to the century old family fued. As everyone knows the Wu-Tang clan member won the fight. However his flying tiger stance did not work out as he run out of his Qui-gong energy mid-flight and thus dropped dead literally. To the bro on previous comment, 'don't take seriously about the western view or eastern view. They are all crap if you take them literally. And if you take them seriously you will get sick. there are enough sick people on earth as it is. And everybody saves face. No wonder there are so many brand of moisturizers!'

it's something about the policy

it's silly

Many of the middle and upper class Chinese people didn't seek prosperity as much as they were overtaken by prosperity. There was no careful plan to buy a large apartment, car, or any of the luxuries many now have. Then, some had their prosperity taken away. They had no idea how to find a new job, start over, or get over the shock of losing a job. They may have also felt betrayed by those who helped them get the job.

Many of the middle and upper class Chinese people didn't seek prosperity as much as they were overtaken by prosperity. There was no careful plan to buy a large apartment, car, or any of the luxuries many now have. Then, some had their prosperity taken away. They had no idea how to find a new job, start over, or get over the shock of losing a job. They may have also felt betrayed by those who helped them get the job.

Now that China will stop borrowing America money to buy Chinese products, they will increase the domestic salary to encourage an increasing domestic market. What is the point of selling goods to America who wont be able to pay back the debt, it is better to start transfering the higher standard of living to China

Read the following link. You will understand why.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5sOm-uQH9Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC-F6VUyGZM&feature=related

I agree that both the leader: "Beijing is pumping more than half a trillion dollars into the Chinese economy in order to stave off unrest. It has good reason to worry" as well as the link: ???China: The World's Most Stressful Society??? are both off the mark. The premise of the leader isn't adequately explored within the article and the link is more than a little grandiose and certainly open to (endless) interpretation.

As to making a connection between one man's actions and a monumental shift in an entire society, I think people are missing the point. Certainly the author isn't stating that Tang is just the tip of some homicidal iceberg, but rather, that because of the rapid shift in this society away from two thousand years of culture and 50 years of complete communism, many of its people, especially older ones, are having a very difficult time adjusting. The author simply provides background on how one person's inability to adapt manifested itself as a murder / suicide. I think her point is well made that Tang was unable to cope and so, in his case alone, this led to a random act of violence. That many others may be equally affected, but don???t demonstrate their anxiety and loss of place in such spectacular fashion is certainly plausible. Tang had previously secured a position in a world he knew and understood, but was unable to change when this world was turned upside down. This is a human condition, seen repeatedly in civilizations throughout the world.

Any student of history knows that a completely oppressed society is not going to explode - only when a society has begun improving and the pace is seen as either too slow or too fast is there a risk of massive civil discontent ??? hence, I would guess, the allusion to China's economy and how important its continued growth is to maintaining order.

The article seems well researched and well written, but apparently whoever was responsible for its title and teaser didn???t actually read it. I say shame on the editor - not the author.

The article overly generalizes China's complex problems. One man's schizophrenic act cannot be dubbed as a prelude to a county's doom. it is just a kind of wishful thinking.

The article is an over generalization of China's complex problems. One man's schizophrenic act cannot be dubbed as a prelude to a country's doom. It is just a kind of wishful thinking.

Zakaria is right - America needs more brain power. And it should start with Newsweek..
How ironical that the best and the worst of journalism are both represented at Newsweek?
Does it have to set the mindlessly vicious against the insightful to achieve "balance"?