[guitarbill]

> and their leaders only want to secure world domination.

projection?

> the west always focus fire on the Chinese when they talk about human right issues?

we don't. maybe you just pay attention to those stories more though.

> Also, an unbaised standard does not exist when it comes to international affairs.

i'll agree with this, however it doesn't make morally wrong things less wrong, or mean people don't suffer.

> as a Chinese living in the US, many Americans have asked me [...] do I have microwaves/tap water back in China

this could just be a weird thing Americans do, even in Canada or Europe they'll ask if it's safe to drink tap water.

out of interest, how many of your countrymen to have access to clean tap water?

[confusedhnguy]

Judging from how active and well-received Dalai Lama is in the west and how many westerners have bothered to go to Tibet to see it for themselves, I would say yes you focus too much on our human right issues for how little you care about what's really happening.

Right or wrong do exist, I also think Xi is an a-hole. But people ignore issues that are "inconvenient" for them and their allies is what drives me crazy. I would prefer people put their own oxygen masks on before helping others.

For the southern parts of China, I would say almost all the countrymen have access to tap water. For the northwestern parts, it is still pretty bad, a lot of them still rely on rivers/wells, although I don't have numbers. As for how clean the water is, that is something I have no idea about, and I am not optimistic.

Edit: grammar.

[mirimir]

I used to be a total supporter of the Dalai Lama. I mean, great philosophy. Great clothes. Great ritual. Great sand paintings. And so on.

But then I starting thinking about what life would have been like in Tibet, under the Buddhist theocracy. Maybe benign enough, but not so much freedom for the serfs.