Apologies for publishing so late those pictures…
Anyway, the most important was that I sent on time -ie the day after our ride- a report to Clemens concerning our participation to the 6th 24skate edition 
For us, in Shanghai, it was on Sunday, June 14th, earlyyy morning.
We’ve met at 3am in Shanghai downtown. Our 2 金杯 minivans (+ Ginger’s car) were packed with 21 riders!
I’m still astonished that so many people were ready for a ride starting at 4am and furthermore with a late notice from me (only 2 days before!). That’s great
Within these 21 people, we had 13 boys and 8 girls, 10 Chinese people and 11 foreigners (from France, Taiwan, Germany, Denmark, and Mexico).
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就这一次我没有需要两个月为放一些活动的照片在我的博客上面
上个周末8月22日23日梅请我们玩滑翔伞跟她的朋友一刀和其他温州朋友们。
他们选择浙江永安山因为这个地方挺方便：在山顶有一个人造的草场，从那里跳可以很安全。
那边的下坡很险峻：斜面有300米宽400米高！
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为了挽救陷入困境中的中国网络过滤软件’绿坝’的声誉，中国政府受中国青年互联网协会支持近日公布了一项调查，其结果表明只有百分之五的儿童反对该软件。 然而，其结果显示只有14%表示他们支持该软件，而80%的人说他们对此漠不关心。最多的儿童没有意见是因为。。。他们只是小孩！这样的调查没有关系跟小朋友关心什么。。。可能这个狗屎的调查真的是最笨的方法试一试让人民支持绿坝·花季护航。。。
据报道，中国媒体鼓吹其调查结果是通过收集中国主要城市的2500名6至13岁学龄儿童的投票而得。 据南华早报消息，这次受访的许多儿童承认不理解’色情’这一用语的定义。为了解决误解，教育青少年有关色情和绿坝功能的辅导课相应推出。 这项调查还发现，超过50%的父母受访者说该软件有可能保护孩子不看到不良内容，但26%的家长说他们对此无动于衷。近50%的家长表示他们将不会在家用电脑上安装该软件。
绿坝的研发耗资中国政府600万美元。
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An interesting synthesis of the economical / social / environmental situation of China, and of what would be the next step…
Hereunder is a copy of the paper’s introduction. If you want to read the whole paper, you have to download the PDF.
Few countries have returned such rapid economic growth or have changed so much as China has in the recent past. By posting growth rates almost four times as high as those in developed countries for five years, the country has scored a stunning success. But can this performance last? Many economists claim that it can, and for at least the next 30 years. That would make China the world’s largest economy by 2030, relegating the USA to second place. But how credible is that scenario?
Unlike in most other countries, the persistence of rapid growth is as much a political as an economic necessity for the government. It is the only guarantor of China’s social stability and confers the government with a legitimacy that would evaporate otherwise, along with the population’s obedience. The authorities are all too well aware of this fact, and estimate that an annual growth rate of at least 8% is needed to contain unemployment (given productivity growth worth 8% and a labour force growth rate of 1%).
Conscious of the stakes involved, Beijing is doing all it can to keep the economy roaring ahead. The stimulus package announced at the end of last year amounts to €465bn, or almost 13.5% of GDP! The problem is that the government is focusing on short-term growth and relying on the same mechanisms - currency stabilisation and massive investment - that ensured success between 2001 and 2008, even though excess supply is now obvious. And by deciding to remove quotas applied to local banks, it has triggered an explosion in credit, which by the end of the first quarter had hit 90% of the authorities’ annual objective. This trend has of course increased the risks of bad loans, creating a long-term threat to the domestic financial system. Initially, all these efforts will pay off and we are already seeing a bounce in leading indicators. The PMI climbed back above 50 two months ago, for example, pointing to an acceleration in industrial production in the second half. But we believe this improvement will be temporary.
Contrary to received opinion, China is still a poor country. Average per capita income exceeds €1,000 only in four coastal provinces, compared with $35,000 in the USA. This means that domestic consumption remains undeveloped, leaving the economy at the mercy of international conditions. Rendering the domestic market solvent will be a major headache for the government, for structural reasons related to the country’s political and economic system. More specifically, no domestic market can really emerge without households being willing to reduce their savings, and that can be safely ruled out in view of the bankrupt health and pension systems, expensive education and increasingly expensive houses. The ageing of the population is a matter of deep concern in the medium term. By 2030, one in every four Chinese will be retired, and there will be some 397 million over-60s in 2040, or more than the entire US population. Given that the pension system is already struggling, the authorities are going to have their work cut out to manage a country that will become old before it is rich.
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