This is going to seem ridiculous to my readers (all 6 of the non-robot readers). Today I have read three minor news articles which give me hope. These news articles are not related to each other and not really related to business. But for some reason, these give me hope that China is progressing in the right direction.
1. Chongqing passes a law banning adults from snooping on kid’s computers and phones (h/t Shanghaiist).
2. China is exporting a domestically produced graphic novel (h/t Jing Daily)
3. Ministry of Public Security bans public shaming of prostitutes (again h/t Shanghaiist)
BTW, of point #1 and #3 above, they will probably not be enforced, and they merely expand on existing laws.
These items have nothing to do with each other. As I said above, this is ridiculous. But to me, these are all evidence of China’s growing civil society. Exporting original artistic content. Protecting the privacy rights of not just the rich, but those who do not have power. Each of these news items are astonishing to me because it just does not usually happen. China making original comics of quality? China caring about privacy of children? China moving against the supreme hypocrisy of humiliating prostitutes, who universally pay rent to the police who bust them in order to appease visiting superiors?
What’s next? PSB actually arresting corrupt township officials who appropriate land on behalf of developers? China enforcing labor laws and EHS standards equally on State Owned and Privately Owned Enterprises? Taiwanese companies investing in the development and growth of their human capital?…wait… now we are getting into the realm of science fiction.
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