Well I guess we can tell from the comments and traffic here it turns out my blog wasn't permanently banned, and I'm not special or a security threat after all. Dang.
Onward and upward.
I had a discussion class this week with my students and I chose "the future of China" as the topic. Some of their answers/ideas were pretty interesting. Listed below.
Cutest answer to the question "what major changes do you foresee in the next 50 years?": In 50 years China will have a city on the moon.
Funniest misuse of a word to describe the future of Taiwan: Someday soon China will swallow Taiwan.
Most alarming opinion on how the mainland should deal with Taiwan: I think China should take advantage of the financial crisis in the US to attack and seize Taiwan.
Number of students (out of 75 or so) who thought Taiwan was a separate country: 0.
Most depressing opinion as to the future of Taiwan: I think it will be destroyed by a bomb.
One student's prediction of the population in the PRC in 50 years: one hundred million. They have a lot of difficulty with numbers.
Number of students who articulated reasonable and nuanced expectations of the future of their country: not a lot.
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