Comments on: ‘Chinese Friends’ – a song by Ben Dalby http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1430 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: True Grit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1430/comment-page-1#comment-271647 True Grit Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:43:18 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1430#comment-271647 Yes, the song is great. But it's not all roses in China. With western economies now in a slump, their headlong rush for growth is now faltering. Their growth rate, currently about 10%, is forecast to slip to 8% next year. Their main export markets are already contracting. Inflation is sky high by western standards, and their wage costs are exploding. Their food prices are rising at a nasty 23% year-on-year. Already now, China's ports are packed with tankers filled with metals that nobody needs. An appropriate song for them would be: You've Got Your Troubles, I've Got Mine.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('271647','True Grit'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('271647','True Grit','Yes, the song is great. But it\'s not all roses in China. With western economies now in a slump, their headlong rush for growth is now faltering. Their growth rate, currently about 10%, is forecast to slip to 8% next year. Their main export markets are already contracting. Inflation is sky high by western standards, and their wage costs are exploding. Their food prices are rising at a nasty 23% year-on-year. Already now, China\'s ports are packed with tankers filled with metals that nobody needs. An appropriate song for them would be: You\'ve Got Your Troubles, I\'ve Got Mine.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Yes, the song is great. But it’s not all roses in China. With western economies now in a slump, their headlong rush for growth is now faltering. Their growth rate, currently about 10%, is forecast to slip to 8% next year. Their main export markets are already contracting. Inflation is sky high by western standards, and their wage costs are exploding. Their food prices are rising at a nasty 23% year-on-year. Already now, China’s ports are packed with tankers filled with metals that nobody needs. An appropriate song for them would be: You’ve Got Your Troubles, I’ve Got Mine.
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]]> By: Matibili http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1430/comment-page-1#comment-271640 Matibili Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:44:47 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1430#comment-271640 The genius of the chinese. using their copy cat gadgets. and copy cat communism. Yet their murder is not copy cat, it's policy. And they have friends everywhere. as seen in the song.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('271640','Matibili'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('271640','Matibili','The genius of the chinese. using their copy cat gadgets. and copy cat communism. \r\n\r\nYet their murder is not copy cat, it\'s policy.\r\n\r\nAnd they have friends everywhere. as seen in the song.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> The genius of the chinese. using their copy cat gadgets. and copy cat communism.

Yet their murder is not copy cat, it’s policy.

And they have friends everywhere. as seen in the song.

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]]> By: Tara http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1430/comment-page-1#comment-271636 Tara Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:34:46 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1430#comment-271636 Thanks Diaspora UK!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('271636','Tara'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('271636','Tara','Thanks Diaspora UK!'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Thanks Diaspora UK!
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]]> By: Diaspora UK http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1430/comment-page-1#comment-271634 Diaspora UK Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:20:49 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1430#comment-271634 Tara, YouTube was doing my nut in. Wanted to show it to my partner when he came home and it wasnt working. The song is available for FREE download from AmieStreet: http://amiestreet.com/artist/ben-dalby/#downloadAlbum-154735 Quicker to grab it there. Good luck.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('271634','Diaspora UK'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('271634','Diaspora UK','Tara, YouTube was doing my nut in. Wanted to show it to my partner when he came home and it wasnt working. The song is available for FREE download from AmieStreet:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/amiestreet.com\/artist\/ben-dalby\/#downloadAlbum-154735\r\n\r\nQuicker to grab it there.\r\n\r\nGood luck.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Tara, YouTube was doing my nut in. Wanted to show it to my partner when he came home and it wasnt working. The song is available for FREE download from AmieStreet:

http://amiestreet.com/artist/ben-dalby/#downloadAlbum-154735

Quicker to grab it there.

Good luck.

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]]> By: Tara http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1430/comment-page-1#comment-271633 Tara Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:16:30 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1430#comment-271633 The song has been removed?! Getting a message stating that it is "no longer available"<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('271633','Tara'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('271633','Tara','The song has been removed?! Getting a message stating that it is \"no longer available\"'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> The song has been removed?! Getting a message stating that it is “no longer available”
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]]> By: Diaspora UK http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1430/comment-page-1#comment-271632 Diaspora UK Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:36:26 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1430#comment-271632 It's a great song, and so are some of the others you can listen to via those links. Why have I never heard of this guy? Feel like I should have?? You know, the Chinese have as much right as any nation to try better their lives. It's not their desire to sell goods to other countries that I have issues with..... its the disregard for human rights in troubled places that disgusts me, and even the way I think they might help kill people by providing arms and expertise if they think it might earn them a dollar or two. Disgusting.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('271632','Diaspora UK'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('271632','Diaspora UK','It\'s a great song, and so are some of the others you can listen to via those links. Why have I never heard of this guy? Feel like I should have??\r\n\r\nYou know, the Chinese have as much right as any nation to try better their lives. It\'s not their desire to sell goods to other countries that I have issues with..... its the disregard for human rights in troubled places that disgusts me, and even the way I think they might help kill people by providing arms and expertise if they think it might earn them a dollar or two. Disgusting.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> It’s a great song, and so are some of the others you can listen to via those links. Why have I never heard of this guy? Feel like I should have??

You know, the Chinese have as much right as any nation to try better their lives. It’s not their desire to sell goods to other countries that I have issues with….. its the disregard for human rights in troubled places that disgusts me, and even the way I think they might help kill people by providing arms and expertise if they think it might earn them a dollar or two. Disgusting.

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