Amazing how much incentive there is for a whole nation to work when they don't run a social security system....
This is completely untrue - I don't know where you got that information from but there is a very robust social security system here that includes free housing for th eelderly, food and health benefits and many more things FOR THE NEEDY!!
The usual propaganda - most likely run by our governments in the west - is simply not true.
The BIG difference is that here in China if I WANT to work harder or longer I can reap the rewards for doing so, in Australia the government takes 60% of what you earn so what incentive is there???
Please refrain from regurgitating complete crap when you certainly have no facts to back it up.
And you Mike. I've visited China several times and traded with them since 1998. I don't have the immersion you do in staying there for longer times, but I do pick up on things. There is no social security in outlying villages. China's system and "transparency" only goes so far. A lot of the people working in the cities have migrated en masses, so their culture of work or perish will have come with them even with whatever the Government offers them being available. And as many Chinese have a certain caution of dealing with Government, it goes without saying that not all of them want to declare their status, especially if they are not carrying a permit to work in that city. Doesn't seem like an equal system to me.
Anyway, I think your Thunderbirds theme is going to be a rocket in sales. Are you going to sell as many as are wanted or are you going to do the "boutique pin sales, only 100 made" a la Spooky et al? FAB.
