Comments on: How Many Children Can You Squeeze Into A Van?

By: P.

P. — Wed, 29 May 2013 14:52:41 +0000

Yes, life is cheap in Mainland China and that’s just the way it is — at least for another generation or two. The next generation is more forward-thinking and I suppose money will be allocated more effectively once the corrupt old guard, those whose mindset was forged during the Cultural Revolution and the ideological chaos of Reform and Opening, start to retire and the younger Western-educated generation takes their place.

Those kids are damn cute, though, and I wish they had a proper school bus.

By: SeaHorse

SeaHorse — Wed, 29 May 2013 03:28:00 +0000

If that state poured more money into funding schools in impoverished provinces to actually have the budget for a school bus this could be easily avoided. But no, officials are spending money on museums with nothing in them and large shopping multiplexes with no consumer demand. When ever someone says they’re building another art gallery in *insert hick town* I’m like REALLY, like REALLY. Or when I walk through an empty shopping mall. REALLY, like REALLY. People just spend money on showing off

By: MrT

MrT — Wed, 29 May 2013 02:51:48 +0000

They were coming in through the back door.
Trick camera work.

By: wafflestomp

wafflestomp — Tue, 28 May 2013 20:00:17 +0000

MIGHT be skimming? lol

By: 阿江

阿江 — Tue, 28 May 2013 19:06:21 +0000

There was an episode of Phoenix TV (鳳凰衛視)’s “鏘鏘三人行”, where they discussed the crash on November 16 you mentioned. They made a good point, in that, despite the new safety regulations, if your school wants to provide its kids with a field trip, but can’t afford to buy or rent a full-blown school bus, stuffing as many kids as you can in a van, and illegally modifying your van to fit them, is only bet.

But then of course, there is also the fact that school officials might be skimming off the top, and not putting in that money towards the schools and their kids…