China's Ghost Cities
In class a while ago, we were discussing about Marx's view on Social Contract. How faceless people were just cogs in a working system. We agreed that this view was communist, which therefore turned our attention to China. We briefly referred to China's economy, and the subject of China's 'Ghost Cities' came up.
We mentioned how China was building massive city structures, but no one lived in them. It appears that China was hoping to have millions of people from rural towns move into the infrastructures but they were frankly, just too expensive. No one could afford them, so the abandoned cities just sit there deserted or with very few population. It is obvious that anyone will rarely use these facilities for a long
We mentioned how China was building massive city structures, but no one lived in them. It appears that China was hoping to have millions of people from rural towns move into the infrastructures but they were frankly, just too expensive. No one could afford them, so the abandoned cities just sit there deserted or with very few population. It is obvious that anyone will rarely use these facilities for a long
Malala Yousafzai
You may have already heard of Malala Yousafzai, a 16-year-old Pakistani girl who has become the symbol for women's right to education in her region and around the world. When the Taliban took over her region of the Swat Valley, they declared that girls would not be able to go to school and get an education. She recalls the Taliban murdering people because they danced or cut their hair. The Taliban bombed their school houses and threw acid in the faces of girl students. Malala and 50,000 other girls risked reading their books in the privacy of their home to continue learning. Under a false name, Malala wrote a diary about her experiences being deprived of her education and sent the diary to BBC. Malala began speaking out through interviews and got a documentary for the New York Times but soon the Taliban began issue death threats to her. On October 9, 2012, Malala was on her school bus when a man boarded the bus and shot Malala in her head. The doctors say that the fact that Malala survived is nothing short of a miracle. Despite becoming deaf in one ear, Malala fully recovered and is still advocating for women's right to education.
This girl is extremely brave and her story is really incredible. Despite everything she has gone
This girl is extremely brave and her story is really incredible. Despite everything she has gone