Special Days in China
On Monday, by virtue of being a Tsinghua professor, I got a big box of apples (about 40). I haven’t figured out why. On Tuesday I got a lovely tea set that I will blog about later; it was the 15th birthday of the founding of the School of the Humanities at Tsinghua. My department is within that school. Today is Boys Day at Tsinghua University (a school-specific special day). November 1st is a nationwide day for people without boyfriends or girlfriends. It is Only One Day; in 11-1 there are only ones.
Speaking of only one, did you know that China’s One Child policy (if you have two children both parents will lose their jobs and pay a fine) applies only to cities? In rural China you can have two children. Some families have three. The central government has little control over rural areas; it would be too hard to enforce a one-child policy there.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Hm, can one move to the city with multiple kids? Do people ever go to the country to have multiple kids then move to the city?
November 13th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Haha, Boys’ Day is Nov 11th, because it has the most ‘1′
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Dr. Roberts - why did you move to China and how long will you be there? Just curious…
November 25th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Why did I move? I was offered a job at Tsinghua. The job allows me to split my time between Berkeley and Beijing (e.g., spend half a year in each) and I hope to be doing that for a long time.