Comments:Imperial College London geology students fined in China for "illegal map-making"

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I feel like going to Google Earth and making maps of the prosecutor's home areas and sending it to them. China still looks closed. Rediculously closed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.30.7.174 (talk • contribs)

Wow... Other countries really are more strict than the US...

I think this is rather stupid... they aren't harming anyone or anything... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 147.31.4.43 (talk • contribs)

realy?

How silly is this? I mean, illegal map making wot a farce!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.133.92.228 (talk • contribs)

What is it about governing Asian countries that makes governments fear truth?

Not only China, but also supposedly moderate places such as Thailand and Singapore. Some may point to "Confucian doctrine" but I thought he was all for honesty. Just noticing. Scott Sanchez (talk) 06:31, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

• And just what are "Asian values", any way? Scott Sanchez (talk) 06:32, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Mine surveys

OK so Imperial College is supposed to know what it is doing when it teaches students, it really is very stupid to take high grade mining lode standard survey equipment and survey both sensitive riot areas and sectors that the Chinese government considers valuable during a belligerent stand off crisis between the USA and China, events change so rapidly while Geology takes a long period of time, no matter how much freedom we have to work anywhere we feel on earth for good, the risk of taking data sets that may be very close to mine lode use state especially in days before the Olympics is asking for trouble. You might as well go and survey Fort Knox geology, or Hinkley zone, which I stay well away from at all times and leave to the Stert Point birds. There is plenty of geology to take research work on for degree. That is not to say this was unfortunate, but you also may be considered to bring the University into disrepute and it takes a long time to establish good links with government, especially in England. It has been done before by less reputable students and some who are listed as staff and fortunately China is less and less inclined to fear the worst and has better and better geology work of its own which we can read. M D Stagg B Sc Wales hydrology soils Geology M Sc Senior Lecturer 1978. I would not even go near the Thamesgate project at date, the politicians and sportsmen are so wracked with nervous dyspepsia and stay away from water supply sites, please, especially if you are a political lobbying sportsman. The earth is short enough of potable, clean, water as it is. And too few good Geologists to lose any in disasters.