China really is just an ordinary country

More proof that the new, improved Communist China is just a country like any other, all freedom and sweetness and light. A Chinese government satellite smashes through the roof and destroys a poor man's apartment. He responds as any citizen of an ordinary country would. "The government has destroyed all my stuff! Who's going to pay for this?" Just kidding. What he actually said was that this must be a sign that his luck will improve - presumably, meaning it couldn't get much worse. The story is here: a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3750744.stm">BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Satellite smashes Chinese house.