Chinese Apprentice

No, that isn't the name of Guns 'n' Roses decade-plus-in-the-making album, but China's plans for its own version of The Apprentice.

This could turn ugly really quick, people.

Why do I have visions that instead of bringing the candidates around a table when its time to fire one, that the Chinese will choose to parade them into a soccer stadium blindfolded and shoot the candidate with the short straw?

Actually, it shows how much the Chinese have changed. As a people, they're big on saving face - when my father worked there, his employees were usually given the chance to quit or retire rather than be fired. It was a deeply embedded part of their culture to put out a public appearance sparing the dignity of the person on the chopping block.

Now they have The Apprentice. My, how times change. Capitalist economic power drives a Communist government. Who would have predicted that?