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| Hu Tightens Party's Grip On Power |
| 2005-04-25 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 Hu knows it's getting dangerous out, that's why he's "tightening his grip" - he learned the Gorbachev lesson. And exactly how does the only party allowed tighten it's grip on power? |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-04-25 7:26:27 PM |
| #10 Chinese living standards are improving rapidly. Exactly my point. What happens when/if they stop improving? The world economy is about to hit an oil supply limit that will take at least 5 years to solve. During that time there will be little or no economic growth and globalization will be rolled back with China the main loser. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-04-25 6:34:13 PM |
| #9 phil_b: The Chinese Communist regime has less than 2 years (read my recent comments on the coming worldwide recession). I'll have to disagree. Chinese living standards are improving rapidly. The ingredients for a revolution aren't there. The conventional (Freudian) wisdom is that China's recent maneuvers are a sign of weakness. I would argue that they are a sign of strength.* The leadership feels confident enough about China's economic power to throw its weight around with respect to the second largest economy in the world. Note that China got Japan to back down, which says something, given the importance of face in Japanese culture - whatever anyone's perceptions, the Japanese felt that they had too much to lose from offending the Chinese. * Some might say that the US decision not to ratify (or abide by) the Kyoto Accords or to withdraw from the ABM treaty are signs of weakness. I would say that they are signs of strength. Advancing one's national interests are signs of weakness only in the pseudo-sophisticated Freudian sense, where victory is defeat and defeat is victory. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-04-25 10:59:48 AM |
| #8 .com,do you have a link to A&C's skit from a"A Day at the Races"the one were they are talking about a horse being a Mudder? |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-04-25 9:39:27 AM |
| #7 The Chinese Communist regime has less than 2 years (read my recent comments on the coming worldwide recession). |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-04-25 8:50:16 AM |
| #6 Abbot and Costello:2 of the greatest.Rank right-up there with Red Skleton. |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-04-25 8:46:44 AM |
| #5 Thanks .com. A real blast from the past. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2005-04-25 1:45:34 AM |
| #4 :) So true, Doc! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-25 1:10:35 AM |
| #3 Oh, thanks alot com. Now I woke up the kids. You can't beat the classics! :0 |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2005-04-25 1:03:19 AM |
| #2 Lol, Grunter. Here's the routine, if ya want it... |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-25 12:57:05 AM |
| #1 Hu's on first. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2005-04-25 12:37:50 AM |