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2007-10-19 China-Japan-Koreas

China Communists meet in secrecy, promise democracy

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 One step forward. But not so fast.
You need to work on the currency issue. you have time for this but not much if you think you need to persue taiwan.
You need to balance GDP with not only export but ability to support internal assets (like people).
You need maximal financial help and property rights to do either.
You need many, many things. None of which I AM beyond giving you.

I AM more interested in solving Chinas problems than I AM in just sitting on my ass here. Moreover, I prefer a long term solvency and sanity and peaceful solution than just democracy.

Thanks for the commo check.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-10-19 00:20|| 2007-10-19 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 See also RIAN > CAN RUSSIA EVER BE RED-FREE, Commies that is. JUST RUSSIA versus UNITED RUSSIA pol parties.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-19 00:26|| 2007-10-19 00:26|| Front Page Top

#3 So long as China remains a one-party system it will continue to be nothing but the usual communist farce of thugocracy in action. I sincerely doubt that the Politburo's elite have any intention of giving up their control of China and the economic advantage it brings them. If anything, I'd say this is merely ameliorative blather to lull the West as tensions build over Taiwan. Continued spewing of pap like this will help to avoid any significant retaliation like an Olympic boycott. All of this is especially pertinent now that China has engendered so much hostility over tainted goods shipped to America.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-19 03:05|| 2007-10-19 03:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Zenster: China is, and has long been an administrative train wreck. Communism has more than anything else, by its unwavering incompetence, kept China down. But if China improves its efficiency, it may collapse, much like the Soviet Union collapsed after perestroika.

And it is highly doubtful they will do so peacefully. And nobody does chaos like the Chinese.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-19 08:57|| 2007-10-19 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Why just blame the commies [other than their insatiable lust for power] for retarding economic and social growth? Just look at Massachusetts. Rather it is a one party state by law or by 'hook or crook', the results generate pretty much the same. All the Chicoms are doing now is searching for that Donk model that allows them to give just enough to satisfy the appearance of democracy while operating a government model after that of the mob. Mexico would probably be the best fit for them, although Siberia doesn't look as promising as a dumping ground for their unwanted, unskilled, and unemployed.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-10-19 09:22|| 2007-10-19 09:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Funny you should say that P2K, because there are a lot of non- and semi-documented Chinese immigrants in the Russian Far East. In a lot of places they outnumber the Russians.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2007-10-19 13:24|| 2007-10-19 13:24|| Front Page Top

#7 But if China improves its efficiency, it may collapse, much like the Soviet Union collapsed after perestroika.

A Chinese scientist I knew argued that China's gradual transition towards a true ~~free-market~~ capitalist economy was far more viable than Russia's abrupt conversion. In yet another odd parallel with Islam, I find it entirely conspicuous that communist governments are rendered fragile by prosperity.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-19 13:48|| 2007-10-19 13:48|| Front Page Top

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