'cause it's 100 times bigger than Cuba- it aint Communist , it has more US dollars than the US-has beautiful girls and it doesn't give a 'rice' about a Cuban cigar .Man that's awesome !
No one is going to hurt you Colpy ,go and see some professional .Oh yes, some of the girls are petite, and incredibly pretty.
We should surrender to the worst monster on the face of the earth because of THAT!!!!
Oh Yes! I am SOOO in love with China!
It is ruled by the Communist Party, which has only caused the deaths of at least 50 million Chinese in the last 60 years!
It admits to executing more people than the rest of the world combined, and the actual number of those killed is several times what they admit!
It uses the organs of the executed without their permission, sometimes tearing their organs out BEFORE they are shot!
China is the fourth WORST human rights abuser on earth!
China is pretty much sole supporter of many of the world's worst abusers........she is practically the only supporter of North Korea and Burma, she sells weapons to Sudan, and is deeply involved in Zimbabwe and Iran.
She has murdered a million Tibetans in 55 years.
She is becoming increasingly militarily aggressive, threatening Taiwan and India, and unilaterally extending her claims in the disputed South China Sea.
There is a VERY good chance we will see a MAJOR war with China within 50 years.
Oh yes, some of the girls are petite, and incredibly pretty.
We should surrender to the worst monster on the face of the earth because of THAT!!!!
I'd like my Boxing Day beverage free of Kool-Aid if you don't mind.
If you folks are so unhappy with Western Democracy why not hop a plane to China and live there. You could school them all on how bad our system is and not have to worry about things like voting or free speech.
Oh Yes! I am SOOO in love with China!
It is ruled by the Communist Party, which has only caused the deaths of at least 50 million Chinese in the last 60 years!
It admits to executing more people than the rest of the world combined, and the actual number of those killed is several times what they admit!
It uses the organs of the executed without their permission, sometimes tearing their organs out BEFORE they are shot!
China is the fourth WORST human rights abuser on earth!
China is pretty much sole supporter of many of the world's worst abusers........she is practically the only supporter of North Korea and Burma, she sells weapons to Sudan, and is deeply involved in Zimbabwe and Iran.
She has murdered a million Tibetans in 55 years.
She is becoming increasingly militarily aggressive, threatening Taiwan and India, and unilaterally extending her claims in the disputed South China Sea.
There is a VERY good chance we will see a MAJOR war with China within 50 years.
Oh yes, some of the girls are petite, and incredibly pretty.
We should surrender to the worst monster on the face of the earth because of THAT!!!!
First of all the most serious problem facing China is its long period of stability. Don't think so?
China is a country that goes through long periods of stability and chaos. The longer the stable
environment, the greater the period of chaos. The man with the little red book understood that
more than anyone. Mao Tse Tung, knew the youth in China were restless in the 1960's and
he encouraged them to turn on the older generation bringing forth the period of the Cultural
Revolution. Mao got rid of his political enemies and the State escaped having to fight its own
youth. In contrast Tienanmen Square was a case where the current administration had now
become more of a fascist regime, and it simply killed its own youth to preserve the current
power structure. China looks amazingly strong but within that strength there is the old and the
new, and the penchant for chaos. For example the Communist Party is not Communist at all.
In fact it is a fascist government posing as a shadow of its former self. Its a nation built on an
ideology that no longer exists. The old line communists are still there in the country side and in
some of the halls of government waiting for their chance to return. The educated elite are also
waiting for their chance to take control from a consumer driven dictatorship, who built a false
and fragile economy based on exporting goods to people who will soon be out of money and will
see China itself as a threat.
Ad to that the single greatest threat to any dictatorship of any stripe. A thriving middle class.
As the middle class become more of an economic generator, they assume the positions of power
from the rural, farm peasants and the powerful elite from the military. Middle Class people go on
to assume economic riches and want to protect their interests therefore those in the military
gradually slide to favour the middle class and the dictatorship breaks down. For example Chile
was a land of poverty and extreme wealth. In the late 1980's and 1990's a more middle class
economy developed and the dictatorship broke down. Sure there is still poverty in Chile but not
like it once was.
China has other problems too. There are considerable numbers of Tibetans who would like to free
their country, and the followers of groups less passive than Fallon gong who would like nothing better
than some instability to rise up against the military masters.
On the surface, China appears to be stable, but add the ingredient of economic instability world wide
and a market crash. When all those people are unemployed and they are now an educated middle
class looking for someone to blame, I wouldn't want to be one of the architects of modern China.
It is the old saying what goes round comes round. A nation is really judged in history, by the way we
as citizens treat each other. And for all our whining and bitching, in this country we have done pretty
well. If you take that example at the end of the day, I don't think China will prove to be that amazing.
In addition when the conflict does come it may not be the west who starts it. The Chinese leadership
will be look to distract its citizens from the problems, by doing what they do best, finding someone
else to blame for their misery, sort of like what we in the west are dong now, with the current spate
of economic trouble. The difference is of course, we will whether the storm, as we have treated each
other in society much better than the Chinese government and institutions have treated their citizens.
The difference is we are a society built of laws for the protection of all. Chinese society is built on an
ideology of government that protects those in power, and when the ruling class base thins out then
the only alternative, is utter chaos for the entire society until a new ruling class emerges and the
process starts all over again. China is amazing in that it never learns to solve its main problem and
repeats its mistakes over and over again.
I'd like my Boxing Day beverage free of Kool-Aid if you don't mind.
If you folks are so unhappy with Western Democracy why not hop a plane to China and live there. You could school them all on how bad our system is and not have to worry about things like voting or free speech.
Well......I have my Canadian passport since I was 16 years old .and that,s because I am a Canadian citizen .I have also a Polish passport and that's because I was born in Poland . Even my children who were born in CANADA are also Polish Citizens. That's a polish law.So now I have two passports and if I want I can use either one (which I don't) wherever I go.Yes ,I love Canada and that's why I call it home and this is why I have spend here over 40years of my life .The difference between you and I is that you're here by a biological chance ; I'm here in Canada by choice .I know I've asked this befor, but I'll ask again anyways.....China..... have you renounced your Canadian citizenship yet, returned your Canadian Passport and gotten your chinese equivalents yet?
well, got my Chinese drivers license ; it is good for 6 more years .gotten your chinese equivalents yet?
Colpy: There is a VERY good chance we will see a MAJOR war with China within 50 years.
I doubt it, unless its started by the West, which is why China will continue build up its military. China doesn't need a war to conquer the world. They can achieve their foreign policy objectives through peaceful means and using their financial clout.
Within 10 years:
Taiwan will vote in a referendum to re-unite with China.
China and India will sign a peace agreement which defines the disputed borders.
China will claim a portion of the South China sea and no country will dare challenge them. Eventually it will become China's accepted boundaries.
Eventually the Dalai Lama will be allowed to return to Tibet. China will give Tibet limited autonomy and protect Tibetan culture for tourism purposes.
"Made in China" products will eventually be known for quality and they won't be cheap, just like "Made in Japan".
I'm against double standards. If you want a clear Kool-Aid viewpoint, I suggest getting information from an objective third party like Amnesty International. Compare China's human rights record with the US or Israel
China
http://thereport.amnesty.org/sites/default/files/AIR2010_AZ_EN.pdf#page=51
USA
http://thereport.amnesty.org/sites/default/files/AIR2010_AZ_EN.pdf#page=290
Israel
http://thereport.amnesty.org/sites/default/files/AIR2010_AZ_EN.pdf#page=129
BTW, I'm telling you what I saw when I was in China and few facts to clarify common misperceptions about China.I've bin doing it for almost 7 ys.BTW, I'm telling you what I saw when I was in China and few facts to clarify common misperceptions about China.
I've bin doing it for almost 7 ys.
Machjo;.[/QUOTE said:In the end, it's best to stay out of Chinese politics except via the proper channels. If we have an issue, bring it up at the General Assembly, an international body that can criticize Canada just as much as China on an equal playing field without imposing one people's views onto another.[/QUOTE
Lived in Canada over 40 ys........wishful thinking .
DamnGrumpy,Whenever China enters a period of turmoil, millions of people die. But China has been fairly stable since the 70's. Very few deaths have been attributed to the Chinese government in the last 20 years since their crackdown on Tienanmen Square protesters. Even then, the numbers of people killed during that crackdown (most plausible estimates are less than 1000 people including police and soldiers), were substantially less than the number of people killed by the IDF during the 2008 Gaza war crime (about 1400), or deaths during the US led war crime in Iraq. (hundreds of thousands).
So lets clarify Colpy's selective indignation:
When the West props up and arms foreign dictators, its good. When some one else does it, its bad.
When the West overthrows a democratically elected government, its good. When some one else does it, its bad.
When the West invades and occupies a country without any justification, its good. When some one else does it, its bad.
When the West doesn't like a government we can condemn them for events which happened 60 or more years ago. If its a government the West likes, we ignore all the bad things they do.
Its called having double standards.
BTW, I was in China last year. All I saw was rampant capitalism at the street level. People were happy, prosperous, busy and optimistic about the future. The Chinese people I met were awesome!
DamnGrumpy,
China's economy is less dependent on foreign trade than it was 10 years ago.
2008-01-31
China's domestic consumption has replaced investment to become the biggest driver of economic growth for the first time in seven years.
Last year, domestic consumption contributed 4.4 percentage points to the 11.4-percent increase in the nation's gross domestic product, compared with 4.3 percentage points of investment and 2.7 percentage points of net exports, said China Securities Journal yesterday, citing unidentified official with the National Bureau of Statistics.
Domestic consumption drives GDP for 1st time _English_Xinhua
and
Why the Export Slump Won't Doom China's Economy
China's exports contribute far less to GDP growth than many assume, with domestic spending and investment and knowledge gained from exports driving growth
Why the Export Slump Won't Doom China's Economy - BusinessWeek
UN hails China's food policiesChina's economy is less dependent on foreign trade than it was 10 years ago.
By Qin Jize and He Wei (China Daily)
Updated: 2010-12-24 08:11
l BEIJING - China has made "remarkable progress" in growing sufficient food to feed its population, while making great contribution to the world's poverty eradication, a UN official said on Thursday.
The nation shifted from a food aid recipient to an international food donor in 2005, a sign of its "significant success" in coordinating and helping small-scale farmers boost productivity, said Olivier De Schutter, the UN Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
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Lived in Canada over 40 ys........wishful thinking .