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The wrong side of history 11:31pm on 26 Jan 2009 To post 129 poorindian

Apologies if you found my comparison of China/India offensive. But I didn't mean to belittle India in any sense. Of course every country is different. I was merely referring to a single aspect of the complexity.

Regarsless of backgrounds and cultures, why are we yet to see an economically successful 3rd world country that owes its success to the borrowing of the so-called "Western Democracy"?
The wrong side of history 4:24pm on 22 Jan 2009 I think that many outside China fail to understand that the present political system of China is actually preferred by the overwhelming majority of the people in China, not just a few party leaders and those who have notoriously benefited from it.

And this is why James has not been a popular, in the positive sense, journalist in China. The interesting thing is, he might have been very popular some 15-20 years back if he had said the same. Why the Chinese today are so anti-West is a question best left for the West to interpret, given that 20 years ago people hardly had access to information outside China and today they get whatever they want over the net.
The wrong side of history 4:01pm on 22 Jan 2009 123 mikelia

I couldn't agree more. If everybody took a reasonable, realistic and enlightened stand as you, the world would be much different.
The wrong side of history 3:57pm on 22 Jan 2009 To 65, palladiomc

It looks you didn't get the relationship right between socialism and communism. According to the text book, communism is the higest form of social systems, whilst socialism is a progressive stage between capitalism and communism. China has never claimed it's in a stage of communism since the birth of the CCP.

You wrongly stated "their goal is socialism with chinese characteristics, not communism any more". In fact the statement by the CCP is that China is at the early stage of socialism, and communisam is still the ultimate goal as written in its newly revised political constitution?

As to the examples you named:

South K does not qualify as a meaningful example simply due to its size and scale. As in the case of Singapore. You have to compare likes with likes.

East Germany? It merged with W.Germany and is no longer a country. How do you compare them? If it had turned to a Western system and reamined a country itself, I doubt it would be anywhere near where it is in terms of living standard.

Poland? Has Poland's living standard much improved since embracing the West?

Hah! the rest? That's all we've got left in the world!
The wrong side of history 5:02pm on 21 Jan 2009 To 63:

My post was about some Arab TVs, not EVERY Arab TVs. I'm sure you realise certain Arab channels are banned in the US.

Well, how many communist countries are there in the World and which is the most successful one? If I said " credit crunch", would I need to mention the US to include it or even put it on the top of the list? Logic, logic.

It's not just 'some countries leaders' that got irritated. People visiting this blog are hardly 'leaders' but many of them have got irritated.
Serfs' Emancipation Day 3:10pm on 21 Jan 2009 Post *80

"Yes, the system in Tibet before was not good and the Dalai Lama accepts that now "

Yes? When did Dalai Lama accepted that ? sources pls?
The wrong side of history 3:07pm on 21 Jan 2009 If China were to be criticised for its censorship, what about the USA that banned those Arab broadcasters from airing into the USA?

Double standard in action
The wrong side of history 2:57pm on 21 Jan 2009 Of course CCTV would cut his words. Why not?

Obama is ideologically brain washed as any Western politician, and of course would say that. Why's anybody surprised?

Communism was good for China in that it saved the country from the Western bullies, and is still good for China as time has demonstrated over the past three decades. A good comparison can be made with India and many others that have adopted Western political systems over the past half century. The stark reality is that none, I do mean NONE, have succeded in bringing improvement of living standard to their people to the extent or scale China has done. And this is highlighted by the recently published UN commissioned reports which commend China's efforts in lifting poverty and setting examples to other low-income countries.

But all these are missing from the speeches of any Western politicians, Obama being one of them.
Looking to Gaza... and America 10:40pm on 20 Jan 2009 Seriously, I doubt the PRC gov is genuinely intending to do anything in the Mid East., reason being that China is actively collaborating with Isreal on a number of fronts, mostly technologically, whilst it always wants to be seen as the leader of the 3rd world. Big dilemma! And I don't think there's a way out for China.

So keeping quiet is probably what China has to do.
Serfs' Emancipation Day 11:50pm on 19 Jan 2009 To sheriffCartman of Post #13

I agree with you.

The Chinese government has published various forms of literatures and materials on the past of Tibet, or rather the Tibet under Dalai Lama. Why haven't we seen any, I do mean ANY, publication by either the Tibetens in exile or the Western pro-Tibet groups, or the likes of BBC, on what Tibet was like 50 years ago?

Come on, anyone with an answer?

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