I do love to watch the games, but not this time.
China has no regards about human rights or pollution and many more issues about foreign politic.
They are helping North Korea- sellings God knows what to Iran and other enemies of the U.S.A.
Is about time to do something about it
Do we really have to buy so much junk from China??
and what about our market, we are loosing jobs- factories all over the country. Can we do something about it???
They took over Tibet and maybe one day Taiwan, are we going to allow it???
Is about time to stop this crazy country-they are not better than fanatic Islam- different language-same politc- same hate. Because America is one of Chinas biggest trade partners it is simple politics even though I agree with every word that you say, the simple fact is that China Has become so poweful with its tendrils all over the world that they are now unstoppable, The sleeping giant is now awakened.
While Europe and America were busy destroying their only allies in Africa, the Chinese were busy moving in and now they own it all, and soon they are going to control the vast mineral and oil wealth that Africa has and this is going to cause major problems for everyone who is not an ally of China, the West has no friends in Africa anymore, only a black bottomless pit for you to throw all of your money into, to enrich people that despise you.
Don't worry about jobs, under a Chinese administration everyone will have jobs, you, your wife, your kid, your mother, Grandmother, everyone, and as much overtime as your body can stand.
And as for supporting insane, little, raving, despots like North Korea, first see how many supporters ol' Kim has in America and Europe and Africa and Asia and the Middle East and the Arab states and practically everyone in the ' movement of the non-alligned states', so do you think that with 90% of the world population agreeing with him that, by your own democratic principles you are wrong and he is right.
Keep politics out of the Olimpic games if you enjoy watching them, think of all of the athletes that have trained to represent their country, why should they suffer because corrupt politicians don't agree?
The only way to stop imported products from flooding your country is to stop buying them, consumer demand, while people keep buying them the trade will take a profit.
personally I am glad that people are now becoming aware, because we warned you all about this thirty years ago and no-one listened then but now you have no choice, reality is here.
When faced with the winds of change, build a windmill not a wind brake.. Badly said for once.
You're going by the old school.
I live in China as an ex pat and China is not what you think
Doubt it? My best defense is not my words, but to come here for a visit. Report It
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Life is so simple, but we insist on making it complicated
Confucius
551 - 479 BC
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Peace
Jim
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I agree with just plain jim!!! Report It
I'll tell you what it's time for. It's time for us to start minding our own busness. It's time for us to stop trying to police the world. Isn't it obvious that the conflicts in this world are never gonna end? It's time for us to get back to our roots. Mind our own business. Worry about America, first and only. And kick the mess out of anyone in this world who disturbs our peace and tranquility. Quit buying their products if you oppose them. Who cares about the olympics. I bet you can look around the room and find 10 things made in China. We need to boycott their products and then maybe we would have jobs here. ah so Yes.........The Olympic games should be cancelled in China the first reason is pollution , China is opening 100 coal fired power stations a year(2 a week) no are you serious? if you feel so averse to china, you must first look at your own gov't, because i assure you that if you don't like them, you surely won't like your own. firstly, the u.s. borrows more than a billion dollars a day from china. secondly, the u.s. gov't, i assure you, has less of a concern for ''human rights'' than china does. corporations care about large profits, that's why they are moving to other countries, i thought that would be evident. you can only do something if you choose to act. be vigilant! the u.s. has taken over 1) hawaii 2) mexico 3) the land in which you currently reside called america 4) iraq 5) afghanistan... i think you get my point. which brings me to my next point... we created ''fanatic islam''. do some homework. and go watch charlie wilson's war, it'll be good for you. It is best you tune in and find out stuff about China other then what China haters tell you.
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China is not communist nor is it socialistic.
It is also often referred to as totalitarian and a dictatorship.
Both are equally as wrong too.
Communism:
is the opposite of capitalism so therefore it is impossible they are communistic. The first people who were allowed to use limited capitalism were the farmers back in the 50's because of the failure of collective farming. The whole country is one huge capitalistic machine now.
Socialistic:
means the state controls all production, manufacturing and business. That is impossible as well since individuals own businesses and those state run businesses are a mixture of state and private working side by side. Currently today, less then 20% is state owned. 30 years ago it was 100%. Example, their oil industry is a mix of private and state working together and their cost per gallon of gas is $2.25. There are no taxes added, all the revenue and profits are done before that with both private and state profiting. The USA could do that same, but we'd rather pay $1 more per gallon then allow any kind of socialism to creep into our economy. Our socialism is through war for oil while ignoring what the people really need.
Totalitarian:
means the state controls all aspects of life. That is simply not the case as individuals are free to seek new employment, open businesses, travel at will, immigrate, buy homes, become rich, buy any consumer product they want without permission, in short, do just about anything the people in the west take for granted.
Dictatorship:
They have an election system in place that is at the province level. Those elected officials, who are elected by the people, are then sent to Beijing to represent the people there and those people elect the president, much like many government systems in the world, like Britain.
One party rule:
True, but in recent years the government is encouraging people from outside the party to become involved in government and politics. They can also hold high office, something that was unheard of a few years ago. China understands that it needs new blood in its system in order to survive and do the will of the people otherwise China will stagnate.
What type of government does China have?
At this point, it is hard to say, because it is a mixture of democratic ideals, federalism, socialism, and authoritarian. From what I can see, and how China likes change slowly, that it is slowly morphing into a democratic federal republic, much like the USA has now. But at their own pace, not the instant change that the west demands of China. China is smart enough to know that instant change can have social and political repercussions and its best to take it slowly as to not wake the angry dragon of discontent and descent.
Source:
My experience, living here as an ex pat from the USA
My web site.
http://www.pbase.com/sailingjim
http://www.china.org.cn
and see how their system works. Use their search engine and put in the words democracy, then communism, then socialism. You'll probably be surprised at the results you get. Keep in mind, the people read the same things you will read there.
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Looking at the China bashing pragmatically instead of with a blind eye like so many do.
The Amnesty International types of organizations depend on donations to survive. Therefore, they have a vested interest to believe one side of the story while ignoring the other side to keep up the hate and the money coming in.
Therefore, what should be done is we need to look into the lifestyle of the CEO's of these organizations, what percentage of donations goes into education vs administrative, salaries, etc.
What I find disingenuous with so many people is they will selectively believe these organizations on issues they want to believe, while condemning them on issues they don't want to believe.
Much of the information comes from people who have a ax to grind, or the information is collected from 3rd and 4th parties. Remember, we went to war in Iraq, in part, because of the word of ex pats who made claims that have since been disproved, even outright lies.
I live here in China as an ex pat from the USA and teach in a college. I expected to meet dissidents, and to date, I have not met one. The people in China seem to be very apathetic and it took me a long time to figure out why. It's because they have more freedom then anytime in their history and they are grateful for that. The biggest complaint I have heard about the government from students is they don't spend enough on education.
A final thing to ponder is Tianamen Square. Few in the states know why it started. It was because the government cut back on college spending and the students were upset. It morphed into a democracy movement and the crowds were huge only because the people were curious. The reason the movement was brutally crushed (I do not support that) is because with world wide attention, plus it was all over the Chinese news that the government appeared to be weak and could possibly be overthrown. The aftermath of that, is anyones guess what they would have ended up with. We are now seeing what instant change has done in two countries that we have gone to war with that never had democracy before and have a long history of human rights abuses.
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They have a very stable society and government.
Foreign companies are not afraid to invest there.
China learns by its successes and mistakes.
China is a very old and wise country.
China has an over abundance of brain power
China is very innovative.
China is not afraid to go outside of their country for answers to questions and problems they have.
China is very careful not to let foreign investment take over like they allowed to happen two centuries ago.
China plans for the future through five year and one year plans that are changable.
China's government is slowly morphing into a federal democratic republic, much like the USA but at their own pace.
China realizes that to limit people in government only to one party is counter productive and in recent years is encouraging people outside the party to become involved in government and even run for office.
China is much of what we want her to be and little of what we think she is.
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Life is so simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Confucius
551 - 479 BC
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Peace
Jim
. I agree with Jim. The haven麓t lost the ability to dream. This is China麓s time to build the American dream, and they r working really hard to achieve it. |
