No, this is not the truth. when the foreigners go to the beijing to watch olympics, they will see very beautiful city with many modern shops and supermarketmalls. they will be the very surprised at the sight. it is not the same as you people think.
None of us are contending that China's cities or economy aren't, in some sense at least, modern. I object to China's
tyranny, not its poverty.
ROFL - get some chinese friends maybe and have them explain a few things about life in china ?
Let me guess - you assume the chinese live under tyranny because their government is "communist" ,right ?
If you missed it - the cold war is over ? Or perhaps you are just out to start a new one ?
No, it's quite evident that the word "Communist" no longer means much, but that the Party has found a new basis for governmental viability (growing the crony-capitalist economy and a new class of people beholden to its associated exploitation, not expanding political freedoms). Exploitation continues, though with new shibboleths uttered to support it and different groups receiving the party's patronage.
As for a new Cold War, conflict may be inevitable with such mutually opposed political systems and the new power of China to aid tyrannous regimes in other regions (Zimbabwe, Sudan, Burma). However, I would have to say that China would to declare such a war because too many in power here in both government and leading major corporations are interested in appeasing and aiding the powerful in China with exploiting their own people.
