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Why China is poised to streak ahead of the West
Edmonton Journal ^
| May 27, 2005
| David Finlayson
Posted on 05/31/2005 4:06:20 AM PDT by aculeus
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:06:21 AM PDT
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aculeus
To: aculeus
Oh, sure. That's gonna happen. Mmmm, hmmm... </sarcasm>
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:10:11 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(One may smile and smile and still be a villain.)
To: aculeus
Did I miss the memo? Is it All-kneel-down-for-the-Communists day in Canada again? I thought that was last week.
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:10:51 AM PDT
by
libs_kma
(USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
To: aculeus
"They're very smart, they think differently from us, and they have no restrictions on anything," Since a bunch of the Chinese are women, I would imagine that some of the feminists (epecially the college types) will be making a lot of noise about this statement . . . . . . . . . . . . or maybe not.
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:12:13 AM PDT
by
trebb
("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
To: aculeus
If they don't self destruct through pollution. Most of their rivers and ground water is incredibly polluted and you don't want to breath in their big cities. Read somewhere that the average mainlander gets less than 1/3 the average clean water of the rest of the world, and it's getting worse.
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:13:13 AM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(Warning: Frequent sarcastic posts)
To: aculeus
A couple small details on the glowing praise of Red China:
1. Capitalism and freedom go together. The oligarchy of the communist party must stay in control. They are following the path of the Soviet Union--glasnost and peristroika. The collapse of their government is inevitable.
2. Religious freedom, in the form of house churches of Christianity, is the most irresistible force in China. The more the government persecutes Christianity, the more it will flourish. The Christianization of the Chinese alone will bring down or profoundly change their government.
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:13:25 AM PDT
by
Forgiven_Sinner
(God is offering you eternal life right now. Freep mail me if you want to know how to receive it.)
To: aculeus
Before taking this guy seriously, take a look at his website. He lives on an igloo house boat in Canada and calls himself Dr. Tomorrow.
http://www.drtomorrow.com/
He doesn't actually seem to have "qualifications"
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:17:04 AM PDT
by
Soliton
(Alone with everyone else.)
To: aculeus
And who's the benefactor??? It's certainly not the regular people...
George B and company is doing his best to take us down this path...And he's doing a good job of it...
Funny thing is, too many Americans think they're going to get in on this scheme and make their money at the hands of the working guy...And right now, it's working...Buying this cheap junk from China at pennies on the dollar and selling it to Americans for what a similar American item would cost is makeing more than a few heads turn...
Before long, we will be working for the same wages the Chinese are...Have to just to have a job...
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:22:11 AM PDT
by
Iscool
(You mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailer park!!!)
To: aculeus
The same was said of Nazi Germany and the USSR. By trampling indivual freedom and political dissent, it was thought they were unbeatable. I'll keep my money on personal liberty.
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:22:37 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
To: aculeus
Nine-to-five jobs will become a piece of history as we put in almost full days on the job, he predicted Guess I'll be living in a cabin somewhere in the backcountry.
To: rdb3
Doncha remember?
This was done previously by the USSR in the 1950s, then by Japan in 1980s. It looks like that China will do it before Brazil which is poised to surpass the West in 4822 A.D.
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:26:49 AM PDT
by
beckaz
(Hey Senate Pubbies, act like the majority already)
To: A. Pole; Willie Green; dennisw
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:29:21 AM PDT
by
raybbr
To: aculeus
and they have no restrictions on anything Except they don't have free speech, can't critique their own government, and their Internet is filtered for 'subversive' content. Other than a million restrictions like these, they have no restrictions on anything.
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:31:14 AM PDT
by
caspera
To: aculeus; TigerLikesRooster; Dr. Marten; enemy of the people
Bullsh*t, Mr Finlayson.
Bullsh*t!
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:34:52 AM PDT
by
Brian Allen
(All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing -- Edmund Burke)
To: aculeus
With no respects toward "futurist" Frank Ogden, the old man babbles about ...
"They're [chicoms] very smart, they think differently from us, and they have no restrictions on anything" ...
yet admits they used "10,000 conscripted workers" to build that hospital.
All this as he sits dreaming his socialist thoughts in the comfort of his "high-tech houseboat" in Vancouver.
Methinks Ogden may be a bit put off by his accomodations in Heaven, though I have heard it said there is no slavery there.
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:35:35 AM PDT
by
G.Mason
( It's people like you, that make people like me, people like you!)
To: caspera
I wonder if this guy is funded by a Soros or Soros counterpart. I noticed the leftist money people trying to sing the same song (if you believe the MSM has a bias...), about China's zooming ahead. Do I hear the sound of the shears being sharpened to shear us sheep -- the American little guy investor?
The talk of delinking China's yuen from the dollar .... perhaps could cause a quick spike, but it seems to be they can't hide their corruption forever. Just a thought.
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:36:16 AM PDT
by
elk
To: raybbr
The author is a space case. Not that China isn't a huge menace but ....
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:52:39 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(He writes everything's been returned which was owed...)
To: G.Mason
All this as he sits dreaming his socialist thoughts in the comfort of his "high-tech houseboat" in Vancouver. On the internet anyone can anything to anyone at anytime. From your high speed connection on your high tech houseboat, in Vancouver.
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posted on
05/31/2005 4:55:04 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(He writes everything's been returned which was owed...)
To: rdb3
Why China is poised to streak ahead of the West Yeah sure. Actually, the rug can be pulled right out from China if their cheap labor becomes too pricey. You'd see foreign manufacturers pull their operations out of China fast looking for a better deal. China has a long ways to go when it comes to innovating ideas which really creates wealth, and may I point out, the US is world leader at innovation.
To: libs_kma
I don't buy his predictions, (remember "Rising Sun"?) but anyone who thinks China is not a REAL threat is dreaming. They are actually closer to a capitalist country than we are in many areas, with more individual freedoms than we have, if you are not 1) a political dissident, or 2) a member of a "non-approved" religious sect. The economic opportunities there are staggering, and people are getting rich by the boatload. The labor pool there is astounding as they have more UNEMPOLOYED people (300 million+) than we have PEOPLE.
I don't believe they will prosper in the long run, as I am a Christian, and I believe that they will pay for the oppression of true believers in what they do to the "house church" movement. It is interesting, though, that they also have more Christians than we do, the church is growing faster, and the quality of zealousness among their ranks puts ours to shame.
The problems will come when some of the wealth being gained begins to lift the wage standards from $0.28 cents, and people want to enjoy some of their freedoms. The soviet bloc saw that freedom realized is like a cancer to a totalitarian system. It metastasizes and eats the heart out of the system. Combine that with the idea of the dignity of man and the fearlessness that a religiously energized populace (above) has, and you have the makings of a revolution, peaceful if possible, violent if necessary. That is why China brutally oppresses its religious minorities.
One problem with Freepers is they think that when some guy like this points out the real trends in an ascendant power, they act like he is bawling out that capitalism has failed and that the glorious socialist paradise has arisen. He is NOT saying that. Present plan has me selling my business and retiring in 3 years, with plans to teach English in Bejing for a couple of year afterwards. I want to be where things are happening, and China is such a place.
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