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To: ConservativeJen
It could be a revolution," says Hu Xingdou, an economics professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology. "Privatization of land is a foundation of democracy and the rule of law in China, because land is a basic resource."

I wish we could have a few politicians who understood that... It will be interesting if China undergoes a resurgance of freedom; as we fall under the increasingly heavy hand of the state.

5 posted on 01/21/2008 3:58:06 PM PST by Red Boots
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To: Red Boots

Not going to happen.

China has had many peasant revolutions before, heck the Communists came to power their on the backs of a peasant revolution.

None of the peasant revolutions have ever led to a democratic movement. The Chinese culture is inherently totalitarian, until that changes the only form of government they will have is a the rule from above kind.


6 posted on 01/21/2008 4:03:47 PM PST by Truthsearcher
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