[marktwain]

My take-away is this: China has become a fascist system, much like Germany, or Italy before WWII. It has been smarter by not putting as much of its developmental dollars into weapons systems and the military, but it is equally failing to deliver basic services.

Much of its problems stem from being a command economy, as well as being a civilization with a long history of corruption. China is not a majority Christian nation.

Every thing I read about Chinese history is that corruption was accepted and rampant.

China needs market reforms. It won't get them peacefully.

[Red Badger]

In China, and most every nation east of the Mediterranean Sea, corruption is a way of life, and has been for thousands of years. It’s even mentioned in the Old Testament Bible. The people know that the wealthy get what they want by greasing the skids, so they accept that they must do so as well............