[Cronos]

There you go again saying Communism good, democracy BAD: democratic India which, after 50 years of democracy, STILL hasn't become a mirror image of America yet

The US 50 years after independence in the 1820s - 1830s was hardly a mirror image of us now. plus India played the stupid game of socialism, but know that it's waking up, it's like Japan or S. Korea or Singapore -- democracies that encourage individuals to prosper. That is not messy, that is long-term development not hyped up, illusionary growth in which all the brainwork is done by foreign nationals and the MNCs use the chicoms as automatons.

[taiwansemi]

Just be aware that all those "democracies" you mentioned such as Japan, Korea, etc. are some of China's biggest investors.