China faces growing labor unrest

Christian Science Monitor ^ | March 25, 2002 | Robert Marquand

[Bonaparte]

"In the Mao era, people had security."

Sixty-five million dead civilians, and he calls it "security."

[PhilDragoo]

Both domestic and foreign enemies come in handy when a regime is in trouble.

Clinton gave Jiang a gift with the Belgrade embassy bombing.

The Hainan EP-3C incident, too, presented the beetles of Beijing with a foreign devil to wave about.

A power elite which exploits the masses--no, wait, that's those warmongering capitalist running dogs.

We have met the hegemonic main enemy and we're on first.

[GeronL]

interesting

[Joe Boucher]

Actually what I'd like to see is for Pakistan and India to go toe to toe and drag China in to the fray and then kick the hell out of each other.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

[" Always pleasent to see unrest in the peoples worker paradise. Hopefully it gets much much worse over there before it gets better."]

Do you (and some others in this thread) truly wish suffering on these people? Why not go all the way and say you wish all of these people would just drop dead?

If unrest brings about freedoms, then yes suffering will be part of that transition. What!? You prefer they stay in chains because it's easier? Odd.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

If unrest brings about freedoms, then yes suffering will be part of that transition. What!? You prefer they stay in chains because it's easier? Odd.

Awwww, c'mon! How can I say this more clearly? The issue is not about the reality of suffering in China, or about the pain that is accompanying China's transition to a new economic system.

In post #8, Joe clearly wished increased pain and suffering on the Chinese people. Judging from Joe's later comment in #24, he does not appear to care whether or not China makes the transition successfully; he just wants them to suffer. Am I the only one in this thread who finds that attitude to be appalling?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

You are correct.