Recent content by ranskaldan

China has never engaged in international meddling and harassment on the scale of America and the West. Perhaps one day we will, though. Russia? Gimme a break... we aren't going to follow Russia's footsteps and implode into a mafiocracy. As for the so-called "current system", it is...

feistymongol: worry not, the Chinese "communist" government already is, as far as I can see, a capitalist regime. michael york: the republic of china certainly wasn't doing well when it had all of china. but with only taiwan to worry about, its performance has been pretty good. as...

thank you, you've always been one of the more understanding people around here. :) as for the added example: sure, i've added it.

Imagine a critic, who is badly dissatisfied with affairs in America. So everytime he sees an American, he says: "How could you live in that hellhole? In America, thousands of schoolchildren die every year in school shootings, blacks live in constant fear of the police and segregation, the...

Nah, I'm in Beijing right now. and Shanghai was great! I recommend Shanghai to anyone who likes to travel and enjoys seeing some nice modern architecture. As for China being Red Evil, the only comment I have for that is: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ugh no, it's a bad time for that. But they are. It's just that the election process is a bit... ahem... let's call it, "unanimous". As for the People's Daily, don't even bother reading it. It's gotta be the most boring newspaper in the world.

I'm glad to see that this thread continues to live. :D The last few days I've been off to Shanghai to climb the towers, take pictures, go to museums etc so I have no idea what you guys are debating about right now. But whatever it is, it looks fun. So, have fun! :D Oh yeah, switching sides...

Having constructed a hasty rebuttal, I realized that absolutely no one was going to read such a firefilled paragraph. So instead, I paste, in full glory from another thread, a moderate, calm "essay" that I wrote:

In the US, however, two things are different that allow for a thriving democracy: 1) A majority of the population has passed into or beyond the middle class. This middle class is not a relative term. People in it are generally more knowledgeable about the world, more educated, and more...

Nice ideas here, but observations: 1) If anyone has noticed, China isn't communist anymore except in name. 2) North Korea won't drop communism, since it hasn't yet and I can't think of anything that would possibly make it (except massive civil war, probably). 3) Most of these things are...

:D I can just imagine the massive offtopic wars that'll result!

Idealistically, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. But realistically, they'll probably reinstitute a Maoist regime, like they have done once already. Or worse, they'll tear themselves into factions and have fun with nukes. They aren't inherently stupid or evil, so nobody looks...

Yes it is definitely a goal. And when it's reached, there's no poor majority left to fear, obviously.

I'm happy, or you can call it proud, to be Chinese, with 4500 years of splendid civilization behind us. But what's behind us is behind us. It's also kind of flattering when the Americans start talking about the "threat that China poses". :p

thanks. I know how different this perspective is from the general Western view, so your understanding is much appreciated. :) There's one point though: we don't exactly not "trust" the people further west, the eastern cities are currently engaged in a wild, almost frenzied campaign to...