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And none of that is dependant on the existence of the CCP. If Nixon hand't gone to China it is possible the China would be re-united and democratic today. And that massive pool of labor would still be there and probalby have even less dead weight via PLA industrial concerns, arms spending, and other excesses.
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it was deng xiaoping that did it. as for isolating china, that worked so well in making china democratic and prosperous from 1949-1972, now, didn't it
i'm sure a collapse of government and anarchy in china would have done wonders for investment.
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FCivil unrest among the have nots is growing and the clamoring is not for more communism but more goverment help. The CCP jus thappens to be the only game in town.
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CCP gave up communism a while back.
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In some places, in others the polution is making the area toxic, in others rural communties have been paved over, flooded, or other wise ruined to make more dollars for the few haves, not the magority of the have nots.
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so, do you know how much GDP per capita has grown? certainly, environmental damage and pollution has become a social problem, but the rising tide has lifted all boats.
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It's there, they still have the middle kingdom complex unde rthe whitewash of marxist-capatalism.
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you mean nationalism. that's nothing new. one of the biggest threats that we saw in the USSR was: they meant to overthrow the current economic and political system. forget capitalism, forget democracy. "we will bury you", said mr. khrushchev.
now the CCP has embraced capitalism, and has made movement towards democracy, giving much greater civil liberties than in the past. in terms of politics, these days the CCP has less legitimacy than it did back in mao's day and must listen more closely to the will of the people.
generals eager for funding, and 15-year old boys on the internet, is not the same as hubris of a nation.