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Originally Posted by Bigfella
Thank you for the kind words sir.
I don't know how much I understand the 'real' China, but I do understand dictatorships. They are a blight on humanity. They assume the worst about the people who need them most and promote an essentially negative view of people.
I have a great respect for the Chinese people. I think they are an intelligent, sensible people. They should be allowed to speak their minds & choose their government. I only wish their government had as positive a view.
As for me, I've always thought of myself as more of a Social Democratic strolling dog.  |
Big fella,
I'm a Chinese American who was born in China during the late 70s. I'd like to ask you for a bit more detail on your view of China's government system. Saying that its a dictatorship just isn't specific enough since there are many governments around the world that can arguably called some sort of dictatorship: Russian under Putin, Singapore, Mexico under PRI, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, etc. All of these are different in detail and ill suited for portrayal with a wide brush.
Having lived in the 80s in China, and heard lots of first hand accounts about life before then, I have to tell you my personal impression is that China has, objectively, made strides in human rights in all areas, social, economic, and even political. Much of this was ad hoc and none of these gains are adequate, but it seems that the trends are in the right direction in many ways.
It is true that often times, new posters from mainland China tend to communicate poorly (due to a foreign culture) ideas that are a bit naive, ignorant and nationalistic and tend to oversimplify the issue. Frankly, however, the recent sentiments regarding China expressed in this thread has contained its share of similar maladies from all sides. This is not something I see most of the time on this board.