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Old 05-03-2008, 23:12 PM   #5 (permalink)
tiskew
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Originally Posted by lwarmonger View Post
The Communist Party has gone for a softer form of domination than existed in Mao's day, with the goal of shaping the newfound nationalist sentiment of the Chinese population to the Communist Parties ends... much the way Bismark and the autocracy of the Kaisers did in Germany.

China is controlling the information and spin that reaches the Chinese population in order to produce a desired result... over the long term, that is a much more effective way to rule than the old Stalinist and Maoist models.
Yes, they are trying to creat a more open environment not only ecnomonical-wise also political-wise. And actually to free the media and thoughts is not as horrible as they expected, you still can create propaganda and lead the mainstreams of thoughts, and this takes time to learn.
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