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   From: rmck@yatestownbc.com   
      
   "Canuck57"  wrote in message   
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   >> China has a totalitarian communist goverment. There is no opposition nor   
   >> democratic means there. What you see in Shangahi and Beijing is recent   
   >> development, but alot of China is not like the shiny new building cities.   
   >   
   > True in that China is communist.  But at the moment they are one hell of a   
   > lot less corrupt and much more focused on what is best for China.   
      
   Actually the reverse is true. There's alot of corruption in China that isn't   
   seen. A single party government is strife with corrpution since   
   there are no visible checks and balances.   
      
   > For in the end, it maters not which philosophy you follow, it is best   
   > measured by how they perform towards the common good of their people.   
      
   China hasn't been performing towards the common good. There's economic   
   growth in Shanghai, Beijing Ghaunzhou and Hong Kong, but   
   not in alot of other areas of the country.   
      
   > China isn't doing a Castro, they are more like the US was in 1900 an the   
   > dragon is rising fast.   
      
   Actually wrong. China is worse than Castro, since there is no means of   
   democratic change, and there are huge inequalities in economic growth.   
      
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