How is this different from the United States where any suggested attempt to overthrow the government, assassinate the leadership, or other movements to change the political system are met with charges of treason?
Except in China they nip it in the bud earlier than we do. But during McCarthy era, the government felt that certain people posed a credible threat to the political system and acted upon it. In China's case, they feel that certain people are trying to change the political system there, hence the crackdown.
Having said that, the government is trying to mix capitalism with an authoritarian government, and it's been working well so far. The quality of life is rising in China, and as long as that continues, I'm sure most people in China value socioeconomic freedom over political freedom anyday. That includes most people in the world.
There are certainly other democratic countries where the quality of life is worse than that of China's.
I wonder how many people here have actually been to China for more than 2 weeks? Not many I reckon. In fact most of the (mis)information has been propagated by our media, most of whom have an agenda (hey they can't set up business there, so they bash the system).
I wonder how many people here make fun of Chinese or Asian stereotypes and yet bash China because they are "oppressing" the Chinese population.
I wonder how many people here are worried about immigration of people here and yet decry the low living standards in rural China.
How many people here complain about jobs going to Chinese and yet claim they are worried about the Chinese population being oppressed?
How many people here complain about Tibet and yet turn a blind eye toward Native Americans, Hawaii, and other American colonies?
My guess is many, and it all stems from ignoarance or being hypocritical.
All this talk about freedom really makes me wonder if the people here care about quality of life or are they just interested in freedom because it's a buzzword that's been pushed onto us by the media and our government. Fact is, China's quality of life has been improving steadily over the years, even over those of democratic governments. Freedom is not only political freedom - it's socioeconomic freedom as well, which is more important, as evidenced by the voter participation rate here.
Democratic governments are easy to manipulate by other powerful countries, such as the United States. This is one of the reasons why the American government has such a vested interest in promoting democracy, rather than quality of life. If they truly cared about quality of life, they would donate technological expertise, educate the population, and create industries that the population actually owns, instead of sending multinational corporations to "invest" and work their population dry.
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How is this different from the United States where any suggested attempt to overthrow the government, assassinate the leadership, or other movements to change the political system are met with charges of treason?
Except in China they nip it in the bud earlier than we do. But during McCarthy era, the government felt that certain people posed a credible threat to the political system and acted upon it. In China's case, they feel that certain people are trying to change the political system there, hence the crackdown.
Having said that, the government is trying to mix capitalism with an authoritarian government, and it's been working well so far. The quality of life is rising in China, and as long as that continues, I'm sure most people in China value socioeconomic freedom over political freedom anyday. That includes most people in the world.
There are certainly other democratic countries where the quality of life is worse than that of China's.
I wonder how many people here have actually been to China for more than 2 weeks? Not many I reckon. In fact most of the (mis)information has been propagated by our media, most of whom have an agenda (hey they can't set up business there, so they bash the system).
I wonder how many people here make fun of Chinese or Asian stereotypes and yet bash China because they are "oppressing" the Chinese population.
I wonder how many people here are worried about immigration of people here and yet decry the low living standards in rural China.
How many people here complain about jobs going to Chinese and yet claim they are worried about the Chinese population being oppressed?
How many people here complain about Tibet and yet turn a blind eye toward Native Americans, Hawaii, and other American colonies?
My guess is many, and it all stems from ignoarance or being hypocritical.
All this talk about freedom really makes me wonder if the people here care about quality of life or are they just interested in freedom because it's a buzzword that's been pushed onto us by the media and our government. Fact is, China's quality of life has been improving steadily over the years, even over those of democratic governments. Freedom is not only political freedom - it's socioeconomic freedom as well, which is more important, as evidenced by the voter participation rate here. Democratic governments are easy to manipulate by other powerful countries, such as the United States. This is one of the reasons why the American government has such a vested interest in promoting democracy, rather than quality of life. If they truly cared about quality of life, they would donate technological expertise, educate the population, and create industries that the population actually owns, instead of sending multinational corporations to "invest" and work their population dry.