to do these days, it's simple as that. do you really think the western care about human rights in other countries? give me a freaking break. it's all political, and for one (country)'s own interests. things change, flavours change, and political winds blew in different directions at differnt times. right now it's blowing against china.
i'm a proud chinese and i live in the states. i do not necessirailly agree with a lot of things the chinese government did (i was in Tian-an-men square during the summer of 1989). however if china succumbs to western pressure and becomes demacratic in a hurry, only disaster will follow. Russia and Irag are two prime examples, and they have *far* less population than china to worry about. have you imagined what will happen if every household in the US or EU suddenly becomes 5-times more crowded? yes 5 times, that's the population of china compared with US; if you have 1 brother, you will now have 8 more. social tensions will inevitablly rise and that's just human nature (look at the aftermath of hurricane katrina, when thousands of people were crowded into a single stadium and left to compete for resources with each other; the whole china is in a similar albeit a bit less dramatic 'stadium' if you will). do i wish for a democartic china? of course i do. but i also understand the realities and cultural backgrounds to know that time has not yet arrived.
my point is each people and culture is different. even if democracy is a universally achievable common goal, eahc country and people may have to approach it in different methods and paces. and for people to constantly criticize china just because it's a politically correct thing to do is ridiculous.
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to do these days, it's simple as that. do you really think the western care about human rights in other countries? give me a freaking break. it's all political, and for one (country)'s own interests. things change, flavours change, and political winds blew in different directions at differnt times. right now it's blowing against china. i'm a proud chinese and i live in the states. i do not necessirailly agree with a lot of things the chinese government did (i was in Tian-an-men square during the summer of 1989). however if china succumbs to western pressure and becomes demacratic in a hurry, only disaster will follow. Russia and Irag are two prime examples, and they have *far* less population than china to worry about. have you imagined what will happen if every household in the US or EU suddenly becomes 5-times more crowded? yes 5 times, that's the population of china compared with US; if you have 1 brother, you will now have 8 more. social tensions will inevitablly rise and that's just human nature (look at the aftermath of hurricane katrina, when thousands of people were crowded into a single stadium and left to compete for resources with each other; the whole china is in a similar albeit a bit less dramatic 'stadium' if you will). do i wish for a democartic china? of course i do. but i also understand the realities and cultural backgrounds to know that time has not yet arrived. my point is each people and culture is different. even if democracy is a universally achievable common goal, eahc country and people may have to approach it in different methods and paces. and for people to constantly criticize china just because it's a politically correct thing to do is ridiculous.