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Old 05-08-2008, 12:27 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by orange dave View Post
This is all true...but this may or may not be the relavent aspects of their society to be focusing on. There are also things that China has accomplished that should be the envy of the West, such the lack of religious hostilities in their history. (The conflict in the Middle East would just not happen in Confucian Asia.) It all depends really on which parts you want to see.
I was replying to the question
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So let me ask you. What does 'openness' will accomplish in China? Most people in China want to improve their quality of life like earning more money, getting better healthcare, and have better education for their kids. Will democracy do that?
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The Tiananmen thing you keep bringing up
again it was Pug_ster who brought this up when he mentioned 'Chinese protesters,'


As to the rest, it has to do with your thinking, not mine.
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