| The ambivalence of U.S. policy towards
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| | You are in the city, you can work at all
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| China may be perhaps best characterized
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| | the large companies and government
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| by the incident of the spy airplane back
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| | agencies in the city. If, conversely, you
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| in 2001. While gathering intelligence off
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| | are registered as a rural person there
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| the coast of China, a U.S. Navy EP-3
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| | are very severe restrictions on where you
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| electronic spy plane, piloted by Lt.
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| | can live and work. And this is actually
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| Osborn collides in mid-air with a Chinese
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| | the biggest human rights problem in China
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| F-8 and is forced to make an emergency
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| | today. You have a majority of this
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| landing at Hainan Island. The Chinese
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| | population of 1.3 billion that are, by
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| pilot, Wang Wei, is killed in the
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| | law, second class citizens. Furthermore,
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| incident. China charges that the U.S.
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| | there are the other matters of the more
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| plane illegally entered Chinese airspace,
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| | than 20 million people who have no social
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| and detains the 24 U.S. crew members for
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| | security net whatsoever to assist taking
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| 11 days. It demands that the U.S. take
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| | care of their basic needs, as well as the
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| full responsibility for the incident and
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| | environmental concerns that the new era
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| issue a full apology. In the end, the
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| | of industrialization is bringing up. Of
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| United States offers a letter in which it
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| | the ten worst polluted cities in the
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| says it is "very sorry" for the loss of
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| | whole world according to the World
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| the Chinese pilot and "very sorry" that
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| | Environmental Agency, eight are in China.
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| the aircraft landed in China without
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| | And, finally, the PRC accounts for 23
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| permission. The damaged U.S. airplane is
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| | percent of the global population while
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| not returned for three months. Together
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| | supply of fresh water is less than 6
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| with the letter of apologies, however,
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| | percent.Yet, the social and economic
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| China also gets a U.S. aircraft carrier
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| | improvements are huge as anyone who saw
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| battlegroup of the Seventh Fleet
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| | China in the '70's will confirm. Three
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| permanently stationed off the coast of
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| | decades ago there were no automobiles, no
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| Taiwan.On the other hand, Chinese
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| | super markets, no highrise buildings. And
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| ambivalence towards the United States can
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| | there were no consumer goods to speak of.
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| be perhaps best described by the
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| | It was a Stalinist society, and a very
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| statement of a Chinese official to a
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| | poor Stalinist society at that. So the
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| visiting American delegation to Shanghai
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| | economic system has totally changed, and
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| in 2001: "I surely hope that you and the
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| | the private sector is now the dominant
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| American economy do well in this global
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| | sector of the economy. It didn't exist at
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| slowdown, because your economic interests
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| | all as late as 1979. The political system
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| and your economic development are
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| | has changed as well, albeit not nearly as
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| critical to the welfare of the people in
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| | drastically as the economic system. The
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| Shanghai and China.". This remarks comes
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| | China of the twenty-first century is a
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| at a time while China is intent at
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| | one-party state without a firm
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| stealing U.S. military secrets from
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| | ideological foundation, more similar to
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| Martin Lockheed - and it is caught with
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| | Mexico under the PRI than Russia under
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| both hands in the bag doing so.And then,
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| | Stalin. It is certainly difficult today
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| of course, American and Chinese joint
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| | to call China a Communist State, and the
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| ambivalence towards the rest of the world
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| | regime is no longer the party of workers
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| must be perhaps encapsulated in the
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| | and peasants. Mao Zedong would be
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| philantropic website maintained at where
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| | unpleasantly surprised at how things got
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| both sides are trying to convince the
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| | out of hand. But then, even this
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| rest of us in English - and for those who
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| | political transformation is nothing new
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| do not get it the first time around, in
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| | to the Chinese. In fact, historically
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| Chinese - that seldom have there been in
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| | China has often gone through periods of
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| the history of humanity two great pals
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| | consolidation followed by periods of
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| like the Bald Eagle and the Red Dragon.
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| | weakening of the central authority. And
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| Well ... well ...China's giant leap
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| | the inequality of wealth is just a
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| towards a Western-style, capitalistic
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| | consequence of it all.No issue is more
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| economy presents an increasingly urgent
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| | pivotal and controversial in the
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| set of challenges that must be resolved
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| | U.S.-China relations than the question of
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| by the leading elite if they hope to
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| | Taiwan. On October 1, 1949 after nearly
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| sustain the miraculous economic growth,
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| | two decades of civil war, Chinese
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| which has averaged eight percent a year
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| | Communist Party leader Mao Zedong
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| for the past decade. When you consider
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| | declared victory over the U.S.-supported
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| that the People's Republic of China (PRC)
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| | Nationalists (Kuomintang or KMT) led by
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| has 1.3 billion people, more than four
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| | Chiang Kai-shek. Mao proclaimed the
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| times the population of the United
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| | establishment of the People's Republic of
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| States, the implications of its radical
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| | China (PRC) and instituted a new
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| economic transformation are sobering. In
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| | communist system modeled after the
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| 2004 the Chinese added 1.8 million cars
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| | U.S.S.R. After his defeat Chiang Kai-shek
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| to their roads, bringing the national
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| | fled to the Chinese island of Taiwan,
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| total to well over 10 million. At recent
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| | then called Formosa, along with two
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| growth rates, the number could very well
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| | million Nationalist refugees. Taiwan is
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| double every three to four years. Should
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| | located about 100 miles off China's
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| car ownership ever match that in the
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| | coast. There he established a
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| United States (135 million vehicles in
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| | "provisional" Nationalist capital in
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| 2002), there would be about 600 million
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| | Taipei and declared martial law. The
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| cars on China's roads - more than all the
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| | Nationalists claimed to be the sole
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| cars in the world today. A statistical
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| | legitimate government of all of China,
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| comparison between the two giants
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| | and set up the same political bodies on
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| compiled by the World Resource Institute
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| | Taiwan which had ruled on the mainland.
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| of the United Nations reveals even more
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| | Under Chiang's authoritarian leadership,
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| staggering figures:CHINA vs. UNITED
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| | the Nationalist government established a
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| STATESAREA: 3,705,820 square miles vs.
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| | successful land reform program during the
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| 3,717,796 square milesPOPULATION:
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| | 1950's which helped transform the country
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| 1,288,700,000 vs. 291,500,000DENSITY per
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| | from an agricultural to a commercial and
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| square mile: 348 vs. 78ENERGY CONSUMPTION
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| | industrial economic powerhouse.It is
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| per person: 880 Kg/oil per year vs. 7,960
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| | difficult for Westerners to understand
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| Kg/oil per yearMEAT CONSUMPTION per
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| | why the PRC is so adamant about
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| person: 104 lbs. per year vs. 269 lbs.
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| | reunification with Taiwan, until an
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| per yearPAPER CONSUMPTION per person: 73
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| | example is brought up by the Chinese.
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| lbs. per year vs. 730 lbs. per
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| | "Think of California as an island off
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| yearAVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSON : 1.1 per
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| | America's West Coast and inhabited by
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| room vs. 0.5 per roomWATER USE per person
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| | Americans but under a different regime.
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| : 116,000 gals. per year vs. 484,500
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| | Wouldn't Washington want to seek
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| gals. per yearTV SETS per 1,000 persons:
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| | reunification ?" The analogy made by Yang
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| 292 vs. 844VEHICLES per 1000 persons: 16
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| | Jiechi, Chinese Ambassador to the United
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| vs. 774Since its onset in 1949 the
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| | States, makes perfect sense. Taiwan is
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| People's Republic has gone through a lot,
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| | the PRC's unfinished civil war. They
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| including a famine where 20 million to 30
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| | fought a civil war with this Nationalist
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| million people died in the early 1960s; a
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| | government. They essentially won. The
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| cultural revolution that went on into a
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| | Nationalists escaped out to an island
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| decade; and a skyrocketing national
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| | which the Chinese consider an integral
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| suicide rate as well. Yet, never in the
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| | part of China. And then, because of
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| history of the world have so many people
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| | American support and other intervening
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| been lifted from poverty so rapidly.
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| | factors, they never finished their civil
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| President Clinton, in one of his last
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| | war. In terms of the military, the PRC is
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| speeches, said that 200 million people in
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| | also developing very rapidly. It is
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| China were lifted from absolute poverty
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| | acquiring a modern aircraft and modern
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| from 1978 to about 1999. That's
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| | battleships. Its naval force and air
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| equivalent to about two-thirds of the
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| | force are developing so fast that China
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| entire population of the United States in
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| | is now at the forefront of Asia's
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| twenty years. The economic achievements,
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| | military innovations. Ambivalence exists
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| therefore, are huge. But so are the
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| | both in the political relations of China
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| problems. The factors of economic
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| | and the U.S. with Taiwan as well as
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| instability are many and worry the
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| | between China and the U.S. over Taiwan.
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| leadership. In fact, the leading elite
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| | China pursues a policy of "One Country -
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| justifies some of the repressive
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| | Two Systems" , a policy that is working
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| political measures precisely because of
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| | well with Hong Kong and Macau after their
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| what they call "the factors of
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| | return to the PRC. The United States
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| instability." These factors include a
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| | pursues a strategy aptly called
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| financial and banking system that is
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| | "Strategic Ambiguity": it recognizes
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| basically bankrupt, with bad loans out
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| | Bejing as the only legitimate government
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| greater than the real net reserves of the
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| | while at all times investing in and
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| entire banking system.There are perhaps
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| | supplying weaponry to Taiwan. And
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| between 80 million to 100-plus million
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| | Taiwan's strategy is to court the United
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| people that are moving from the
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| | States while increasing its trade with
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| countryside on a kind of temporary
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| | the PRC, now amounting to over US $40
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| contract labor into the Chinese cities.
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| | billion per year.It is in this complex
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| And yet a large number of urban
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| | context of political and economic
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| unemployed are getting put out of
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| | balances and counter-balances that the
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| business from non-competitive state
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| | Eagle and the Dragon are eyeballing each
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| enterprises. As a result China has got
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| | others. A context certainly not for the
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| urban unemployed, rural unemployed coming
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| | faint of heart. And yet, in the
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| into the cities, unsound financial
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| | geopolitical situation of Asia the United
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| system, and general resentment against a
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| | States and China make a very good team.
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| regime that has, in the past, grotesquely
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| | Both are disdainful of absolutist
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| mismanaged things. And then, of course,
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| | chieftains the likes of North Korea's Kim
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| there is the widespread problem of
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| | Il Sung, both want peace and relaxation
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| corruption that permeates every facet of
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| | in the region, both are fervent in their
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| society.Indeed, corruption is not a
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| | plight against terrorism and both are
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| Chinese characteristic per se. It has,
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| | eager to improve trade and cultural
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| however, developed in a world where old,
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| | exchange with each others. The Chinese -
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| antiquated and inefficient laws are not
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| | founders of civilization are now meeting
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| being replaced fast enough to keep up
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| | and talking to the Americans - spearheads
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| with the speed of present times, and the
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| | of contemporary society. Two great
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| vacuum has to be somehow filled. Experts
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| | countries, two great people.Will the
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| think that on one hand the economic
| |
| | Eagle and the Dragon find a common ground
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| opening will bring more outside
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| | for peaceful co-existence and mutual
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| influences and in a way more chaos to the
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| | understanding?Stay tuned.Luigi
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| country which is not a bad thing in some
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| | FrascatiLuigi Frascati is a Real Estate
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| ways. But, conversely, experts agree that
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| | Agent based in Vancouver, British
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| the leadership will try to keep a tight
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| | Columbia. He holds a Bachelor Degree in
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| control so that, at the end of the day,
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| | Economics and maintains a weblog entitled
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| there may actually very well be more
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| | the Real Estate Chronicle at where you
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| human rights violations than ever
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| | can find the full collection of his
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| before.There is also an imbalance of
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| | articles. Luigi is associated with the
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| wealth between the thirty-five percent of
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| | Sutton Group, the largest real estate
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| the population that lives in the cities
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| | organization in Canada, and is based with
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| and the sixty-five percent inhabiting the
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| | Sutton-Centre Realty in Burnaby, BC.Luigi
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