1.3와 5,000

Ernie Tadla의

미국의 인구. 300백만개는 이다.
중국의 인구는 1.3 10억살이다.

잠시 동안 멈추고 미국의 각각 일 그리고 책임을 고려하십시오. 조지 W. 대통령. 부시와 중국 대통령 Hu Jintao. 지배의 원리는 유사할 것이 지도 모르지만, 수는 비틀거리고 있다.

300백만과 비교된 중국 지도자가, 그렇습니다, 통제하는 세계의 역사에 있는 질량 경제를 양육하고 있는 동안 어떻게 경세하는지 강평하게 빠른 대부분의 서부인에 1.3 10억명의 사람들 경세의 짐은 가장 뜨겁고 가장 큰지 분실된다.

사람들은 중국에 있는 타락에 관하여 수시로 저를 요구한다.
나는 질문으로 응답하는가, "당신은 미국에 있는 타락이 있는가?
중국에는 미국 모두가 있다. 다량에서서만.

당신은 수학을 한다. 300 백만인의 우리의 민주주의, 정치 체계에 있는 타락의 비율 및 그 후에 1.3 10억명의 사람들과 가진 중국의 저것에. 중국에는 사람들, 이렇게 논리적으로 당신 배 4.3가 수 있었다 4.3 시간이 예상할 만큼 타락 있다.

몇몇 중국 친구는 민주주의가 선임한 정치가가 그의 성분 및 국가에 대한 최대 관심사를 위해 직접적으로 일하는 것을 막는 adversarial 체계다는 것을 지적했다. 정치가가 민주주의로 선임될 때, 그들의 우선권 가을 이렇게 하면 보인다:

1. 그들의 일을 지키고 얻기 위하여 재선거했다.
2. 야당이 틀리고, 무능하고, 하찮은, 다는 것을 100% 항상증명을.
3. 힘에서 그것을 지키기 위하여 당을 융자하는 로비스트 및 특별 이익 단체를 만족시키기 위하여.
4. 마지막으로, 그 후에, 그들은 국가를 위해 좋을 지도 모른 무슨이 고려한다

그것은 호쾌하다 어떻게 미국 보기 위하여. is approaching the rising profile of China. Traditionally, the bi partisan split is left wing vs. right wing. The left wing, democratic, liberal, right brain spectrum would be more supportive to China. The right wing, Republican, conservative, left brain would be hesitant, yea, resistant accommodating the Red Threat. That is exactly how it is currently being played out. This might, however, be changing.

China does have its skeletons:
≺ Tibet
≺ Tiananmen Square
≺ Falun Gong
≺ the Cultural Revolution
≺ human rights practices

Of course, they also have personality differences, varying levels of personal ambitions and the polarity of progressive vs. conservative pressures, but not the open divisiveness of partisanship. Even though it is a one-party state, the government is sensitive to the internal murmurings and rumblings of the people, and there are many. They don’t need another grass roots revolution, which is why they came down so hard on Falun Gong cult. The leadership is also sensitive to how the rest of the world sees China. Our markets and resources are important to them and it wants to showcase the New China at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, WTO, etc.

China is rapidly becoming a world superpower. They’re doing it peacefully by building relationships: forging, trusting, win-win, long-term, mutual benefit relationships with other nations.

The richness of their history, traditions, and values is a wonderful strengthening asset for them and helps them handle the amazing growth they’re experiencing. They enjoy a quiet confidence that a people who have been around a long time and experienced everything — ups, downs, power, occupation by foreign powers, revolution. The pressures of sudden, dramatic change are also affecting every part of their culture: generational, governmental, family, business, educational, etc.

When your culture, your history and background are 5,000 years old you have a completely different perception of yourself, your family, your country, of time, of the rest of the world, than if you lived in a country that is 230 years old.

When I arrived in Shanghai, it seemed as if the whole city was under construction. It already had a massive freeway system that matched or surpassed the one in Los Angeles, and a skyline of space age, futuristic, skyscrapers like something from a Star Wars movie. These were preparing for Oct. 1, 1999, the New China’s 50th anniversary.

In my view, there was no way they would all be completed by Oct. 1.
But they were!

There are many reasons for China’s stupendous economic growth. Certainly one of them is that they are a benevolent dictatorship.

When the government decides it wants to do something, it forges ahead, without the complexities of democracy. It doesn’t have to worry about:
≺ the loyal opposition
≺ special interest groups
≺ lobbyists
≺ activists
≺ advocates
≺ protesters
≺ financial contributors
≺ unions
≺ layers of paper and policy.

They just do it!

The Three Gorges Dam Project

The dam, seventeen years in the making, is one of the technological marvels of the world. Two thousand years ago, the Chinese built The Great Wall. The Three Gorges Dam is the modern equivalent of that achievement.

≺ It’s the world’s largest water conservation and flood-control project
≺ It’s the world’s largest hydro-power plant
≺ It allows ocean-going ships to penetrate the heartland of China, opening up its vast resources and markets. Imagine ocean-going ships being able to sail into Chicago or Atlanta.
≺ 2.5 million people are being resettled
≺ 1,599 industrial enterprises, including power, telecommunications, harbors, plants, roads are being relocated
≺ 250,000 workers have been employed on the project

The 2.5 million people being resettled, who were not living in the finest digs, will get a cash settlement, plus two options.

New cities are being built above the new water line and new, free homes will be given to those who stay. Those who don’t want to stay can resettle in the larger cities such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. The government will supply cash, transportation and new homes there. Older people are choosing to stay in the new cities and towns while younger people are opting for a new beginning in the larger cities.

Next week: Lesson Three of: Eight Lessons I Learned From the Communists

CONFUCIUS SAYS…..
China: godless, but not heathen!

Ernie Tadla, www.odysseychina.net