China has created a very clever compromise where people have a decent amount of personal freedom- as long as they don't criticize the government, engage in "non-sanctioned" religious activities, or protest in public.
People protest all the time in China, but they get locked up for making trouble- typical authoritarian suppression tactics. The "average" Chinese person you are talking about has learned that it is dangerous to open your mouth and criticize the government, so they stay quiet and instead pursue their materialistic dreams. One of the guys I used to work with is from Beijing, and when someone asked him what he would have done had he stayed in China instead of coming to the US to work, he said, "Be a corrupt government official." On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Gruss wrote: > If you talk to an average Chinese person they could care less about > the points you bring up. There's no clamor for changes and the > Chinese gov't itself is saying that they're just using capitalism to > build their infrastructure and then they'll shift back to full > communism. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266895 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
