At 10:40 PM 24/07/02 -0400, Eric D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >(the irony of the situation is that trade doesn't seem to work well as a >liberator of people (China), *nor* do sanctions (Cuba (40 years?), Iraq (12 >years of abject poverty & he's *still* in power) (& yet the US and some
China has had a social revolution since Deng separated ideology from economics in the eighties. It is a lot closer to being a market economy and a closer to democracy than the insane late-Maoist period. Democracy grows out of middle-class aspirations, and the middle class is growing. (And it still has a long way to go, before anyone wants to list the current and recent evils.) Closer to topic, the availability of fax, home PCs, Internet cafes, make Big Brotherish mind control impossible in China now, though of course the old guard still tries. See North Korea for what China would be like without trade engagement with the world. - obligatory Mac link: the 1984 Mac ad. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
