Thanks Gideon.

>That country still has a long way to go.<

There are a lot of cross-currents at work in China, and the outcome could go either way, i.e. either move towards a freer society or lapse back into the full-fledged totalitarian state it was during the '60's through '80's.

I'm far from an expert, but my guess is that the lack of any real individualism within chinese culture coupled with the fact that the West continues to teach everyone the wrong lessons, will ultimately weigh in favor of totalitarianism.

I hope I'm wrong...

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Posted by Amit Ghate to Thrutch at 9/25/2005 04:40:16 PM