[MadIvan]

Incompetence and Communism go hand in hand. It may lead to the end of the Communists in China.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[ricpic]

"Tanks are no match for viruses, only efficient and credible governments are, and Beijing has shown itself to be niether."

That goes for Ottawa as well.

[Judith Anne]

Bump for this interesting article...the politics of Lung Dung...

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

If one billion Chinese suddenly woke up one morning and realized what communist rule has meant and continues to mean to their country, it would be all over for the chicoms in an afternoon. That would certainly change the geopolitical equation, probably in some very unpredictable ways.

[Arkinsaw]

I don't know. If your young people getting crushed by tanks and shot down in the street just because they wanted some freedom is not enough then I doubt a few lies and obfuscations will propel them to act.

[Captain Shady]

SARS, whats that? Cough,cough..

[Nov3]

Sars, in recent weeks, killed more than 130 and the epidemic is nowhere near its peak.

Yeah right! 130 I believe that don't you. Hong Kong officially has more deaths last I looked. The epidemic started in China. That just doesn't make any sense to me. They are lying through their teeth.

[Nov3]

Sars, in recent weeks, killed more than 130 and the epidemic is nowhere near its peak.

Yeah right! 130 I believe that don't you. Hong Kong officially has more deaths last I looked. The epidemic started in China. That just doesn't make any sense to me. They are lying through their teeth.

[Exit148]

Tian 'anmen Square was filled with students who were calling for 'democracy'. (At the time, it was questioned if they really knew what the term meant.) A period of Nationalism followed and gradually the world was opened up to the Chinese.

Now ---People would probably keep out of that square, because they know they should - for their own health's sake. They have the internet, CNN (the international version) and they know what's going on. It doesn't stop the anger the people have for their government, and they should be angry.

At any rate, Tian'anmen,as big as it is, is only a speck.

No one wanted to be the messenger and give bad news to a new government who is trying to get themselves established. This keeping the news rosy, is as old as history I guess.

I don't think it will be the end to Communism in China. Is it really "communism"? At any rate it won't be the end to the hard central rule, but I hope it scares the gov't enough to demand an accounting from the top down and the bottom to the top.

It is such a complicated issue - aside from the incompetence, and the economic effect. I hope they can get a handle on things -- for the peoples sake. I hear they are starting to STRONGLY crack down on the spitting, instead of just a simple fine. 'bout time!

I'd like to see some up-to-date charts on population ratios of the infected, the deaths, and cures - not only in China but in Hong Kong and other affected areas. I would also be interested in a breakdown of the stats in China - as to their own cities and regions.