BTW I recommend the following for insight into the historical competition between forces of centralization and forces of cultic (for lack of a better term) rebellion.
Posted on 04/18/2005 9:58:47 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Ping!
They'll find that out for sure when that House of Cards, called the Chinese economy, collapses.
BTW I recommend the following for insight into the historical competition between forces of centralization and forces of cultic (for lack of a better term) rebellion.
It is the 2,000 year-old tradition. Between cultic rebellion and recentralization(the fall of an old dynasty and rise of a new one,) usually 2/3 of population were lost(Sui --> Tang, Yuan --> Ming, Ming --> Ching.) Sometimes, over 85%(late Han --> Chin.)
In the mind of Chinese regime, the latest prime suspect with cultic rebellion potential is the Falun Gong. Hence, the brutal suppression.
doubt it...or they'd all be lined up at the local stadium and shot, this is state sponsored, sort of like the daily "2 minute hate" in 1984...allows the "proles" to blow off some tension and steam...
The Chinese are directing this. They ARE in control.
I agree. This is all directed by the Chinese government.
Then Japan should be very afraid because that means the anti-Japanese asentiment the way the Greeks and Turks hate each other will be the focus of the emerging China.
good anology re: 1984.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand the seeming intensity here. Are these young crowds really all of a sudden massing and semi rioting this week over Japan's imperial/military record 50 years ago? And some textbook they dug up? Sounds like either the government is in a whole lot of control, or we're looking at a some sort of cultural propensity for exaggerated emotional hysteria.
A nation starts a war in one of two fashions. Either the government decides (for whatever reason) that a war is necessary and then convinces the people to go along or the people desire a war and install a government to meet their demands. In the former situation, the bellicose government may be appeased through diplomatic methods. In the latter situation, diplomacy will not work because it is nearly impossible to negotiate with a mob. If the people are not distracted from their desire to fight (usually by a better economy), then war is inevitable. When that happens, peace will occur only when one side is completely victorious.
You guys are funny sometimes. This idea is to make the Chinese government look bad, we all know it is a state sponsored protest.
You guys are funny sometimes. This idea is to make the Chinese government look bad, we all know it is a state sponsored protest.
Good point.
It is also possible that we have two factions in the regime who have different agenda. One try to restrain the protest, and the other to encourage it. Somebody alerted such a possibility to me.
That is an intersting point.
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