[bert]

.....Perhaps not.....

You are correct of course.

Gazing at the smokey whirl in the crystal ball with binoculars leaves much to be desired. My less than perfect view indicates there is an effort to allow the old communists to just fade away as the educated and entrepreneurial Chinese take hold. Along with the millions of overseas Chinese in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Taiwan, Vancouver and San Francisco, the younger residents will make the transformation with no bloodshed.

The task is positively enormous and the outcome is uncertain but..... the transition is very well underway.

[goldstategop]

The Chinese are positively entrepreneurial. They're bright, hard-working and patriotic. They want a strong, modern and proud China. For now, Chinese have put aside democracy in favor of becoming rich. For the Communist Party, capitalism is now seen as a means of legitimizing Leninist rule. Mao must be spinning in his grave.

(Denny Crane: "I like nature. Don't talk to me about the environment".)

[tallhappy]

Kumbaya. Ice cream and puppies.