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To: HighRoadToChina
I would agree with you on your assessment of their economic goals. Capitalism and wealth are greatly desired among the Chinese, but a free market economy is more than the 'control freak' government can stomach.

That having been said, Communism in China is dead. I've talked with party members on the subject, as well as students. 'Gongchan zhuyi' (literally 'public production- ism) is the tired old product that the government pushes because of habit and name recognition. The ideas behind it carry no water. In historical reference, it's as if the beauracrats are running the country for an Emperor who has no interest in the affairs of state. They use his name, and his seal, but he's nowhere to be found.

They can't refer to themselves as Nationalist, since that name is synonymous with the old government. They don't really have a choice but to keep the same name, since there is no dynasty to install, nor any new belief. Fascist is the most accurate term, but that word (faxi zhuyi) literally means 'Western method ism', and that wouldn't sit well with anyone.

118 posted on 12/27/2002 8:44:47 PM PST by Steel Wolf
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To: Steel Wolf
"That having been said, Communism in China is dead..."

That is true for the China that is not military. Howeverm the Chinese military is drilled and trained as a Communist war machine with all the propaganda blazing. Red China still exists because there is a Red army to prop up the dictators of Beijing. I would agree with you if there wasn't a Red army around. That's why Jiang Zemin is the head of the Central Military Commission, the de facto military head of the PRC, and because of that it is he who still controls China and not Hu Jintao, the new President.
131 posted on 12/27/2002 9:08:38 PM PST by HighRoadToChina
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