Hu a big disappointment

[Az]

Slight correction there . Who cares about other people who have traditionally been hostile to you and already stabbed you in the back once , right ?

ALL 1.4 BILLION OF THEM.

[aneeshm]

You know what - I pity them . I would like it if China goes capitalist . But the governmen't won't allow that . I have nothing against the Chinese people - my grouse is with the government and its policies . And I sincerely hope that that government goes down .

And secondly , I care more about the people of India than that of China ( there also seem to be more of us , just in case you want to know ) .

[mindseye]

Originally posted by aneeshm
You know what - I pity them . I would like it if China goes capitalist . But the governmen't won't allow that . I have nothing against the Chinese people - my grouse is with the government and its policies . And I sincerely hope that that government goes down .

And secondly , I care more about the people of India than that of China ( there also seem to be more of us , just in case you want to know ) .

I have some bad news for you, Aneeshm - China is already well along the road to capitalism.

I think many people are hoping that India can learn something about economic development from China, and that China can learn something about political development from India.

[Ned]

Ted, Who Hu? Link?

[Last Conformist]

Kelly Hu: http://www.kellyhu.com/

[Ned]

Originally posted by Last Conformist
Kelly Hu: http://www.kellyhu.com/

Yeah!

[Ned]

But, still, for those who know president Hu, is he a commie or a fascist?

[chequita guevara]

Dawg.

[Ned]

Che, I though sure you would have an opinion on president Hu. He, after all, is a leader in the largest nominally communist country that ever existed.

[Dracon II]

I would like it if China goes capitalist

China is capitalist

[Ned]

Originally posted by Dracon II

I would like it if China goes capitalist

China is capitalist

But the problem appears to be that Hu is a communist, not a fascist.

[trevie jake]

Originally posted by aneeshm
... And I sincerely hope that that government goes down .

If the government goes down, it's not unlikely that the disenchanted poor left behind by capitalism will put an ultra-extremist Maoist government back into power. That's assuming that some form of government is put back into power.

[Alinestra Covelia]

The funny thing about this thread is that my ex-housemate was also named Hu - we called him Hu Man Bing (true story).

And to be disappointed in HMB, you'd have to entertain expectations of... well, anything. So he never did prove disappointing, really!

My residency in China was almost entirely under Deng and Jiang, so I don't pretend to any authority about Hu. But I don't think it's really fair to call the man a "big disappointment". He's consolidated the grip of the ruling party, overseen continued breakneck growth, shaken his saber at the Japanese and Taiwanese, and extended the cordial olive branch of peaceful hegemony to India, Pakistan, Russia, and various other neighbors. I'd say that counts as status quo.

Now, if Hu had orchestrated a disastrous economic reversal, coupled with a secession of the component ethnic minorities in the northwest and Tibet, while standing helpless as foreign powers shelled and seized key port cities, disassembling the nation's production centers one by bloody one as their armies marched through the burning embers of the nation's capital singing "This is not a full-blown rape / Lo - it is merely an incident!" - THEN I might feel compelled to give gentle voice to feelings of disappointment.

Same goes if they lose to the Germans again in the World Cup like they did in 2002.

[DanS]

Now, if Hu had orchestrated a disastrous economic reversal

Give him time, Ali!

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by Last Conformist
I'm not Ned (thank God!), but I approve of Kelly Hu.