Hi Joel, and hopefully by that time we will be able to compare the US and China in more positive light, as opposed to trying to determine which is the worse of the two, which is still an easy discussion, China is worse, because it is supposed to be this way for now:
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<<See? You juxtapose US, Iraq and torture, with the implication that the US approves of torture, while, in fact, torture is common in China, but not at all legal in the US>> ... where torture is also illegal in China but happens, but rarely viewable by video camera recorded news clips.
<<China being, of course, a bastion of free trade . . . . not>> ... where two negatives does not a positive make.
<<Can the ordinary Chinese citizen even watch CNN?>> no, but the ordinary CNN viewer only gets to see the truth occasionally, and inundated by clipped facts most of the time.
But, I am quibbling over details here. I do hope the US can once again act as a moral leader, standing up for true freedom and genuine democracy.
Here in Hong Kong, we do not claim to have genuine democracy, but we do have true freedom and genuine free trade, and the last time I checked, Hong Kong is not an independent country, but part of a bigger and inexorable trend, possibly culminating in the next abracadabra. This is my hope. If I am proven wrong and disappointed, then Tobago beckons.
Chugs, Jay |
