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To: Michael M who wrote (56825)	10/3/1999 7:08:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

On China, it is also worth pointing out that the last time (1911) a revolution of students and intellectuals seized control of the Chinese capital without the capacity to control the countryside, the country very nearly ceased to exist, ushering in perhaps the blackest 4 decades in Chinese history, a period many of the Chinese leaders saw in person. The western countries grabbed territory, the Chinese invaded, war, famine and sickness beyond our capacity to comprehend, civil war. Mao, for all his faults, at least restored order and returned China to nationhood; those that had endured what came before were willing to endure a great deal for peace and food. I suspect that many Chinese leaders saw a very real parallel in Tiananmen. It is easy to say they feared democracy - and I'm not saying they like the idea of democracy - but I think what they really feared was anarchy. They knew all too well where it leads. Not trying to justify, just to understand.