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Politics : The Arab-Israeli Solution -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (406)	4/27/2001 8:18:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2279

Hawk, do you think this would ever happen in our lifetime It could happen next year, or 50 years from now..... But what I see is that economic change in China is going to eventually truly pit the monied interests against the communists. Or even more interesting will be if the business leaders build bridges with the Chinese military who ultimately call the shots (since they have the weapons). War or international conflict is terrible for business (unless you're an arms dealer).. And neither the US or Chinese business making beaucoup bucks have an interest in either government mucking up their profit margings. What China needs is a catalyst and a leader like Boris Yeltsin (who was quite the man in his day as he stood upon that tank in Moscow). And Taiwan won't reunify with the mainland unless they can retain their political apparatus that has built their economy to the extent that it has. What China needs is political competition and openess as well as economic change. The latter will ultimately demand the former. But the time frame will depend on the level of repression that the CCP is willing to exert in order to preserve their current power. Btw, I'm doing fine!! Thanks for asking... And I sincerely hope all is well with you too... Hawk