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To: GraceZ who wrote (2615)	6/24/2003 5:22:20 PM
From: jrhana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4907

<....it is physically impossible for China to displace the US as the world's biggest yuppies over the coming decades> I always get a kind of perverse pleasure out of watching all the Yuppies and older-than-Yuppies in Coconut Grove Florida driving their SUVs. They think they are the most enlightened and liberal people on earth (I mean save the whales and don't touch the the local, disease infested, wild pussycats) as they drive these huge tank like objects to make routine errands-alone-one to a vehicle with room for eight more.

To: GraceZ who wrote (2615)	6/24/2003 8:41:09 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 4907

The one thing they have going for them is that they found out the hard way how destructive socialism and communism are. Communism impoverished 3-4 generations and is the primary reason for the huge disparity in wages. Uh? I don't know much Chinese history, but they had lots of problems just feeding themselves over time. Just read how things were over there before the commies took over.. britishbornchinese.org.uk Mao unified the county, and the majority of the population got fed for the first time in a long period of history. Sure there was problems with communism, and a lot of these problems have since been fixed, but the place was a real mess until Mao took over. I would say they unified the country the easy way, and getting enough to eat (instead of starving) is a big pay rise in most peoples book. Here a piece on Mao's competition Chiang Kai-shek. I think the best guy won. guardian.co.uk