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To: energyplay who wrote (36749)	7/30/2003 5:59:18 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

>>Do you think this article represents mainstream opinion ? << unfortunetely, I think it does represent the mainstream opinion in Mainland. And the demonstration in HK hurts a lot of mainlanders' feeling, believe it or not. Even my aunt and cousins, who were from Taiwan and now live in LA were saying, where were those democratic fighters under the British ruling? No, you never heard from them. British did not allow that! By the way, here is Henry Liu's Credential. As you can see, he has not lived even one single day on Mainland. Although I like his articles very much. Henry C K Liu was born in Hong Kong and educated at Harvard University in architecture and urban design. His interest in economics and international relations started when he participated in interdisciplinary work on urban and regional development as a professor at the University of California Los Angeles, Harvard and Columbia. He is currently chairman of Liu Investment Group, a private entity based in New York. As for the village-level election in mainland, that is nothing new. It only gets formal. Villagers have elected their leaders (at Production brigade level) ever since 1950s, although usually just by raising their hands and orally. Now they get more formal, on ballot. There is not much quality difference. The majory difference in China is there is NO election at the high-ranking officials. And don't count on that coming soon. Maybe most likely first let the CPC party members to elect, don't think mass election of the highest ranking officials will come soon in China. And looking at the leaders elected by the mass in the US, I think that is within the national interest of China. >>In 12-15 years, a referendum on Taiwan would be very likely to result in a union with the mainland.<< perhaps, perhaps not. it is hard to say. and what if it does not result in a union? Does that mean China should give up Taiwan? I can guarantee you >90% of Chinese would disagree.