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To: Brumar89 who wrote (146494)	9/28/2004 11:32:01 AM
From: GST	Respond to of 281500

Communism is a strange ideology in many ways. The Chinese now not only embrace entrepreneurs, they have brought entrepreneurs into the party in an attempt to provide them with formal and equal representation in the Chinese government. In Vietnam, the economy sorely needed to move forward and the way to do that was to litterly get out of the way of people who wanted to open shops and other businesses. The Vietnamese are not ideological -- but their government is and so it will in time bend to the will of the people. Exactly how long that takes is anybody's guess. On the other hand, Vietnamese are notably nationalistic -- a fact lost on most people who have jumped onto this topic here. Nationalism is strong in both Vietnam and China. The Chinese like us in the USA 100% better than they like the Vietnamese, and vice versa. Why? Because both countries experience a sense of past and potential future encroachment on their nationalist sensibilities. Communism is their formal system of government. But at heart, the Vietnamese are mainly concerned about their families and their economic well-being -- same in China. Communism is the political veneer. Family life and money are the real backbone of both countries. What they both wnat is good government -- elections are not typically their priority, although they would want elections if they thought it would bring good government.