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To: RealMuLan who wrote (62815)	4/26/2005 8:29:54 PM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

I agree. But really only in the early period after the revolution and since 1979. In between they went crazy (Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution etc.).

To: RealMuLan who wrote (62815)	4/26/2005 9:54:59 PM
From: Seeker of Truth	Respond to of 74559

I didn't say whether or not the average Chinese person is better off or not compared with 56 years ago. I only said that all one would encounter in China is unanimity that everyone simply loves the Communist Party. And I'm sure of that because I'm essentially quoting verbatim from many Chinese people that I know. In fact I have yet to hear one person say "We're free to say whatever we like. Some people hate the party but there is no punishment for saying so." If indeed you are confident that you know the real attitude of the people living in a dictatorship then you must have a fabulous invention for exposing people's real beliefs. You could sell it to the dictator of North Korea for a lot of money. Or donate it to the Chinese party. Anyway though I speak Chinese I have no such invention and don't believe I could come close to an estimate of X where X% of the Chinese people like the party and 100 - X% of the Chinese people dislike the party. By the way you frequently make the point that the Chinese people do not and need not care what foreigners think about their government. Of course that is true. Why then so much discussion on this thread about China? Most of the posters are in fact not Chinese and they are interested in the financial aspects for themselves. They wonder how to profit from the China boom, that's it in a nutshell. I doubt if any of them are out to influence internal events in China. For one thing it's impossible for them to do so. I think everybody that posts on this thread agrees with you that their opinions expressed here are irrelevant to the people of China.