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lord of the mark
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FUKCOV - Former United Kingdom Colony of Virginia
Dec 2000
time: 00:37
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Originally posted by VJ
You know, in the early 90s I would've probably agreed with you -- remember how giving PRC a most favoured nation trade status was going to slowly turn them into a democratic, non-corrupt, non-militaristic country with respect for human rights? They haven't made any progress at all, on the contrary actually (consider, f.e. hard-line leader Hu Jintao and their quickly increasing naval budget).
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IMHO, We need to sharply increase economic pressure on China - a bit of shock treatment if you will - it will decrease stability in the area, but it's the only way I can think of (ok, short of war and a puppet goverment) how we could get the corrupt communists out of power and turn China into a democratic (or at least more democratic) nation. |
well im not an economic determinist of the Higher Per cap GDP = Democracy school (though higher per cap GDP certainly helps, all other things being equal). But I dont think isolating them would help either.
Also, we need to be realistic. We've got a lot on the plate with China. Most notably we want them show restrain wrt Taiwan, and we want help in resolving the North Korea situation. There seems to have been some progress recently in the Korea talks, which almost certainly means the PRC has been cooperative, and the rhetoric on Taiwan has been toned down the last few months. Id certainly like to see us try to keep a positive tone on relations with the PRC, even while we take steps to improve our global diplomatic position to insure against a worsening in PRC behavior.
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26-08-2005 19:08
The Russians are going to help China invade Taiwan. 
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