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I admire China; I admire the present Chinese government. Oh, please don’t misunderstand me; I’m not saying that I admire communism; I don’t; I loath it, but it’s doubtful that the Chinese system has anything to do with communism in any meaningful ideological sense. No, as an idea it was effectively abandoned at the same time as the Soviet Union collapsed. Russia and China then took the high road to capitalism, chaotic for the former, controlled for the latter.
What I admire is the technique of realpolitik, the wholly Machiavellian outlook of the Chinese. This is likely to be their century not simply because of their economic power but because they play the game carefully, looking always to their own interests.
What a sense of humour Clio, the goddess of history, has, what an acute love of irony. There was America at the end of the Cold War, the only great power left in the world. There was Francis Fukuyama saying that history itself had come to an end, a humourless plagiarism of Sellar and Yeatman’s contention in 1066 and All That, published in the 1930s, that America was clearly Top Nation and history came to a .
But it didn’t, did it? America, the paramount power in 1991, has frittered it all away in one fruitless crusade after another, war after war, intervention hard upon intervention, the gift of the neo cons who have nothing at all to do with genuine conservatism or any kind of political realism. All they achieved was more and more spending with fewer and fewer results. Now the country has reached the lowest point in its history, the nadir, headed by the hopeless and incompetent Barack Obama, not a neo con just a con, a socialist in socialist clothing.
Now look at China, the communist capitalist super state. This is a country with the good sense to stand and stare, to consolidate its power, not waste it all away. This is the new empire, extending its influence over much of the developing world, particularly Africa, large parts of which are effectively a Chinese economic colony. I simply could not imagine the Chinese getting bogged down in a hopeless place like Afghanistan for a hopeless cause. I simply can’t imagine any country headed by an intelligent leader doing so, a leader with even the lightest grasp of history.
But America did, here, there and everywhere, taking the wolf by the ears, unable thereafter to let it go. Good sense and good politics would have kept America out of Iraq, a country which, no matter how repellent its dictator, kept a check on the regional ambitions of Iran. But good sense and good politics was not at a premium in the Bush Whitehouse; it has not been at a premium ever since. How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle.
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Anastasia so far so good about China, as it’s being observed, by many. I certainly have my observation, to share with you the dynamics of emergence and the dissemination of power. We cannot cherry pick the ideas or impression (meaning no offence), to define any country in absolute terms. However, it would be pertinent to note, that misplaced conception about China needs to be examined, in totality.
If Rome took centuries to die, then china took no time to insult the freedom and development of thousand years and that would bring doom for the communist government. The communist of China, defied, denied, and discredited the every sane logic of free existence. From 1949 onward, they have been indulging in expansionist activities. We don’t have to go far; Tibet is one, where they displayed their intentions so very clearly. And to me, the logic of expansion holds much bigger role in their grand plan.
Yes, I admire China too, but for the different reason...I admire them for the deceitful statecraft, by which they are concealing the sinister motives; they are very successful in doing so. Now the question arises, are we (the other countries) reading the intentions of the Communist Government of China? Let me say, we cannot separate China and its system from the communist ideology. Whatever the China doing, it is purely to service the ideology of communist control. It is plain and simple.
Now let me comment on your observation about, America’s over indulgence in so called crusade against many threats...and to you that is meaningless...I just wonder...No nation survives if it cannot contain the threat and they have done it (rather they are doing it).In nation building and preserving the values for which they believe in, they demonstrated courage to take devil by it’s horn. They have every right to protect their interest. And where the interests are, one has to bleed...One has to flex his muscle...
China is expanding...China is developing...China is indulging in economic colonizing (?)...China is progressing and that’s making everybody, to praise them. Yes, they deserve praise because unilaterally, they are defying the basic fundamentals and purpose of merging economies. They are reckless and relentless in pursuit of their goals. If they are relentless it is because they are building and strengthening the communist ideology of expansionism. As regard colonizing, you mark my word, their over indulgence in economic colonizing (Africa) would turn into a bête noire for them(and that’s where they are reckless)...When one establishes the colonies...it becomes assets...but in few decades it would turned into liability...They too, will feel threatened and that’s when, they will resort to military intervention.
Let me now give a different shade to my argument and that’s purely economic in nature and that’s where I would like to focus now and these are:
1. China’s domestic consumption is far behind as that of external consumption of their goods (I will not talk about services).The infrastructure, which they are creating and thriving on so far, is highly susceptible to any shift of preference from the external consumption. In other words, in the absence of required domestic consumption; if any perceptible decline in external consumption of Chinese goods takes place, then it will destabilize the economy, which would affect the Chinese economy to great extent and dent would be serious.
2. China’s currency is unilaterally cultivated as strong currency with perceptions which are fundamentally flawed.
Having said this, I believe that Communist Government of China have knowingly brought the “Trojan Horse” (dose of capitalism) into their system, thinking that, they have the ability and power (arrogance of belief) to take care of any reverses and I doubt very much, they cannot…In our living time, we would see something very spectacular and that would be the dismantling of communist government of China piece by piece.
Anastasia, thank you for stimulating my mind to comment on this…I may be outlandish; but with my loud thinking, I am drafting wishes of many who would like to see that GREAT PEOPLE OF CHINA flourish and prosper with freedom.