From: xgl (xli03@emory.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 11:23:08 MDT
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> I'm not saying that. I'm saying that the Chinese are becoming virulently
> nationalist because we are coddling them with this 'engagement' policy. By our
> acquiescence, we are signalling that the Chinese tyrants are okay and right, so
> no significant questioning of the leadership goes on in the majority of the
> people. If we embargo China, the people suffer, and they start to wonder if
> supporting a corrupt regieme is worth putting up with the economic hardship.
>
very interesting, most chinese people i've talked to seem to have
the exactly opposite intuition. that is, hard times would legitimize
whatever crazy policy the chinese government cares to adopt and provide
it with a villain at whom to point the finger. sounds volatile to me.
-x
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