dear sangom,
as is evidenced by the disgracing of bo xilai's wife and removing bo himself from power, china has selectively punished even top rung officials. around 5000 people, it is rumoured, are put to death in china every year, including now, for pollution crimes. if this happens in india, every factory owner in thiruppur will lose his head
china has a vision which is long term in terms of half a century or more, and the continuity of the vision through various regimes. deng xao ping laid the vision, making it attractive for the chinese people, so that two generations have sacrificed themselves on low paying jobs and near slavery conditions, so that the country can become the factory for the world, and a bank holding of trillions of u.s. dolla.
the country, has so far, not made one misstep in foreign policy and where possible has bled the u.s. white by supporting regimes opposed to the u.s. china is a big presence in africa and latin america, where they are not only now the biggest mine owners, but also chinese immigrants are setting up shops and factories, shops to retail chinese goods, and factories to send semi finished minerals back to china, for completion and value addition.
it may be of surprise to many, that today's top european brands, which are still made in europe, ie mostly in italy, are made by chinese labourers and chinese sub contractors. milan will have no fashion shoes or couture, had it not been for chinese immigrants.
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china has this huge underbelly of poverty in the provinces, but is going about in a big way, and ruthlessly to change the habits of its rural citizens, so that they too can become consumers of chinese factories. china, with trillions of potentially worthless dolla, is now looking to creating an internal market as big as its export and thus rid itself of dependency on the west and also on exports.
re foreign policy and external relations, i am still waiting for china to slip up once. and when that happens, i will start believing, that the west's duplicity and cunning will eventually cause china's promotion to #1. that china will be a force to be reckoned for the long term future, there is no doubt. the future for that, is already here. right now. i think so anyway.
it must be remembered, that the chinese pla was clobbered by a battle hardened vietnamese army in the late 70 or early 80s over a border dispute. so the pla will not wag its tail on that southern border. i suspect there will be more wagging on our himalayan border, just to keep our newspapers and politicians excited, and give hope to pakistan of a india humiliation. it is best we settle borders with china and dont talk about retrieving territory lost. if we can do so with bangla desh, it is all the more important that we keep peace with china.
