Why are people and organizations upset about the most favored nation status of China?
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We had to square off with them over Tiawan.  They insisted that it was a part of China.  However, the Tiwanese didn't want to be a part of China.  As a result, we are in a cold war with China and North Korea.  We started the war in Iraq to keep them from having the fuel so that they wouldn't be able to wage a long term war.  That's why the Russians are piping oil to them as we speak.  Bush was financed by oil barons in the U.S. whose sole intention of electing him was to create this situation so that they could sell their oil for 3 bucks a gallon.  The Saudis were squeezing them out of business so they created an oil shortage to re-establish control by not only rigging the last Presidential election  in Ohio, but doing it in Florida 4 years before.  Bush has never been elected.  It's all a lie.  I hate him.
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Mr. Acer, \nAs a resident in Mainland, I'd like to clarify for some "popular" views hereof.\n1. Almost all Mainland Chinese care about Taiwan problem.\n  Because it will be a great humiliation to China if Taiwan declare its indenpendence. you will have to confess, most "Taiwanese" came from Mainland China hundreds of  years or decades years ago. whether the Ming dynasty, the Qing dyansty, or the ROC who ruled Taiwan, they are all of "China". Taiwan is apart of China.\n2. As a critic military strongpoint if Taiwan splits it will be a great convenience for other foreign force to deploy missles, bombers and troops for attacking the mainland,as calld "a never sinked aircraft-carrier". That's why the USA is so pleased to back up Taiwan. And they are so skillful at alienating a country and back up an opposite side to achieve their goal- weaken and control a country, and get benefit from it.\n3. Do not label the PRC with "communist country" and think it wholely a evil. It's a cold-war ideology.\nAs you know that in the past China suffered poverty from the political movements and Taiwan benefited from the enormous American economy. But now with the opening-up started by Deng Xiaoping the PRC are advocating for great economy growth.(Ironically nowadays the Taiwan is hot for political campaigns:( ). A Taiwan manager told me that the current mainland economy is soaring just as Taiwan did in 70s. Many defects may you find, but dont lose confidence.\n3. Taiwan is now a mature, democratic country, so dont want to under control of a arbitrary gov. Please note that PRC never wants to destroy the current prosperty of Taiwan. On the contrary, Beijing is doing a lot to maitain the economical growth of Taiwan. It's the politicians who are scaring the mass as describing the "Communist China" as a devil who wants to ruine Taiwan as a "election words".\nWhat the PRC want is that Taiwan dont not declare its independence and not act as a jackal for other foreign countries. You Taiwanese can gov yourself in the name of China.
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Great!!\nGood criticism.\nI think that China has such powerful econimic policies that even the US firms have opened their offices in China.\nThey have such a cheap manpower that every company would like to work in China and probably this is the reason that even the US stickers are made in China.
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China (simplified Chinese: 中国, Traditional Chinese: 中國, pinyin: Zhōngguó; listen (help·info)) is a geographical region in East Asia and Central Asia. With over one-fifth of the world's population, the majority of China exists today as a state known as the People's Republic of China, but it also refers to a long-standing civilization comprising successive states and cultures dating back more than 4,000 years.\n\nWith one of the world's longest periods of mostly uninterrupted civilization and the world's longest continuously used written language system, China's history has been largely characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war, and violent imperial dynastic change. The country's territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the North China Plain, and varied according to its changing fortunes to include multiple regions of East, Northeast, and Central Asia. (The term "China proper" is used by some observers and historians to describe the core territory historically home to the majority Han Chinese, as opposed to lands associated later with China such as what is now Xinjiang.) For centuries, Imperial China was also one of the world's most technologically advanced civilizations, and East Asia's dominant cultural influence, with an impact lasting to the present day.\n\nBy the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, however, China's political, economic, and military influence declined relative to the growing regional power of Japan and the influence of Western powers. The imperial system in China ended with the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) under Sun Yat-sen in 1912; however, the next four decades of ROC rule were marred by warlord control, the Second Sino-Japanese War during which the Empire of Japan occupied large parts of China, and the Chinese Civil War which pitted Chinese Nationalists against the Communist forces.\n\nAfter its victory in the Chinese Civil War, the Communist Party of China under Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, forcing the Nationalists to retreat and relocate the ROC government to the island of Taiwan, which it had governed since the end of World War II. Since then, the ROC has maintained administrative control over Taiwan, the Pescadores Islands, several islands off the coast of Fujian province including Kinmen and the Matsu Islands, and some islands in the South China Sea.\nShanghai, China's largest city\nEnlarge\nShanghai, China's largest city\nMount Tai in Shandong province\nEnlarge\nMount Tai in Shandong province\nContents\n[hide]\n\n    * 1 Terminology\n          o 1.1 "Zhongguo"--The Central Kingdom\n          o 1.2 "China"\n          o 1.3 "Cathay"\n    * 2 History\n    * 3 Chinese Pre-history\n    * 4 Political history\n    * 5 Territory\n          o 5.1 Historical overview\n          o 5.2 Historical political divisions\n          o 5.3 Geography and climate\n    * 6 Economy\n    * 7 Society\n          o 7.1 Demographics\n          o 7.2 Culture\n          o 7.3 Religion\n          o 7.4 Arts, scholarship, and literature\n          o 7.5 Science and technology\n    * 8 Miscellaneous topics\n    * 9 See also\n\n[edit]\n\nTerminology\n\n    Main article: Names of China\n\n[edit]\n\n"Zhongguo"--The Central Kingdom\nGeography of China and geographic region labels\nEnlarge\nGeography of China and geographic region labels\n\nChina is called zhong guo in Mandarin Chinese (Simplified: 中国, Traditional: 中國; also romanized as Jhongguo or Chung-kuo), which is usually translated as "Middle Kingdom." The first character Zhong (中) means "middle" or "center" while guo (国 or 國) means "country" or "kingdom".\n\nThe term has not been used consistently throughout Chinese history, however, and carries certain cultural and political con
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Because of China's objections.
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Because even then, the country was polarized.  Different groups saw different futures for the new nation.  Most people seek out others of similar belief and tend to cluster around the strongest of the group.  It only took a very short time for names or labels to be attached.
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Your hypothesis is plausible, but consider this.  They are a nation of 1.5 billion consumers that gives them some degree of power.  They have the potential of having the world's largest army.  Finally, the communist government is allowing free enterprise in the southern provinces.\n\nAs far as solving their problems peacefully, they have had a civil war since the cultural revolution.  Your research should have clued you in one the ethnic cleansing during the reign of Moa Tse Tung.  Regarding wanting people to immigrate.  If that is true, why do they have the one child mandate?  Is not overcrowding a major problem there?
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For quite a long time. However, China is still behind. It continues to progress. The economy is okay. I would not exactly say that it is fabulous because there are still many many homeless and starving people. America is still leading. However America does feel threatened by China. China is improving at a very fast rate. However, there are still large areas and things that have yet to be improved.
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The country is still totally controlled by the Communist Party of China, which is the central government.  Individual provinces have their own governments, controlled by party members.\nBut economically, capitalism has been allowed to flourish, bringing prosperity to the country which communism failed to do.  The first people to benefit from this are the Communists - very ironically, the sworn opponents of capitalism!  Hopefully, however, the centralisation of power and national planning will channel this new money the right way.  The government has just announced it's latest 5-year plan for the rural (agricultural) sector (most Chinese are still down on the farm, and poor).  All agricultural taxes have been abolished and many measures will be taken to help the farmers. One wishes them every success in this worthwhile endeavour.
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By allowing all different opinions and grievances to be publically heard and discussed. For example, the Chinese shot people who spoke out against some of their governmental policies rather than let them publically air their grievances. In this way, those in power there remain in power because there is no way for like-minded people to band together since they don't know who would be like-minded and who would turn them in to the government.
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That is a question that is best answered by 23 million Taiwanese. The problem is that China doesn't want them to decide.\n\nTaiwan is China and China is Taiwan, just like football is soccer and soccer is football.
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Currently, China is not considered much of a war threat.  The country appears much more focused on expanding its economy.  Therefore, our relations are fairly strong.  However, the Chinese government has been artificially devaluing its currency for many years, enabling its businesses to export huge amounts all over the world.\n\nThe U.S. has been insisting that the Chinese revalue their currency (raise its value relative to other currencies).  In its devalued state, it is cheaper for foreign countries to import Chinese goods.\n\nThe incredible trade imbalance between the U.S. and China cannot continue like this forever.  China must open more of its markets to the U.S.
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China's past is certainly not reassuring.\n\nAside from becoming an economic powerhouse and their increased  military spending, their population figures alone make it unlikely that any one nation could resist China's imposition of it's will. \n\nI remember, during the Vietnam War, it being calculated that China could supply the North Vietnamese with an uninterrupted fighting force.  I don't think a "carry a big stick" attitude will work in this scenario. \n\nYes, we should be wary of China's military potential, and we need to elect leaders prepared to deal with the changing world with a mindset focused on cooperation and diplomacy rather than go it alone and shoot from the hip.
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Maybe because we're the only country that has the advantages to lead the world. If a one-party country like China would control the world's economy I think we wouldn't enjoy the freedom we have. We're open minded and multi cultural and these are good advantages.
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China, like many other nations in the world, feel that the USA is an arrogant young power which does not realize that the Chinese civilization has been around for quite a while; thousand of years. So they expect the American government to facilitate the creation of a relationship of mutual respect and above all not to meddle in China's sphere of influence.
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The sovereinty of Taiwan belongs to its 23 million citizens, just as in any open, modern, demcratic society. China does not control any aspect of life for the people of Taiwan, except in the fantasies of its leaders.\n\nI participated in a large march through Taipei yesterday, along with 170,000 other Taiwanese protesting China's threat to invade Taiwan if the democratically-elected government of Taiwan refuses to voluntarily surrender to the one-party authoritarian PRC government of China. The demo yesterday was called to mark the first anniversary of the passgae of China's so-called "anti-secession" law, which "authorized" the use of military force against Taiwan if China doesn't get its way. \n\nI hope that China's leaders are paying attention, and taking notice of how much Taiwanese enjoy demonstrating and protesting, and how serious they are about making sure their liberties are never taken away from them.\n\nYesterday's demo was the so-called pan-greens (the ruling DPP and the even more pro-independence Taiwan Solidarity Party). Last week, the KMT (the pro-China opposition party) held a big demo.\n\nCan you imagine what would happen if 170,000 people marched together through the streets of Beijing? I can. Communist party leaders would call in the army to massacre the people as in 1989. Yesterday in Taiepei, not one demonstrator was hurt or arrested. Is it really so hard to understand why Taiwanese are opposed to being annexed by the repressive regime of a foreign country? \n\nI think some of the Chinese who post anti-Taiwan comments are people who deep-down would dearly love to enjoy the same liberties enjoyed today by Taiwanese, and the fact that they don't makes them bitter and jealous. They would rather see Taiwanese society brought down to the same level of misery as in China, than to see the society of Taiwan continue to develop in the direction of a modern democracy and open civil society. Instead of feeling bitter and jealous, try to see Taiwan as an example to follow. I think Communism teaches people that it's more fair for everybody to be poor and miserable, than for only some people to be poor. Maybe that same sort of philosophy is at work here- Chinese won't be happy until social development in Taiwan is reversed to the state of things in China.\n\nAm I wrong?\n\nP.S.\nThe 170,000 people in the march WEREN'T misguided youth. The interesting thing about demonstrations in Taiwan is that the vast majority of the people are in their 50s, 60s and 70s. Very different from N. America and Europe. I also saw old people who were obviously a lot older than that.
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Politicly speaking, they are a democracy, and democracies support each other. Another more pragmatic reason is that they act as a counter balance to chinas growing regional influence. look up "balance of power", and think of china and india in asia.