Can China best be described as an "oriental despotisim?"?
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No, even if you have no regard for proper English grammar.
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I think China will do exactly as it's told by the West or their economy will not grow.\n\nThere's a Disney Land in China 4 heavens sake!
786907
China is too big to look at and to describe. Anyone who has an impression surely don't know much about China.
1025390
I honestly believe that democracy does not work in all parts of the world. China would fail if democracy ever happened there. China is a country that has deep traditions, and for that reason China will never be a democracy. On top of that they saw what democracy did for Russia.
571301
Good for China\n\nThe problem is that china remains a dictature
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It could be another superpower, there doesn't need to be only one as England/France proved in the days of empire. China definately has the capacity to become a superpower, it has the most people of any nation, is quickly industrialising and has the largest air force of any nation already. My guess is that it will achieve true superpower status at around 2040.
721130
China - so many people they'll have so many people with so many different skill, ideas for technology, and intelligense. The perfect dictatorship
370802
My guess would be NO. The whole South east Asia is different from other parts of the world. They are very much capable of settling their own matters (a bit more violent). These countries are only 50 year old so they need time to learn how to govern.
725885
Probably more than we could count. China is a huge country, each place developedit's own style. There are undoubtedly styles No on in the west has even heard of since they are only practiced in remote villages.
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China is too big and powerful.
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Absolutely not.\n\nHalf of it is in Nepal, the other half in Tibet, which is occupied by China.
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I think our relationship with China is on even keel....but bordering on adversarial unfortunately.\n\nTheir military build up is on going and for what?  Who are they getting ready to fight?  Probably no one....but we are in debt to the Chinese in the billions of dollars.  Eventually we will have to concede that they are on our tier of dominance.\n\nI agree with a previous poster's analysis in that they will be the superpower on one....it may not be real soon, but it will be one day.\n\nThis is the thing.  Small thing.  All they have do is....drumroll please.........convert to some form of democracy.  That's all.  Nothing major.  They can do that in a few weeks.  \n\nSeriously.....Communism does not work.  And look at what America is trying to do.  Bush was over there wanting China is ease up on religious tolerance....along with a few other things.  But see....we don't really want them to have a democratic system....we want them to have widespread, capitalistic tendency.....democracy-styled freedoms.  There is a massive difference.\n\nWe don't want a mega copy of us.....we are Miller, or Budweiser.  We want them to be Zima.
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I think NO.  Let's reverse the question, should China take over the world. I think NOT.  The question is realy, should we impose our values and culture on other people.  Look at Iraq, which we supposedly attacked to support "democratic" reform.  It's been a botched job, from the get go.  Now lets take what has been a 3 year process, 280 billion spent, thousands dead and wounded( and I am not talking just US personell) and Iraq is only twice the size of Idaho.\n\nNow extend that a million times and ask the question again.
744909
Old history, but if the Chinese was not challenged in Korea, you would be living the a very communistic world.  Of course since democracy stood up and faced communism, now even communism has almost disappeared and replaced by capitalism.
997697
Are you suggesting that the Chinese will become involved?\nThat there is a North and South Iraq?  What?
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India is well ahead, but China is moving up.  But China's lack of a sound legal system and representative government will increasingly be an impediment to its development.
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