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Is it possible for Chinese to embrace capitalism and communism at the same time?
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China is not embracing communism but moving away from it slowly. China is already more capitalist than Australia, where considerations such as the environment and social justice enter the decision-making equation for people in business. In present-day China making money is seen as success ('to get rich is glorious'), corruption whilst officially being stamped out is still widely accepted and expected, and buying an expensive European car is almost a requirement to move in 'higher social circles'. While classes in Marxism still form part of the required syllabus for all children, almost nobody takes it seriously (except those looking for a career in the party) and even young teenagers know that a lot of what is presented by the state is an anachronism. By the same token, of course the state knows - but does not yet wish to accelerate change by reforming and liberalising the education system. After nearly seven years in China, I believe that the people at the top of the government are very talented, and that is why the country has been able to hold together under such rapid change. They do not enjoy human right violations - but a civil war would surely cause greater suffering. The nation of China is struggling with many issues concurrently, on scales unseen in the west, and they're doing a pretty damn good job. Give them a break. It's not like Australia's got a leg to stand on with its indigenous population, America has the highest percentage of its own population incarcerated and is the world's leading exporter of torture equipment (and war), and then there's the colonial powers, Russia... The Chinese tend to take a long term view, they are pragmatic, intelligent, and their society is changing rapidly. Capitalism with Chinese characteristics is exactly what they have. Communism is only an anachronistic front for a system of government that could not possibly operate in such turbulent times, on so large a scale, in any other way.
Don't play into the hands of this autocratic Chinese regime. They are using the Free-Tibet protests launched by the West to radicalise the impressionable 20's - the young Chinese! I read the following in one of the mouthpieces of the government - a popular Chinese-language newspaper. Translated as follows: -IN THE PROCESS OF NATION-BUILDING- Every country, IN THE PROCESS OF NATION-BUILDING, would inevitably commit atrocities
Well is China really embracing Communism? I think its driven more by pragmatism than ideology and that will probably continue as China rises..
Definnately not, it is either the best or the worst. for how long will one live two lives at the same time , one principle opposing the other. capitalism encourages free economy which means free access to the world's information and spread of your information to others. china is strongly against the latter, this will leave her hanging.
it is inevitable that more freedom will come to china. the expansion of the internet is a good example. the chinese people are becoming more outspoken and critical as well. don`t for get that they love their country. as thye people become more informed, more freedoms will become available. i think the leadership is very much aware of this and will adjust accordingly, there will be an amalgam of socialist concepts and capitalism. communism by itself doesn`t account for the differences in people, so joining the two philosophies in a country like china could work well.
The Chinese ARE embracing communism and capitalism at the same time..... very successfully it seems. It is naive to say that capitalism relies on an unrestricted information flow. Most capitalist countries have restrictions on information be it military, industrial, social or whatever they do not want out in the public domain.
By their capitalist face they steal the products made by other countries and sell cheaper copies so the originators go out of business. By their communist face they do not allow such things to be investigated. It is tragedy that the victims are not just pirate music cds, dvds, books etc from developed world but also handcraft products made by really poor countries just trying to survive on this earth. I\'m from Morocco and we have now our handmade lights and ceramics copied by Chinese factories and sent to global market real cheap and with good quality (but not the same soul). The same for African villages where people take great time and care to make model bicycles, cars, trucks or planes in wire or recycle tin cans. Now these too are stolen and made in China. Perhaps they do not care about property, intellectual or other since for communists everything is owned by everyone and should be open to access ....or is that capitalism too
It's possible at least to an extent as they are doing it now. However, I'm not sure how much longer it could last. Communism relies on control of information, capitalism relies on unrestricted information flow. I can't say for sure, but I think it will be interesting to see which way they ultimately go, do they open up further for the sake of the economy or do they keep a lid of the economy for the sake of continued control? For now I think control takes precedence, perhaps that will change, perhaps not for a while. Perhaps we need to wait for Hu Jintao's successor to see what they will do.
Yep... they can make things and sell them as capitalists but when you try to negotiate something as an overseas business, you deal with the might of the communist state. Same goes for foreign policy deals. That is how China bought a whole mountain in Peru for a fraction of the world price.
Seems they are currently doing it, so seems it's possible... Loved the "China's Cyber Warriors" segment!