If you think I am merely writing to defend myself for the sake of defending myself, you're free to think that. But I'd tell you that is not my goal.
You also need to reread my previous post b/c I said the CCP leaders are using "stability" as their excuse to ensure their own and the CCP's continual stay in power. In nowhere did I say they were doing this for the economy. Nice attempt in trying to frame me for something I didn't say though. Haha~
As I wrote in the previous post, it is highly unlikely that China will collapse in the same way as USSR did. The ethnic make up of USSR is vastly different since people in those regions have a strong sense of territoriality and individual ethnicity. Except for Tibet, China no longer has that because most other regions have been too heavily Han-ized. Did you even read my post, man?!
It is true that Elder Deng was the prime initiator of both economic and political reforms. I think it was him who introduced the 2-term/10 years thing for party leaders, and for that he must be applauded. But at the same time, the pace of his political reforms were too slow. And as I was saying in the previous post, even though he introduced the 2-term rule into the party, he was too corrupted by the absolute power he enjoyed while he was in the leader seat to relinquish that very same power. (Again, did you even bother reading or understanding my previous post?)
Except for the most fundamental right to live, human rights have not improved much at all in China. In fact, on many fronts there have actually been huge setbacks. Freedom of speech and open press is non-existent. Freedom to assemble is non-existent. Religious freedom is heavily controlled (by an atheist party, I might add). Property protection is non-existent precisely when you need it most. If Chinese are satisfied to enjoy only the same living rights as herds of farm animals, then by all means, human rights in China is totally acceptable.
-Lik |