Kommunister och demokrati

CUF´s Magnus Andersson drar upp det gamla Kubakortet ur ärmen igen.
Har han fortfarande inte insett värdet av diktaturer för att hålla folk i schack? (Med risk att upprepa mig;)

Sveriges Kinahandel
"I och med (Kommunistdiktaturen) Kinas inträde i WTO får landet en än viktigare roll internationellt och landet är i dag världens fjärde största ekonomi. Sveriges ekonomiska förbindelser med (Kommunistdiktaturen) Kina befinner sig i ett dynamiskt skede. (Kommunistdiktaturen) Kina är Sveriges största asiatiska handelspartner sedan våren 2003."

"Communist leaders have no plans to allow democracy in the near future because they must focus on economic development before political reform, China's No. 3 leader said in comments published Tuesday.

Democracy will emerge once a "mature socialist system" develops but that might not happen for up to 100 years, Premier Wen Jiabao wrote in an article in the People's Daily, the main Communist Party newspaper."

Kommunistdiktatur is Good! Till skillnad från dessa hemska socialister som protesterade på Himmelska fridens torg;

China's New Left calls for a social alternative
"For Wang, the problems associated with China's uneven development were first identified by the demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Wang himself was one of the last protesters to leave the square on the morning of June 4, 1989, as the tanks of the People's Liberation Army closed in. Normally rather brisk and matter-of-fact, he grew animated as he described in fluent, if occasionally idiosyncratic, English how a "broad social movement" began to grow out of the distress caused by the shock therapy of market reforms."

Free trade Bad?

MSNBC: The China Factor
"Foreign trade has been bad for the U.S. economy, because imports from abroad have reduced demand for American-made goods, cost jobs here at home, and produced potentially unsafe products."

CNBC: Republican Shocker: Free Trade's Not So Good After All
"I've seen a lot of opinion polling, but my jaw dropped when I saw this result from our special NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll of Republicans in advance of next week's presidential candidate debate sponsored by CNBC, MSNBC and the WSJ. By a nearly two-to-one margin, Republican voters believe free trade is bad for the U.S. economy, a shift in opinion that mirrors Democratic views and suggests trade deals could face high hurdles under a new president."

Wall Street Journal: Republicans Grow Skeptical on Free Trade
"Six in 10 Republicans in the poll agreed with a statement that free trade has been bad for the U.S. and said they would agree with a Republican candidate who favored tougher regulations to limit foreign imports."

Wall Street Journal: Free Trade Draws Even More Fire
"Europe seems to be moving in the same direction. More than two years after economic nationalism helped scuttle an EU constitution, France and other member states are unashamedly promoting the concept of national champions in particular industries. "

Whats going on, is the GOP turning pink? My bubble is almost bursting..

Democracy in China 100 years away

A bit old news but still;

"28 Feb, 2007 BEJING: China's communist leaders have no plans to allow democracy in the near future because they must focus on economic development before political reform, premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Tuesday.

Democracy will emerge once a "mature socialist system" develops but that might not happen for up to 100 years, Wen wrote in an article in the People's Daily, the main Communist Party newspaper.

The premier, China's No. 3 leader, said the country is "still far from advancing out of the primary stage of socialism. We must adhere to party's basic guidelines of the primary stage of socialism for 100 years."

"A highly developed democracy and a complete legal system are inherent requirements of the socialist system and important symbols of a mature socialist system," Wen said."

Thats strange... I thought free trade would transform China into a capitalist liberal democracy... silly me.

Then wouldnt that mean that the biggest economy in the world would be a communist dictatorship? Now thats quite a comeback for communism after the fall of the Soviet Union!

Marxism also seems to be in vogue in San Fransisco and there is quite a lot happening in South America as well...

Frihandel is Good!

Kina förstärker sin demokrati ytterligare med en ökad militärbudget på 17.8%;

"China's military budget will increase by 17.8% in 2007, the spokesman for the National People's Congress has said.

China says its military budget rose by 14.7% last year to $36.6bn (£18.6bn), but the US and other observers believe the actual figure may be two or three times that amount."

Men av någon anledning oroar denna utveckling USA;

"US Vice-President Dick Cheney said China's military build-up and satellite tests were at odds with its stated peaceful aims."

Cheney är ju vanligtvis ett geni men här har han helt fel! Det är väl klart att frihandel gör Kina demokratiskt och det finns ingen anledning att oroa sig över växthuseffekten, mänskliga rättigheter, Kinas Star Wars eller ökad militarisering.

Frihandel löser ju alla världens problem bara man tror tillräckligt mycket på den, vilket jag ser till min förfäran att vissa inte längre gör;

"Liberalismens svar är teknikutveckling, klokare konsumtion, demokratiska regleringar och internationella avtal, till exempel om en global koldioxidskatt som skulle vara effektivare än systemet med utsläppsrätter."

Regleringar, skatter och internationella avtal?

Multinationella företag ska ju tvärtom befrias från lagar, skatter och socialt ansvar - att kalla ökade inskränkningar på företags frihet för "liberalism" är ju helt åt skogen.

Snart får man väl höra hur den "nyliberale" Castro lyckas slå USA i att bekämpa barnadödlighet och analfabetism också..