[Mr. Loverman]

Originally Posted by Freddie59

Mind if I ask if there's any anti-Western propaganda in China?

The government run news channel in English has IMO fair news coverage about the west. I don't know if the Chinese language news channel is the same.

But I can tell you most Chinese people have insanely idealistic opinions on the west so I suspect they aren't fed much anti-west stuff.

[ejmaztec]

Originally Posted by blatantrereg

*Thread moved to 10.10am

Or 11.10am because he's in Berlin.

[Doc Ruby]

Originally Posted by Sindri

Hmmmmmmm, how many Chinese spies have infiltrated Boards???????

And more importantly, are they hot?

[biko]

Originally Posted by patwicklow

They also have raised a question in many people's minds: Are all authoritarian regimes now threatened by this new democratic wave? In particular, is China, a rising superpower, vulnerable to these forces?

No, China is different from the revolutions in MENA. Yes, it's not a democracy but I don't think the people there will rise any time soon.

The "democratic wave" you speak of is not very democratic since after each toppled dictator an islamistic government is stepping in and tbh they're not known for their democracy. So instead of creating democracies in MENA the EU/NATO has managed to copy the toppling of the Shah of Iran and the rise of the Mullahs, but in a whole region rather than one single country. Poor people revolted against the dictator because they were poor, and the likes of the Muslim Brotherhood quickly stepped in to lead the poor masses and grab power.

And again, the worst offender against democracy, Saudi Arabia is playing everyone to have their way.
“What we’re seeing is a Sunni-Shiite divide reemerge in the Middle East with Washington clearly backing the Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia, a close American ally. And Saudi Arabia in turn along with Qatar has taken control of the revolutions elsewhere.
“For example it’s funding the Ennahda, the main Islamist party in Tunisia. The Muslim Brotherhood and more extremist Salafi groups in Egypt on the record were saying they received substantial funds from Saudi Arabia. The Yemeni government has openly criticized Qatar for interfering in its internal affairs and funding radical Islamists. And of course in Syria the main civilian opposition is dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, and the so-called Free Syrian Army is dominated by not only radical jihadists from within Syria, but also by jihadists from throughout the region."
John R. Bradley, British author and expert on the Middle East.

[Princess Consuela Bananahammock]

Originally Posted by Sindri

It's 3:40.


Haha! Bet you feel foolish now you foolish fool!

It was just after 4.30 where I am when I wrote it, foolish fooly fool fool fool.

[44leto]

It's possible, as long as China has high growth rates that will keep a lid on it, but that can't last forever. There is also something as volatile happening in China which is also fueling tension. Because of the 1 child policy, and the traditional preference of a male child, you have a serious and gaping population imbalance between men and women. A lot of these young men have no prospects of ever getting married in a country were that that is very important.

Also if you look at historical population imbalances favouring women, the old American west for example, you get very violent places. Although that is only a factor, its an important one.

[Weathercheck]

China is not a state where there is a large % of Islamic Fundamentalists.

They will not rise up.

[flanders1979]

Originally Posted by patwicklow

它真的會發生 和我說，看這個空間

mao mao diddy mao?

[caoty]

Congratulations! Obviously you have graduated from the University of Western Free Propoganda Media with a Bachelor degree.

Originally Posted by patwicklow

Over the course of three short months, popular uprisings have toppled regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, sparked a civil war in Libya and created unrest in other parts of the Middle East. They also have raised a question in many people's minds: Are all authoritarian regimes now threatened by this new democratic wave? In particular, is China, a rising superpower, vulnerable to these forces?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-...ext-2011-03-11

[dolanbaker]

Originally Posted by Mr. Loverman

The government run news channel in English has IMO fair news coverage about the west. I don't know if the Chinese language news channel is the same.

But I can tell you most Chinese people have insanely idealistic opinions on the west so I suspect they aren't fed much anti-west stuff.

I would say that the greatest risk to China is the same one that is now affecting the West, limits to growth!

China is fortunate to be a few years behind in this respect, but they are rapidly catching up. There will be difficulties when their demand for resources like oil start to exceed supply, as things are now they are benifiting from the decline in western economic activity and buying up the "spare" oil, that may last for only another two or three years.

The Chinese people have been promised a lot, the government will face real difficulties in maintaining those promises in the future.