Comments on: Behind the ‘Modern’ China http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/03/behind-the-modern-china/ Watching China Politics from Cyberspace Sat, 26 May 2012 16:47:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pffeferhttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/03/behind-the-modern-china/#comment-1110 Pffefer Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:53:52 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/03/behind-the-modern-china/#comment-1110 And you think the objectives of an democracy is what? And you think the objectives of an democracy is what?

]]> By: Froufrouhttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/03/behind-the-modern-china/#comment-1105 Froufrou Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:04:50 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/03/behind-the-modern-china/#comment-1105 The war he was talking about concerned Taiwan, I should think; and that isn't BS, since China has made very clear that any declaration of Taiwan's independence will bring on war. I can't say the US's call for democracy is very believable, seeing the countless occasions over the years where they have propped up dictatorships, but I think Kagan has a point in saying that the objectives of an autocracy is hanging on to power. And that is what China's leaders are doing. The war he was talking about concerned Taiwan, I should think; and that isn’t BS, since China has made very clear that any declaration of Taiwan’s independence will bring on war.
I can’t say the US’s call for democracy is very believable, seeing the countless occasions over the years where they have propped up dictatorships, but I think Kagan has a point in saying that the objectives of an autocracy is hanging on to power. And that is what China’s leaders are doing.

]]> By: Pffeferhttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/03/behind-the-modern-china/#comment-1100 Pffefer Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:46:35 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/03/behind-the-modern-china/#comment-1100 Total BS.I thought Kagan's description of China better suits the US:"filled with nationalist pride(USA! USA! USA!), ambitions and resentments (what more is left to say?); consumed with questions of territorial sovereignty; hanging on repressively to old conquered lands in its interior (territory the US did not buy from the French and the British); and threatening war against a small island country off its coast (Cuba)".No war threatens either Tibet or Xinjiang, what is the clueless Kagan talking about? It is true though, that being an authoritarian state China does not offer the venues found in a democracy toward solving the issue of ethnic succession and separation."The interests of the world's autocracies are not the same as those of the democracies. We want to make the world safe for democracy. They want to make the world safe, if not for all autocracies at least for their own."Condescending and hypocritical BS. Kagan made it sound like that the US-led west is looking out to the interests of the humanity (BS!) while countries like China only care about themselves. Make no mistake. All that the west does is maximizing their interests. This is yet again another example that showcases the abhorrent hypocrisy that is consuming the west.Kagan sounds like a typical "expert" that you often find blabbering about something he/she hardly knows. Total BS.

I thought Kagan’s description of China better suits the US:

“filled with nationalist pride(USA! USA! USA!), ambitions and resentments (what more is left to say?); consumed with questions of territorial sovereignty; hanging on repressively to old conquered lands in its interior (territory the US did not buy from the French and the British); and threatening war against a small island country off its coast (Cuba)”.

No war threatens either Tibet or Xinjiang, what is the clueless Kagan talking about? It is true though, that being an authoritarian state China does not offer the venues found in a democracy toward solving the issue of ethnic succession and separation.

“The interests of the world’s autocracies are not the same as those of the democracies. We want to make the world safe for democracy. They want to make the world safe, if not for all autocracies at least for their own.”

Condescending and hypocritical BS. Kagan made it sound like that the US-led west is looking out to the interests of the humanity (BS!) while countries like China only care about themselves. Make no mistake. All that the west does is maximizing their interests. This is yet again another example that showcases the abhorrent hypocrisy that is consuming the west.

Kagan sounds like a typical “expert” that you often find blabbering about something he/she hardly knows.

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