What a idiotic line: "China is a culture with a 2,200-year tradition of centralised, one-party government"
Sushanta Kar On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 2:14 PM, bhuban.baruah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Don't expect China to be like us. > . > > I would like to see The Independent break away from the general media > tendency in the UK to perpetuate a hostile view of China. The charge you > make, that China is a state in which "superficial prosperity cloaks endemic > corruption and ruthless politicking" (leading article, 17 April) is one > that, to judge from The Independent's own recent reporting, could quite > easily be applied to Britain or the United States. In fact, as far as > corruption is concerned, China performs better than several European > countries, according to Transparency International's 2011 rankings. > > China is a culture with a 2,200-year tradition of centralised, one-party > government. It is very probably evolving toward a one-party "democracy" > like the government of Singapore. Whatever its eventual form of government, > we can be sure that it will not look like that in Britain or the United > States, and we would be presumptuous to think that it should. They have > been in the business of government much longer than the West. > > The case on which you base your editorial is an example of criminal > activity and personal corruption rather than ruthless politicking. China's > politicians may indeed be ruthless people, but that they are taking > advantage of a political opponent's apparent downfall is not unusual. > > The judgement that China's current prosperity is superficial deserves more > explanation than is offered. The disappearing prosperity of the leading > Western economies, based on cheap loans and imaginary financial products, > is certainly superficial. China's current prosperity is based on > manufacturing. > > Westerners need a much greater understanding of the complexity of modern > China and of its accomplishments. It seems possible that this may yet turn > into a "Chinese century" and whether or not that frightens us we will have > to adapt to it. > > C Henson > > Ashford, Kent > > : > Note: > > This interesting letter appeared in the Opinion column of the Independent > today(April 19, 2012). Sure, I would like to share it with you. > > -bhuban > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/**listinfo/assam_assamnet.org<http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> > -- Sushanta Kar সুশান্ত কর তিনসুকিয়া, আসাম আমার ব্লগগুলি: http://sushantakar40.blogspot.com http://ishankonerkahini.blogspot.com http://ishankonerkotha.blogspot.com আমার সম্পাদিত 'প্রজ্ঞান' http://pragyan06now.blogspot.com http://sites.google.com/site/pragyan06now "স্বাজাত্যের অহমিকার থেকে মুক্তি দানের শিক্ষাই, আজকের দিনের প্রধান শিক্ষা" রবীন্দ্রনাথ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
