To chyba rekord. Moja gazeta napisala o Polsce po raz trzeci w jednym miesiacu. Artykul nie stanowi oczywiscie dla nas zadnej rewelacji, ale przyjemnie pomyslec ze sa jeszcze w tej czesci swiata ludzie ktorym nasz kraj kojarzy sie nie tylko z berlinskimi zlodziejami samochodow czy rzucaniem nozem w pilkarzy. Fragmenty przepisalem ponizej. Michal Niewiadomski Jiang can draw on the Polish experience Christopher Lingle, SCMP 30 maja 20000 Champions of democracy from around the world remember June 4, 1989, as a day of infamy because of the outrages that were witnessed on and around Tiananmen Square. However, on the same day on another continent another notable, and less tragic events unfolded. A comparison of these events provides an interesting perspective on the failures of the regime in Beijing. At the same time, it offers a guide for those who seek further economic and political reform in China. (...) There have been frequent claims in Asia and elsewhere that authoritarianism provides greater stability (...). However, historical evidence suggests that democracy is the best means for peaceful conflict resolution. The Polish experience confirms that consensus can emerge from conflicts with authority, without passing through chaos. (...) After wresting political power from communist functionaries, Poland quickly underwent a period of eliminating some of the worst effects of central planning. The new democratic leaders understood that political and economic freedom would offer mutual support to one another. But China's leaders' inability to grasp this interdependency means that their attempts to hold on to power will doom their citizens to slower economic growth and greater future hardships. (...) Poland quickly shed industrial over-capacity and resolved a potential banking crisis (...). At the same time the economy opened to free trade. By unleashing the enterpreneurial skills of the Poles ,many jobs lost to post-communist downsizing were replaced by the private sector. (...) President Jiang Zemin can join the pantheon of Chinese heroes if he allows his people to realise their just destiny.
