Re: The defeat of the racial theorists

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:56:07 -0700, "abianchen@xxxxxxxxxxx"
<abianchen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dead wrong, RST!!! If KMT government had ruled China, China would
have become sort of today's HK and Taiwan. In 1980, CCP finally
adopted market economy which is 30 years late!!! The first 30 years
of CCP rule was a disaster. Million of Chinese people starved to
death or were murdered during political movements. Thanks god, DXP
changed China.

Mao was a monster and idiot, dont you agree???


Perhaps. One likely consequence would have mainland China an economic
colony of the US where China's progress and economic health would have
been subject and tied to American interests. A big "what if" would
be, "Would the USSR have tolerated such a development?" Japan and
Taiwan's postwar recover might not have happened as there would not
have been a Cold War. Or there would have been a Cold War so
overwhelming that China would have been the frontline vehicle to
conduct it, not midgets like Japan and Taiwan. Taiwan in this
scenario would have been a neglected province of China.

We shouldn't try to rewirte history through "what ifs?" China had
to undergo gut wrenching cataclysmic change to arrive to today. Have
the results been worth it? The answer is YES. We will write that
story when the time comes. China's journey has barely begun.

But you and I are discussing this very strange phenomenon about modern
China's attitude towards her founders. This seems incomprehensible
for outsiders. How did the men who caused so much suffering and
deaths be forgiven for their deeds? And even more astonishing, how
come, in a blink of an eye in hstory, they are even more admired and
respected than when they were alive? The short answers is we know
that we had just lived through the times of great men and great
events. The Revolutionary Leaders of China were such men and the
Revolution the event.

I shall paraphrase as I remember it an Indian newpaper tribute to Mao
on the occasion of his death in 1976. Mao Tsetung was the last in an
Age of Giants.* In the legends of every civilization, when a great
man passed away, great sacrifices were offered to the Gods....
[referring to the Tangshan earthquake 6 months earlier that killed
some half a million)...... We shall not see the likes of such men
again in our lifetimes.
* Mussolini, Hitler, FDR, Stalin, Churchill, De Gaulle and all the
principal leaders of the 20th century and through WWII had preceded
Mao in death
.

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