what is your feeling about the coming visit of chinese president hu jingtao?
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Chinese President is a gentleman.\nPlease advise him to beware of Bush. \nOne in hand is better than two "with" Bush.\nCan he wait for the next president?
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Yes, it seems that Chens' son in law has caused the whole family quite a lot of shame, but keep in mind that it was not the president himself. This scandal is a big boost to Taiwan's opposition KMT, who are currently renewing their call to impeach Chen (which is actually the same thing they have been doing all along anyway). \n\nTry his son-in-law and punish him for whatever laws he broke, but to try to use this scandal to bring down Chen just shows that the opposition is just grasping at straws, eager to pick up on any available issue to attack the president. \n\nIt's no surprise that Ma Ying-jeou is less that eager to join the calls to re-call the president over this issue. After all, he may soon be president himself, and re-calling the president over some infraction on the part of one of the president's relatives would set a precedent that Ma may find unsettling.\n\nBeyond all this, the KMT's tendency to obsess about the president's family is a sign of their out-dated thinking. In their world, Chaing Kai-shek had a divine right to rule, and his son inherited that legitimacy. They want a big, powerful, handsome, charismatic man to lead them-- which is why they worship Ma. They are big on pedigree and care less about actual policies. Another problem they have is that they cannot distinguish between the KMT party and the state, because they grew up in a time when no such distinction was allowed.\n\nKMT supporters remind me of the old and confused people I see on CNN who protest and carry signs with Stalin's photo in Russia, nostalgic for the "good old days".
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Yes, currently the chinese govt manages a port on the West coast. Apprently its run quite efficiently.
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I feel very let down by him.  \n\nI have supported him up until this.  Although, I feel that he does have sincere compassion for these poeple, he should have more concern for his own constituents' security.
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Yes. The People's Republic of China has both President and Prime Minister. The current President of China is Pres. Hu Jintao and the current Prime Minister, or Premier as it is known in China, is Wen Jiabao. Although both share executive power, the President is the Chief Executive and Head of State. The Premier is the Chief of the Chinese Communist Party and is the top man in the legislature.
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Yes Bush was disappointed that he could not bully or force the Chinese President into our way of thinking. Our currency could be for a rough ride!
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I will be very glad to see him go. Maybe then we can get back some of the respect we lost from the international community.
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I feel for you.\nLet's hope that this will be the case for you.  Unfortunately the quagmire that The Bush has got everyone in will not soon go away.
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The sovereinty of Taiwan belongs to its 23 million citizens, just as in any open, modern, demcratic society. China does not control any aspect of life for the people of Taiwan, except in the fantasies of its leaders.\n\nI participated in a large march through Taipei yesterday, along with 170,000 other Taiwanese protesting China's threat to invade Taiwan if the democratically-elected government of Taiwan refuses to voluntarily surrender to the one-party authoritarian PRC government of China. The demo yesterday was called to mark the first anniversary of the passgae of China's so-called "anti-secession" law, which "authorized" the use of military force against Taiwan if China doesn't get its way. \n\nI hope that China's leaders are paying attention, and taking notice of how much Taiwanese enjoy demonstrating and protesting, and how serious they are about making sure their liberties are never taken away from them.\n\nYesterday's demo was the so-called pan-greens (the ruling DPP and the even more pro-independence Taiwan Solidarity Party). Last week, the KMT (the pro-China opposition party) held a big demo.\n\nCan you imagine what would happen if 170,000 people marched together through the streets of Beijing? I can. Communist party leaders would call in the army to massacre the people as in 1989. Yesterday in Taiepei, not one demonstrator was hurt or arrested. Is it really so hard to understand why Taiwanese are opposed to being annexed by the repressive regime of a foreign country? \n\nI think some of the Chinese who post anti-Taiwan comments are people who deep-down would dearly love to enjoy the same liberties enjoyed today by Taiwanese, and the fact that they don't makes them bitter and jealous. They would rather see Taiwanese society brought down to the same level of misery as in China, than to see the society of Taiwan continue to develop in the direction of a modern democracy and open civil society. Instead of feeling bitter and jealous, try to see Taiwan as an example to follow. I think Communism teaches people that it's more fair for everybody to be poor and miserable, than for only some people to be poor. Maybe that same sort of philosophy is at work here- Chinese won't be happy until social development in Taiwan is reversed to the state of things in China.\n\nAm I wrong?\n\nP.S.\nThe 170,000 people in the march WEREN'T misguided youth. The interesting thing about demonstrations in Taiwan is that the vast majority of the people are in their 50s, 60s and 70s. Very different from N. America and Europe. I also saw old people who were obviously a lot older than that.
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President of the People's Republic of China\nHu Jintao\n\nMailing Address\nPresident of the People's Republic of China\nBeijing\nPeople's Republic of CHINA
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Well I will be doing the most American thing I can think of, supporting the Chinese economy and buying $100 dollars of Chinese made fireworks.\n\n\nYou don't have anything to worry about, they will never take our guns away from us.
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Briefly:\n\nPhilippines - overpopulation, rebels in the hills, gov't that seems to be easily be distracted - the easy answer might be to say corrupt, difficult to escape the economic powerhouses of China, Japan, & Australia to really establish any real economic base. Faced with cultural issues of being supressed/led/managed/abandoned by Spanish & Americans over last 300 years.\n\nSingapore - tiny. Can an authoritative gov't really instill creativity entrepenurship (they want to be a Silicon Valley of the East). Will they be usurped by HK/Shanghai as regional HQ on many multinationals? Will there be a problem with Malay & Malaysia going forward?
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$$$$$--money.\n\nBut in all fairness, Bush isn't the only president to be on friendly terms with Hu.
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I don't like him, nor the way he's running the country, but I would not insult him to his face.  He is the elected leader of this country, my country, and I would give him respect.\n\nWhen I leave after meeting him, I would blog about what I really think of him.  But I will not disrespect him in public, not matter how much he deserves it.
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I think China will do exactly as it's told by the West or their economy will not grow.\n\nThere's a Disney Land in China 4 heavens sake!
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China's President: Hu JinTao\nChina's Premier: Wen JiaBao
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Let me fix the grammar. I have no idea if the information is right or not or if you have to add more since I do not know the assignment:\n\nIf Mao was still alive today to see China, he would definately have some mixed feelings. Some of astonishment and happiness of its success, but others of much displeasure.\n\nWhile Mao was alive, his desire had always been to modernize China. Since China has actively modernized during the last year, Mao would be pleased to witness this achievement. Even more so, Mao would be thrilled to see that China's previous GPD of 3 percent a year grew approximately to 10 making China a very important player in the world economy.\n\nAlthough this sounds good, Mao may be displeased to see China's dramatic change to capitilism since he died. Although the government remains communist, they (PUT WHO THEY IS) do not control the country like they had in Mao's years. \n\nTherefore, Mao would be equally as pleased and displeased in China's dramatic changes. Although they had modernized to become an up and coming player in the world's economy, they have also turned to Mao's worst nightmare: capitalism.