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The biggest is and shall be the praise of the Chinese Way of doing Economics [1]: work as hell and damn your right to have a personal live which of course has no economical value, particularly because you can always compensate the absence from your children's life with expensive toys, and the resulting lack of a proper education can be corrected with the importation of people at cheap (starvation) prices.

So.... America is Dead, long live Asia, </height 8> and don't mention social democracy.

After all, as the earth being an orb means that globalisation is inevitable, likewise the orb's westward spinning must surely dictate that an american hegemony must be substituted by asian leadership, right?

[1] one should probably say the Perceived chinese way. after all, as a new member of this forum pointed out recently (can't find the link), many chinese people have 2 month holidays, 2 hours for lunch, though not true free unions. (the special areas for exportation industries may be an exception, i don't know).

by findmeaDoorIntoSummer on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 04:03:55 PM EST
I personally am certain that stuff about two months' holiday and (official) two hour lunches is untrue, or applies only to a very small fraction of the population. Certainly it does not apply to workers in foreign-owned enterprises. I have never, ever heard any person mention 'two month holidays in China' and I live in Hong Kong - I would have heard someone mention it by now, if it were widely applicable (cos we only get two weeks). So you don't need to add the word 'perceived' to your comment.
by wing26 on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 12:45:01 AM EST
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thank you. there are not many of us who know what is happening in china.

hmmm, now I recall that I know someone who worked in shangai for a while....

by findmeaDoorIntoSummer on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:05:55 AM EST
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