tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post8980045041533087747..comments2023-10-24T20:37:11.842+13:00Comments on The Probligo: The place of China in the world...The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-24836681043096149022007-02-21T07:35:00.000+13:002007-02-21T07:35:00.000+13:00I don't actually find the concept that China has a...I don't actually find the concept that China has achieved great economic growth while having an authoritarian government and not embracing liberal reforms to be surprising or puzzling at all. Indeed, that is the story of most of the 'asian tigers' and we have seen it in some South American countries as well, Chile in particular. And of course both Italy and Germany had pretty good economic Dave Justushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139807963654242625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-74763687955386874002007-02-20T13:09:00.000+13:002007-02-20T13:09:00.000+13:00OK. So we have a label for it... "Fascism". Yeah...OK. So we have a label for it... "Fascism". Yeah, that might not be entirely inappropriate when you consider the opening to the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia definition</A> of the term. I guess that helps as long as we can stay away from the pejorative that seems to go with its use.<BR/><BR/>I don't think that I have suggested that "autocratic" is The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-20070988938297419512007-02-20T09:08:00.000+13:002007-02-20T09:08:00.000+13:00I tend to be pretty skeptical of a Chinese dominat...I tend to be pretty skeptical of a Chinese dominated 21th century. Predominately, I think Chinese demographics, both the rapid aging of the population and the unfortunate male to female ratio of their young people is going to cause a great deal of instability and that they won't have aquired the necessary recources to whether that storm. I don't pretend to be able to predict precisely what willDave Justushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139807963654242625noreply@blogger.com