Beijing is banning all foreign media from publishing online in China

Post by smacktoward » Fri, Feb 19, 2016, 5:57 PM UTC

flatline wrote: post #59

SCAQTony wrote: post #36

I am not a sociologist, political scientist, or an economist. It appears that China is too big to govern and has become a diseconomy of scale. China has 160 cities with over 1-million people in them (US has 10 cities) and I think it's a miracle that the lights still work and they have running water. When you double the size of a plane it it becomes 4-times heavier (Observe what it takes to fly a B-52). The PRC seems…

China has historically been too big to govern. Few regimes over the last 2500 years have managed to hold any major portion of what is modern day China under a single rule for any amount of time. While the PRC may make token shows of aggression on the world stage, all of their arrows are really pointed inwards.

Post by codeisawesome » Fri, Feb 19, 2016, 6:03 PM UTC

smacktoward wrote: post #61

flatline wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

China has historically been too big to govern. Few regimes over the last 2500 years have managed to hold any major portion of what is modern day China under a single rule for any amount of time. While the PRC may make token shows of aggression on the world stage, all of their arrows are really pointed inwards.

Outward aggression can have internal reasons, too. War with a "foreign aggressor" is a pretty good way to get a fractious polity to pull together, historically speaking. The trick is to find a "foreign aggressor" who's powerful enough to scare people into putting their internecine disputes aside, but not so powerful that they stomp your regime like a bug.

Post by Raphmedia » Fri, Feb 19, 2016, 6:05 PM UTC

x0x0 wrote: post #54

xjp250 wrote: post #50

Xi Jin Ping is worse than King jong un. He is a stupid and arrogant leader. He want people in China to call him "习大大(xi big big)", but actually we like to call him "习包子(xi bao zi)"

I don't speak chinese; can you explain why xi bao zi is not flattering? Thanks!

Post by partisan » Fri, Feb 19, 2016, 6:08 PM UTC

Animats wrote: post #62

China's leadership seems to be becoming more paranoid. Yet China has no serious external enemies other than the ones they make for themselves, the economy is stressed a bit but production is in great shape, and the standard of living has been rising for years. Why?

Post by newjersey » Fri, Feb 19, 2016, 6:08 PM UTC

codeisawesome wrote: post #63

smacktoward wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Outward aggression can have internal reasons, too. War with a "foreign aggressor" is a pretty good way to get a fractious polity to pull together, historically speaking. The trick is to find a "foreign aggressor" who's powerful enough to scare people into putting their internecine disputes aside, but not so powerful that they stomp your regime like a bug.

I'm based in India and you make me want to hide.