Why the hell should I or anyone else give China a break?
Sing the praises for China all you want, it doesn't change the fact that their environmental regulations are not as stringent as the USAs (are they part of the Montreal Protocol? Would the Kyoto Treaty have allowed them to pollute more?), it doesn't change the fact that they have no free press or most of the freedoms we take for granted in this country, it doesn't change the fact that the workers get 50 cents an hour, etc.
It also doesn't change the fact that they are basically a communist country and that communism is a failed economic and social system (even if you get the "right people" in charge).
Not to mention the forced abortions...
Tours of factories aside (did you actually think they were going to show you anything BAD?)..I wouldn't want to live in China. Would you?
Brian
Originally posted by Bicycle019:
[QB]Have you been to China to see this or are you basing this on what others tell you? I've been to China recently and toured factories. It's not slave labor. No one is forced to work. Conditions are not inhumane. Certainly no worse than they were here in the US only 50 years ago. Give China a break, they are trying as fast as they can to catch up w/the west without imploding like Russia did.
