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China: Was: Eavesdropping on a phone conference

I agree with the notion that China is not an "ideological" threat.  Obviously they follow the market principles diligently when needed and at other times bend them.  That's what states do in a capitalist setting.  But to claim that China hasn't enhanced its technological and organizational competencies is off the mark.  I will be visiting China's largest science park (Zhongguancun) in Beijing in late Nov and I will report back.

Anthony
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Louis Proyect wrote:

Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:16:50 -0400
From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Eavesdropping on a phone conference

Doug Henwood wrote:
> But in the case of slavery, there was a need to dehumanize the  slaves,

thus the development of racism. But the people tagged as
"Islamofascists" aren't the real rivals of the U.S. now - they're
mostly marginal and weak. Why should they be demonized, and not, say,
the Chinese, who are actual rivals for resources and ultimately power?


I am not sure how much of a rival China is at this point, especially
after Marty Hart-Landsberg's posting yesterday. Frankly, there is a lot
of "ideology" about the Chinese economic threat but I think that amounts
to Freudian projection more than anything else.


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