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Thread: What kind of government is the P.R.C.???
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[quote=CHRISWAUGHBJ,37992]Well, the market economy looks very capitalist, the government is "authoritarian" by western standards, but opening up and lightening up, the country is supposed to be socialist but so far lacks most of the infrastructure common to the social democracies of Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, but the trend is toward that kind of social democracy, and then, in theory at least (one cannot predict the future) socialism and then communism. Only westerners would describe China as communist, and that comes from a lack of understanding of what the word means. Chinese will say socialist, of course, and that is the theory and what the government is trying to build right now. The reality on the ground is, of course, more complex, as it always is in any country. Is China safe? Well, sure, why not? As for long term safety? Who can tell. I don't foresee any major problems. The government is working to solve China's current contradictions, and one could argue that it's making progress. I certainly think so, and I have no trouble saying I'm here for the long haul. But why do you seem to connect the SEZs with 'safety'? And are you really seeing people in Army uniforms all the time, or are you seeing people belonging to the People's Armed Police or even the Fire Brigade whose uniforms are similar to the army's? My advice is relax, inform yourself, look around, decide for yourself: are you comfortable here? How long could you stay? Another year? Longer?[/quote]
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