OLYPlusSelectPlusSportsOpening Ceremony Kicks Off OlympicsOpening Ceremony Kicks Off OlympicsThe Associated PressOnce-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time...
OLYPlusSelectPlusSportsOpening Ceremony Kicks Off OlympicsOpening Ceremony Kicks Off OlympicsThe Associated PressOnce-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open the Summer Games. (Aug. 8)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:man with novelty 08-08-2008 glasses]This man's novelty glasses say it all - at 8:08 on 8-8-08 the opening ceremony kicked off for the Beijing Olympics. [Notes:Olympic scenes] The number is considered lucky by the Chinese - and the Asian nation is proudly set to show off to the world. [Notes:couple with Chinese and US flag and tickets in hand]It's typical for tickets to the ceremony to go quickly, lucky ticket holders proudly show off their passes before heading inside for the festivities. [Notes:performers head in - FROM GVW] The ceremony has been a well-guarded secret, but some of the performers headed into the Olympic Stadium offer a sneak peak. [Notes:Stadium wide shot - other scenes]The stadium is called the Bird's Nest because of its shape. It's one of the many sights around Beijing put in place for the games.And then there are the tourists - from all over the world. Kirk Patrick traveled from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to see the sights.SOT: Kirk Patrick, Tourist from Harrisburg, PA: "We've been planning to be here for several years, and it's just exciting to be in Beijing, and to meet the people and see the games. And we're very excited." [Notes:night shots] As night fell, fireworks lit up the sky outside the stadium where the ceremony will be held, where colored lights shone brightly over Beijing.The pomp and circumstances kick off the Games of the 29th Olympiad - which last until the 24th. ___ ___, The Associated Press
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The Chinese make me proud to be a human being. Compare the Chinese to the Europeans and Euro-Americans. China never enslaved Africans, never killed Jews, never passed Racial Segregation, never dropped bombs for oil, never invaded other countries to enslave them and rape their lands like EUROPEANS DID. China invented so many things that Europeans later used for terrorism and crime. Chinese = civilized Europeans = barbarians
Nazi Germany also had no foreign capital investments of any kind, and like I have previously mentioned they also had no international trade, this was to make Germany into a self-sufficient state during wartime.
You may want to relearn history of Nazi Germany. I took an IB course on it.
Chinese economy also isn't a "pseudo market with oligarchies". It's a mixed economy, just like the majority of economies in the world, including US.
Nazi party in Germany discouraged religions, and the German people were indoctrinated to view Hitler, the Fuhrer, into a divine, almost demigod like status. This is not so in China.
There were also periodic official radio broadcasts by the Nazis in major German cities, and during these broadcasts all German citizens, regardless of circumstances, were expected to stand up and salute to the Fuhrer. Violators would be jailed by the Gestapo. Needless to say, this is not so in China.
Information and news in Nazi Germany wasn't just censored, it was completely filtered by the state government, and there is no independent or foreign sources of news. China is different
There were no real exchange student from Nazi Germany, as all of them were in actuality spies working for the party.
Economy in Nazi Germany were entirely state run, except in German occupied territories in WWII, but they are not to be considered as part of Nazi Germany. Germany also had no international trade
i understand communism as much as a member of your politburo. in order to achievement communism, the state must undergo feudalism, modernalization, capitalism, socialism and communism. looks like china is between step 2 and 3. its time for you to reread "communist manifesto".
Actually, Marx and Engels simply described the Communist transition process as a result of the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat, which would cause an uprising and overthrow of the capitalist elites on the social hierarchy, and placing the proletariat in command of the productions.
So it isn't the 5 steps process as you have stated.
Chinese market reforms in the 1970s is already a breakaway from communism, and there is no turning back as it is now the world's third largest economy.
your beloved "free market" is in a experimental basis. CCP can at any time can take over the economy. currently, the majority of industries are state owned. agriculture, the largest sector of china, is in fact the state.
you as a chinese citizen has no say or right in this process. you are told this or that, and you will, like it or not have, to follow. cultural revolution is one day, free market next, and maybe cultural revolution next day. who really knows? for them, who cares.
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Compare the Chinese to the Europeans and Euro-Americans. China never enslaved Africans, never killed Jews, never passed Racial Segregation, never dropped bombs for oil, never invaded other countries to enslave them and rape their lands like EUROPEANS DID.
China invented so many things that Europeans later used for terrorism and crime.
Chinese = civilized
Europeans = barbarians
You may want to relearn history of Nazi Germany. I took an IB course on it.
Chinese economy also isn't a "pseudo market with oligarchies". It's a mixed economy, just like the majority of economies in the world, including US.
There were also periodic official radio broadcasts by the Nazis in major German cities, and during these broadcasts all German citizens, regardless of circumstances, were expected to stand up and salute to the Fuhrer. Violators would be jailed by the Gestapo. Needless to say, this is not so in China.
There were no real exchange student from Nazi Germany, as all of them were in actuality spies working for the party.
Economy in Nazi Germany were entirely state run, except in German occupied territories in WWII, but they are not to be considered as part of Nazi Germany. Germany also had no international trade
So it isn't the 5 steps process as you have stated.
Chinese market reforms in the 1970s is already a breakaway from communism, and there is no turning back as it is now the world's third largest economy.
you as a chinese citizen has no say or right in this process. you are told this or that, and you will, like it or not have, to follow. cultural revolution is one day, free market next, and maybe cultural revolution next day. who really knows? for them, who cares.