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Issue No. 250 | 21 December 2004 |
Beyond The Law
Interview: The King of Comedy Unions: Ten Simple Rules Politics: Rampant Indivdualism International: Global Struggle Economics: Cashing in the Year History: Grass Roots Review: Cultural Realities Poetry: Y-U-C-K
Security Crisis at Sydney Airport
Predictions The Soapbox The Locker Room Parliament
Temporary Arrangements The Price Of Tea In China Goodthink Cry For Me, Argentina Ho Bloody Ho Amen Right Is Wrong Business As Usual All In The Family Swing Left Wishful Thinking
Labor Council of NSW |
Letters to the Editor The Price Of Tea In China
After reading James Goodwin's article Has China entered a post revolutionary stage? I thought his paper was espousing Trotsky's thinking or like many Marxists' a thinking which cannot countenance the possibility that the Chinese may have found a pathway to deal with the obvious power of corporate capital in an constructive and beneficial way. This necessarily increasing the living standards of all it may not be perfect but what great transformations in history have been. Yes I too have read many articles about differences in income distribution over the last few years. The huge transformation from an agrarian state in 1949 into a developed country of 1.2 billion and finally to a world power is an epic task. This epic task does mean dislocation of people moving from rural areas to large towns. In another 2 generations the majority of people in China may not be farming they may be in high tech manufacturing and government service sectors such as health and education. This transformation has already begun and involved farming people increasing there overall wealth and living conditions markedly since the reforms began in the late 1970's. To pass judgement now because China is using capitalist tools to engineer a leading economy which is not at behest of corporate capital is both premature and dogmatic. Australia task is to link our economy more to China and Asia and to allow for the maximum benefit for all Australians. We should look for joint ventures that allow our economy to develop and not to be mired in a economy described by one as a banana republic. R. Robinson Belmont (Qld)
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