On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:35:54 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "graham" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 14/11/2014 7:21 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 19:03:16 -0700, graham > wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 14/11/2014 4:53 PM, sf wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:43:09 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I think you're right that the Chinese aren't innovators but the
> >>>>> Japanese were the same way 50 years ago.
> >>>>
> >>>> True but their entire circumstances were different. Japan was
> >>>> occupied until 1950 and the West was very hands on rebuilding the
> >>>> economy and shaping their outlook.
> >>>>
> >>>>> My belief is that this will change as they start seeing themselves in
> >>>>> a more confident light.
> >>>>
> >>>> First China needs to get rid of communism
> >>>
> >>> It did! Years ago!
> >>
> >> So they moved from a communist dictatorship to a non-communist one.
> >>
> > The one thing that I have learned over the years is that USians haven't a
> > ****ing clue what communism (or socialism) is!
> > In case you haven't noticed, most Chinese industry is PRIVATELY owned and
> > the country is home to many billionaires. Anathema to a communist system
> > where the state owns just about everything.
>
> Pretty sure most of us know.

Which doesn't mean their way of thinking has changed.


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