Hi ansy1968,
1. What I got out of that article was the history lesson, where we general know the dates, but at least someone wrote it up about the reforms. The western views were never implemented, therefore those opinions are erroneous without meaning. This is the Chinese Communist Party, and that means there is the material dialectic. Material means real, and western opinions are not real. So I can only take the history story out of it.
2. That other forum tends to be a tough place. That's why I really like making jokes there. If the jokes fail, then you hear about it, lol! That is where I practiced all my joke making abilities, all at CMF. If it is funny there, then it is funny everywhere. People are sharp there. This forum is more polite. If my joke sucks, no one will tell me!
3. Today, after some discussion, there probably is another hidden point in that article. No plan B.
The Americans say, do this. When China does something else, well, that's it. No plan B.
That was the same pattern through the article over the decades. Western expectations are not really expectations, they more or less demands, but China said hell with that, and did their own thing.
Trump was not incompetent, he was just the same. Trump starts the trade war, then there was no Plan B. When China joined the WTO, under western conditions, there were loopholes or things no one thought of where the Chinese started to operate. No Plan B.
That is the other point I see in that article. Maybe we kind of feel it when we read it first, but do not realize it, because it is hidden and not explicit.
Guess the Americans were that strong they never felt the need for a plan B when dealing with China.
Note, if there is no Plan B ... and Plan A did not work ...
That means the rise of China is unstoppable!
Insert sinister laugh here!
