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> Can you provide any link or evidence that you made the specific bet 50 years ago? US relations with China began in the 1970s during the Nixon administration.
by president 7y ago
> Can you provide any link or evidence that you made the specific bet 50 years ago?
US relations with China began in the 1970s during the Nixon administration. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon%27s_1972_visit_to_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon%27s_1972_visit_t....
> Only impatient and ignorant monkeys think it takes several years to change 1.4 billion people.
It's a matter of willingness, not time. If Xi can create a system to surveil and restrict the free speech of 1.4 billion people in less than 10 years, I'm sure he can create a system of Democracy in even less time than that.
- deepVoid 7y ago> US relations with China began in the 1970s during the Nixon administration. US started diplomatic relationship with China, in order to fight USSR, not to put a bet. USSR was by far the bigger threat and the US and China had a common enemy. > If Xi can create a system to surveil and restrict the free speech of 1.4 billion people in less than 10 years. Have you not learned a thing in your whole life? Changing 1.4 billion people's ideology is way way way harder than building a surveillance system.
- president 7y agoDo you think it's easier to put someone in a prison or to let them out? Have a little faith in the Chinese people :) EDIT: I think you missed my point but I think I should leave you with your rose-tinted glasses on.
- deepVoid 7y agoExactly. :) Those bureaucrats are holding back the 1.4 billion lovely people. We need to differentiate the people from the CCP. The people love the US and freedom. I am proud of the people in Hong Kong. They are fighting for their own freedom harder than ever.