China advocating more democracy and accountability than SGP
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no, ours is kleptocracy!
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Is there any relevance left in any word to be used as a name ?
What can make a country to be communist, or more communistic then any other ?
Politically, the Ruling Political Party is the sole supreme political party, and will monopolise politics in the Country.
Economically, the State will control all key infrastructural services, and provide such essential services for the consumption of its citizens.
Commercially, the State Enterprise will take the cake with the icing on it - and will monopolise all the key commercial enterprise.
Socially, the State will determine its development, and will influence the direction and standards.
Culturally, it has to be sanctioned and ''guided'' by the State.
Are the above not familiar to some readers ?
In Singapore, all essential public services are controlled by the State as is the case in most Communist countries such as China, Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam - is Singapore a communist state ?
Singapore's Internal Security Laws are no different from that practised in these Communist states, where citizens can be locked up without trial at the flimsiest accusation from the POWER OF ONE - could Singapore be a Communist State ?
Is there anything to prevent any government from having ideologies that may vary by shades and intensity, and with the possibility of having a mix bag of political ideas ?
Is the term 'Communism' of any relevance today, when even Russia - the bastion of Communism - has dismantled all semblance of Communism, and remoulded itself from its communistic past, and with the citizens and government absorbing all the benefits of capitalism ?
Given time, and with more confidence and assured stability, the Communist Party of China may find it convenient to morphed itself into a new entity that makes it even more relevant to the New Chinese Society of the 21st Century. -
According to a survey by The Economist, we are considered a Hybrid Regime, NOT a Capitalistic Democracy so claimed by you.Originally posted by kramnave:Well we are a capitalistic democracy/aristocracy which significantly differs from communism.
Maybe kids should serve their NS, work 4-5 years before engaging in political discussions.
I don't think many intellectual adults would consider Singapore a Democracy. Even the P4P supporters here don't think Singapore is a Democracy. This kind of give us some clues on your age.
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Klepto as in thievery.Originally posted by lotus999:no, ours is kleptocracy! -
capitalistic democracy/aristocracy pretty sounds like a hybrid to me...if it was a pure democracy i wouldn't add the aristocracy there.Originally posted by maurizio13:According to a survey by The Economist, we are considered a Hybrid Regime, NOT a Capitalistic Democracy so claimed by you.
Maybe kids should serve their NS, work 4-5 years before engaging in political discussions.
I don't think many intellectual adults would consider Singapore a Democracy. Even the P4P supporters here don't think Singapore is a Democracy. This kind of give us some clues on your age. -
An extract of a speech MM LKY gave during the inauguration of 'Business China' will provide the pulse of a changing society in China:
Mr Lee said Singapore's experience has been useful when China decided to open up trade and investment to the West.
But it is Singapore that will have to learn from the Chinese in 30 to 40 years' time, as it shapes up to be a major economic world player.
Mr Lee said: "China is in the midst of dramatic change. Every visit I make to China – and I made 27 visits in the past 30 odd years – I see different people... Their thinking, aspirations, the determination at which they are acquiring new knowledge, leave me no doubt that this is a society on the move, and we should position ourselves to connect with China."
He added that Singapore will also adjust programmes in schools to produce 1,000 students each year, who are effectively bilingual and bi-cultural.
The minister mentor said Singaporeans need three capabilities to do business in China.
These three points are fluency in the Chinese language, knowledge of China's traditional culture and an understanding of the socio-political, economic and lifestyle changes of a society in transition – from an agricultural economy to an industrial one.
Premier Wen, who spoke at the National University of Singapore, said that China will continue on its reform and open up its economy. It will also play its part in tackling climate change.
He added that Business China is a meaningful platform. "Young Singaporeans must be like the older generations and continue to uphold and promote traditions; open up and keep abreast of the world's latest innovations," said the Chinese premier.
Mr Wen also answered wide-ranging questions from students and participants on the housing and stock market situation in China.
Yes, China is on the move - and in the familiar traditional manner of self-criticism, the leadership has the wisdom to look inward at their present organisational structure, their system, their methods - to find the strengths and weaknesses, and chart into new territories.
Can Singapore afford to wait 30 to 40 years time to learn from China ?
Is LKY contradicting himself here, when he is saying that China is already progressing in the fast lane, in a hurry to ''transform from an agricultural base to an industrial one'' ?
At present, China has a satellite surveying the moon, that will dovetail into the plan of landing a Chinese onto the surface of the moon in 15 years.
Can Singapore hope to match the new China, if we continue with our old ways, and refused to acknowledge that the sum total intelligence of the Singaporean citizens far outweigh that of a political elitist cult to lead Singapore into the future ?
Can Singapore hope to catch up if the leadership will not respond to constructive criticism, nor even look at their own failings and weaknesses, but will only loudly depend on its past successes, staking its reputation on past laurels achieved ?