{"id":377,"date":"2008-04-26T20:13:12","date_gmt":"2008-04-26T12:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.19thstep.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2018-07-20T10:44:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T10:44:32","slug":"changes-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justcharlie.com\/changes-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>40 Months ago I first stepped foot on the People&#8217;s Republic of China &#8211; I&#8217;ve seen an enormous amount of change in that time, but the pace of change appears to continue to accelerate beyond breakneck speed, which worries me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent worldwide condemnation of Chinas human rights violations have prompted a tit-for-tat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/24013515\/\">revocation of Chinas easy-to-acquire business visa<\/a> (which, mysteriously, hasn&#8217;t been officially acknowleged by Chinese officials) and both underscore a growing ideological divide between China and the West. The economic climate in this region will also undergo massive changes over the next 5 years as a confluence of economic and social forces steer China away from the manufacturing powerhouse that it&#8217;s been in recent history. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/10\/business\/worldbusiness\/10cnd-yuan.html\">yuan continues to gain value<\/a>, making exports increasingly expensive which is slowly driving manufacturing into cheaper countries like Vietnam and India &#8211; leadership is also affecting new labor laws in favor of workers which will raise the cost of labor, further elevating associated costs for overseas investors. This will likely have a dramatic effect on an economy as export-driven as this one, although the extent of that assertion itself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allroadsleadtochina.com\/index.php\/2007\/10\/01\/is-china-export-led\/\">is debatable<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I wonder is how long China can undergo change at this pace and maintain social control. It wouldn&#8217;t seem that their leadership is breaking a sweat as they&#8217;ve successfully rallied the population in defense of foreign condemnation (they condemn us because we codemn them? At least we had a reason). <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20080424\/tv_nm\/china_cnn_dc\">A suit has been filed in NYC against CNN<\/a> for $1.3 billion for words that came out of Jack Caffertys mouth. Repeat: a lawsuit for a <strong>$1 billion has been filed for words that came out of his mouth. <\/strong>Apparently they haven&#8217;t heard of our first amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes China is really just beyond description &#8211; but I&#8217;m eager to see how the events of this country unfold over the course of this year. 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