50 Myths About China

2-15-01

MSTKG

50 MYTHS ABOUT CHINA

Credit to GoatCat aka Zhang Guoping

#1: Only the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can assure economic prosperity.

#2: Only the CCP can maintain societal stability.

#3: No one wants freedom.

#4: All Chinese demand national reunification meaning that the mainland must take over Taiwan.

#5: The one child policy works.

#6: China is capitalist.

#7: The Tiananmen Massacre was necessary in order to prevent chaos.

#8: Only the CCP produces people capable of leading the country.

#9: Deng Xiaoping intended to implement democracy.

#10: 1 country 2 systems works.

#11: Mao unified China.

#12: Falun Gong wants to destroy China.

#13: The CCP opposes corruption.

#14: CCP is like the sun.

#15: The CCP cares about Chinese.

#16: The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has the ability to invade and take over Taiwan.

#17: The PLA won the 1979 war with Vietnam.

#18: 1 million dead PLA 'volunteers' in Korea constituted a victory.

#19: The PLA knows how to maintain the modern Russian aircraft and ships that it purchased

#20: Zhu Rongji wants to clean up corruption.

#21: Mainland corruption is not creeping into Hong Kong.

#22: Falun Gong is a political organization.

#24: Taiwan wants to invade the People's Republic of China (PRC).

#25: Taiwan wants to conspire with foreigners to attack the PRC.

#26: All references to China mean the PRC.

#27: Taiwan is part of China, the PRC is China, so Taiwan is part of the PRC. This is the so-called 'one China principle'.

#28: Supporting the CCP is patriotic.

#29: The US has promised to respect the 'one China principle" as defined by the PRC.

#30: Chinese are too poor to implement democracy or freedom.

#31: Democracy would lead China to social chaos and economic ruin

#32: Chinese are worried about filling their bellies, not freedom.

#33: The CCP is trying to implement a rule of law in China.

#34: The PRC judicial system is not a political tool.

#35: China has sovereignty over Taiwan.

#36: The government of the PRC is not a communist dictatorship.

#37: Tung Chee Hwa, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, is not appointed by Beijing.

#38: In China, government corruption is being brought under control.

#39: The CCP deserves credit for delivering economic success to the Chinese people.

#40: The 1989 student protests sought violent revolution.

#41: The CCP seeks what is best for China.

#42: The US wants to break up China.

#43: The US wants to use Taiwan as an unsinkable aircraft carrier from which to attack China.

#44: The CCP is a political party. (hint: it is a cult religion).

#45: The CCP has lifted Chinese out of poverty

#46: National Missile Defense (NMD) will start an arms race with China.

#47: PRC/CCP is not a banana republic.

#48: Jiang Zemin is not a traitor of Chinese nation.

#49: PRC will wipe out Falun Gong soon.

#50: PRC/CCP will last forever.

MSTKG

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