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...least 50 years, giving the region a large degree of autonomy in exchange for silence on national and foreign affairs. And the way most people see it, China has no reason to renege. It's what some commentators call the "golden goose" theory: Hong Kong's thriving economy, capitalist infrastructure, and status as a hub of world business make it such a tantalizing prize that the Chinese won't dare to mess with it. (Deng Xiaoping himself has been known to say, "To get rich is glorious.") The theory has been so convincing that big business has come...
...their part, Patten and the British government realize that a more independent legislature would be a powerful bulwark against Chinese political interference after the takeover. And perhaps they hope that a bit of democracy can find its way into the China-bound cash flow. If Hong Kong's capitalist ideals can infect the mainland, why can't democratic ones...
...have a cultural difference, as well as alevel of economy that's quite different:capitalist, democratic society versus a societyand a culture that's just come out of a horriblecivil war," she said. Many Ethiopian families weredisplaced in the civil strife that drove outdictator Mengistu Haile Mariam...
...senior associate dean at the school, hehas also been described as an accomplishedbusiness negotiator and effective capitalist...
...Cambridge Gulag it is alive and well. (The Lerner-West public forum is, in fact, organized by the Democratic Socialists of America at Harvard Divinity School.) Socialism itself is the primary error in judgment of both Lerner and West. Because of their lack of faith in our capitalist republic, they find it necessary to reconstruct the entire nation in order to defeat racism and anti-Semitism...