An expatriate living in China sent me a copy of The Australian’s Goodwill Offers a Rich Yield by Greg Rudd. The commentary was published in that newspaper back in May 2009.
However, what Greg Rudd says is just as important today as it was then regardless of the few negative voices that left comments.
I find it interesting that the negative comments from such as “lao de lao ren” and “RN of Canberra” may be from ignorant individuals that do not realize that the Founding Father’s of the United States despised “democracy” and built a “republic” where only male property owners could vote.
“RN of Canberra” even compared China to Hitler’s Nazi Germany, which isn’t even close. There is no comparison. Today’s China is a much safer place to live than Nazi Germany was and there are no signs that China plans to go out and wage war against the rest of the world.
Both “lao de lao ren” and “RN of Canberra” express that China should become a democracy, which is a sign of total ignorance.
The first time the US was officially called a democracy was by President Woodrow Wilson more than a century after the US was founded.
Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both said democracy was no better than mob rule, which explains why the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College to select presidents and why George Bush lost the popular vote by a million to Al Gore but Bush became president anyway.
Greg Rudd offers some advice about China in his commentary.
He says, “My mother taught me when you walk into someone’s house you shouldn’t be rude. You may not like what you see sometimes, and advice and suggestions can be given in the right spirit and in the right atmosphere, but always remember it is not your house.
“When we are in China’s house we should show respect and when they are in our house they should show respect.”
Greg Rudd is managing director of GPR Asia, based in Beijing. GPR advises on investment and joint ventures.
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Lloyd Lofthouse is the award-winning author of the concubine saga, My Splendid Concubine & Our Hart. When you love a Chinese woman, you marry her family and culture too.
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