Watch the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China on your computer!

[Better Believe It]

Live English TV telecast.

Click on this link:

http://www.cctv.com/english/special/60live/index.shtml

[virgogal]

1. Thanks,but no thanks.

[Better Believe It]

3. Nothing like a closed mind. Because they are "commies"?

Because our nation is so democratic (as shown during the Pittsburg G-20 demonstrations), with the Patriot Act, spying on lawful and peaceful anti-war organizations, the theft of the 2000 presidential election, Wall Street and corporate America's control over the government while China is so undemocratic?

The Chinese revolution overthrew feudalism and opened up China to the possibility of dramatic political and economic reforms that have just begun.

[virgogal]

5. Naaaah,because they are pinkos,to quote Archie B.

[Romulox]

15. Commies? The CPC? No. nt

[madeline_con]

26. Just begun, 60 years later.

[madeline_con]

2. yipee. I'm thrilled the Empire State Building will be lit to celebrate

their anniversary of atrocious human rights abuses. :puke:

[Better Believe It]

6. The United States has nothing to "teach" the Chinese people on human rights and democratic rights.

How about cleaning up US human rights abuses before lecturing others?

The fight for real democracy and civil liberties and rights begins at home!

We do not live in a democratic nation that guarantees our civil liberties. A tiny weathy minority controls the government and economy. The government clearly serves them and not the majority of American people.

[rockymountaindem]

8. So if that's the case, why should I celebrate the Chinese government,

which is no better?

[Better Believe It]

14. You have a choice. You can remain ignorant of Chinese history.

That ignorance explains why you can't understand why the overwhelming majority of Chinese people celebrate the anniversary of their social revolution, including those who didn't support the oppressive nature of the old Stalinist regime headed by Mao.

Do you have any idea of what China was like before the revolution and the progressive direction that China may now be able to lead the world in?

Of course you don't.

Just a bunch of radical "commies". Right?

[rockymountaindem]

20. You have no idea what I know and what I don't

All I'm asking you is why should I, an American, take any more interest in a state-organized patriotic display in China than a Chinese person would take in watching the Boston Pops 4th of July fireworks spectacular?

[madeline_con]

21. It isn't meant to be a teachable moment. Just let's not be so supportive. n/t

[alarimer]

28. They are way worse than we have ever dreamed of being

Slave labor, the selling of body parts harvested from prisoners. Not to mention Tibet. Internet censorship and the complete and utter lack of free speech. the massacre of thousands of students who dared protest in 1989. Etc, etc.

There is simply no comparison. China is probably the worst government in the world when it comes to repression.

[virgogal]

30. Don't forget The Cultural Revolution and the 3 million poor souls(so far)

that are being displaced for the Three Gorges Dam.

[Jkid]

39. No, the worst government in the world when it comes to repression

is North Korea.

[Kaleko]

40. See my post # 38

for some background history.

[Selatius]

4. Celebrating 60 years of a brutal one-party dictatorship is no party I want to be at.

And I like to party.

[Better Believe It]

9. Would you prefer a two-party dictatorship of capital? It's coming!

[Selatius]

16. Nope. Don't prefer the thugs we have here either. nt

[Brickbat]

7. Well, I'm not a big fan of slave labor. So, no.

[Better Believe It]

11. Slave labor in today's China? Sounds like the usual right-wing crapola

Links please.

You don't have to watch this. You can tune in to FoxNews for the latest info on China.

[Brickbat]

13. Well, here's one link.

http://tinyurl.com/ye4jz26

[madeline_con]

23. So the choices are your little commie site or Faux?

:rofl:

[brentspeak]

32. Actually, the Republicans LOVE cheap-labor China

as do the corporate Democrats, no matter how liberal some of them are on other issues (see under: Robert Reich).

So, yes -- the previous poster was absolutely correct to use the term "slave labor" to describe China.

[The Straight Story]

10. Will they be showing forced abortions and the like? (nt)

[Better Believe It]

19. Abortions are legal in China? That's horrible!

Perhaps you can find some right-wing news links that claim pregnant Chinese women are cut open by ruthless. godless commies in order to murder unborn babies!

[The Straight Story]

22. Does Clinton count, or is that a rw source? (nt)

[Common Sense Party]

33. Somebody has a real hard-on for the ChiComs.

"Why can't we be more like them?"

[madeline_con]

29. How about NPR?

Cases of Forced Abortions Surface in China
April 23, 2007

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9766870

[anonymous171]

37. That's just Capitalist propaganda. Also the US did that too, so it's justified.

:sarcasm:

[tritsofme]

12. Not surprised. nt

[David__77]

17. Watching it, it's great.

I feel so proud for China today, 60 years after the proclamation of a New China, a better China. For hundreds of millions, life is immeasurably better than if the Chinese Revolution had failed.

[Forkboy]

18. Being able to watch this on a computer as they censor theirs is kind of funny.

:crazy:

[madeline_con]

25. Funny weird, not funny haha. n/t

[Forkboy]

27. I'm both amused and disturbed.

In other words, the same as always!

[951-Riverside]

24. I'll pass since the live links don't work

I'm not going to put my computer at risk trying out the p2p links.

[ddeclue]

31. How about the 20th anniversary of THIS?

[brentspeak]

34. Yes, let's all celebrate an authoritarian government that crushes both its own people and

American workers on behalf of multinationals in the bargain.

:thumbsdown:

[Better Believe It]

35. I thought George W. Bush lost the election. That's what you mean, right?

[anonymous171]

36. Why? That was a shit revolution. Maoism is stupid. nt

[Kaleko]

38. Looks like you have come full circle with your posting history.

I vividly recall how you started out on DU during the PR campaign for the Olympics in Beijing last year by constantly posting Chinese Communist Party talking points in concert with a handful of others who have since mostly disappeared. Now, here you are again, working to convince people that their views of China must be skewed.

Kudos for one thing though, your English has improved considerably in the time you've been busy here.