Ahh, totalitarian talk. We may use totalitarian if the overpopulation is out of control. Dang, I'm having Artificial Intelligence: AI flick flashback.
China is a communist country and has quite a reputation for extreme laws. The Chinese government even doesn't recognize freedom of speech. The government restricts access to the internet, newspapers, magazines, books, television, radio, film and even blog.
The Chinese government also taught uneducated Chinese people to obey and succumb Mao's philosophy and propaganda ideas in the past. Mao strongly believed that one of his principles is more people, more power. Ironically, Mao encouraged uneducated Chinese families to have as many children as possible. His principle cause of the overpopulation resulted remains dispute.
Mao was one of the most sadist leaders ever in the world history. Mao thought he was a god. Mao was responsible for more deaths than Hitler and Stalin. He was starving his own people by pay food for expanding his international and nuclear powers. Mao himself even mentioned repeatedly that he was willing to sacrifice half of his own people for his delusional dream and cause.
In the Western society, we are aware China produced the controversial birth control policy to limit one child per family. In most rural areas, they are allowed to have two children because they need them to provide hand for farmland. If they want to have another child, they are required to pay the fee. Deng Xiao Ping (former leader of China) was a strong supporter of Mao and had realized that Mao's one of his principles was a mistake, which triggered the overpopulation. Deng Xiao Ping managed to lead his people away from Mao's philosphy and produced one-child policy in early 1980s. However, he still supported more people. He believed that more people will produce more minds for notions and powers.
The government is doing a poor job taking care of the disabled. China doesn't want the whole world to know that China has its massive problems. For years, Chinese orphanages are skyrocketing. It is common they abandon disabled child or female child on the street or at the orphanage. They do not want a disabled child because they need a non disabled child in order to carry the family's name or helps supporting its parents. In the Chinese culture, they would deny a child if the gender is FEMALE. They have options: abandon her, kill her, dump her at the orphanage, or even sell her.
I've watched the documentary on various Chineses' lives on the Discovery Channel. Many Chineses are deluging constantly because of the harsh laws and traditional Chinese rules. They always expect big expectation from their children. For instance, this high-ranking policewoman is never married because she is the only child and is busy taking care of her elderly parents and working as a policewoman. Her parents wants her to get married traditionally, so she can carry her family's name in honor. Male Chineses do not want to marry her because she holds high ranking police power and it also make male Chineses feel egotistic and self-centered. Many male Chineses are chauvinist and have strong traditional views and they prefer female workers to stay home and take care of their children, so they can carry the family's name in honor.
We also should not forget protests and The Tiananmen protests in 1989 as well.
It has been very interesting to watching the Olympics committee has been pressuring on China for more media freedom and human rights. According to the Human rights watch and Council on Foreign Relations," as of December 2006, thirty-one journalists were imprisoned in China- more than any country in the world." The excellent link contains an article,
Olympic Pressure on China - Council on Foreign Relations. It has many long articles, but worth reading.
I plan to rent Artificial Intelligence: AI again. *walks away*
And one thing, Webexplorer. Darkdog is correct Idiocracy is a funny flick. I'd totally recommend it.
It's a fairy tale. :roll:
Hitler was deffinately an exception. I do wonder if we'd simply hired someone to assasinate Hitler instead of going to war with him that would have saved a lot of lives.