THE GLOBAL ELITE

2: Hu Jintao

The man behind the wheel of the world's most supercharged economy.

NEWSWEEK
Published Dec 20, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Jan 5, 2009

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  • Posted By: DrewCAENG @ 12/22/2008 4:05:15 PM

    There we go again, feel like mentioning that China tortures their own people, doesn't allow free press and their system allows for their people to work 18 h.r days for nothing. How about the 800 million Chines that live below the poverty line? 1/2 of the worlds most poor people come from two countries China and India. Learn then post you biased moron

    • Posted By: DrewCAENG @ 12/30/2008 5:07:56 PM

      Got my statistics from Naomi Klien's Shock Doctrine which is very well sourced, cant find the first hand source but she knows her information and I dont think she works for CNN do you? And yes I have been a few places in the world thanks for asking

    • Posted By: alberta.xy @ 12/23/2008 3:58:41 AM

      you fit the stereotype of CNN-educated American. sorry, no offense.

      • Posted By: DrewCAENG @ 12/23/2008 6:22:12 AM

        was replying the gentlemen below try reading the posts down to top other then that I agree with the article how come nobody can talk about political things without bashing Americans or America every time!....American yes but and I live in Europe by the way thanks check your own stereotypes

        • Posted By: alberta.xy @ 12/29/2008 7:44:34 PM

          I happened to have lived in France for a while. I have nothing against the American people, and actually I have my sympathy on their suffering while the government is bailing out those rich. I said I had no offense. But sir you used the word "moron" in your first. Who was being unreasonable? Looking at your data: 800 mln Chinese under poverty line, you can quote me your source? So I reckon you just watched too much CNN news. Yes, the Chinese government control the media, but don't assume Chinese people believe those news. CCTV in China is known as "CCAV". Now I have been Europe, U.S. and India. Have you ever been China and India? If haven't, what made you believe what you knew are true and reliable?

          • Posted By: alberta.xy @ 12/29/2008 8:08:04 PM

            Assuming you like watch the western media to form your idea, I quote the source for you.

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_China
            ==
            China???s sustained growth fueled historically unprecedented poverty reduction. The World Bank uses a poverty line based on household real consumption (including consumption of own-produced crops and other goods), set at $1 per day measured at Purchasing Power Parity. In most low-income countries this amount is sufficient to guarantee each person about 2000 calories of nutrition per day, plus other basic necessities. In 2007, this line corresponds to about 900 RMB per year. Based on household surveys, the poverty rate in China in 1981 was 64% of the population. This rate declined to 10% in 2004, indicating that about 500 million people have climbed out of poverty during this period.[3]

    • Posted By: MoCuishle119 @ 12/22/2008 9:00:29 PM

      Why 1/2 the poor come from CN and IN? Simply bcoz these two countries have almost 1/2 polulation of e world. Not mentioning that the two countries have been colonized or under the warfire started by the west for hundreds of years. Shame on the WEST! Robbed the Asian's wealth and then blame Asians on their being poor.

  • Posted By: Judio25 @ 12/30/2008 4:17:22 PM

    BRING MANUFACTURING BACK TO NORTH AMERICA PEOPLE. CHINA & INDIA HAVE GOTTEN THEIR POWER FROM NORTH AMERICA AND HAVE GOTTEN OUR JOBS. BRING MANUFACTURING BACK.

  • Posted By: NewsWkDickG @ 12/29/2008 11:07:34 PM

    Let???s be realistic and honest, if the real goal is to have peace in the Middle East, then don???t focus on having Hamas and Israel negotiate a settlement based on their ability to compromise, which has proven to be impossible, but rather put equal and realistic pressure on them to accept equitable terms. Put politics aside and negotiate with the Arab countries, especially Syria and Iran, to stop supporting and backing Hamas unless they accept the terms of a cessation of hostilities with the agreement that we will do the same with Israel. Then offer both of them support in making a true and lasting peace work, with the quiet threat that if they don???t honestly and diligently work at it, they will be cut off. End of conflict! Maybe we need to admit that Israel really wasn???t anyone???s property to be given away in the first place but they also have to recognize that it is too late to be reversed and now it is necessary to just accept reality and come to agreements that are literally best for everyone; which likely should include a beneficial cooperation that advances each party. Simply stated, get the politics out of it and concentrate on the reality, realizing that if they could become interdependent, then the problem would be solved.

  • Posted By: Demian808 @ 12/24/2008 2:42:15 PM

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_re_as/as_china_taiwan_pandas_10

  • Posted By: shunsuikyouraku @ 12/24/2008 4:14:34 AM

    i forgot. yeah taiwan. taiwan indeed is a democracy but china has more population ask the entire populatiuon of china if ever they agree. i gues they will disagree taiwan is a sister of china. unite or peril thats the core value of chinise and taiwanese people.

  • Posted By: Demian808 @ 12/23/2008 11:17:00 PM

    http://taiwanstudentmovement2008.blogspot.com/

  • Posted By: Demian808 @ 12/23/2008 10:52:02 PM

    On Tuesday September 16th 2008, an international court of law, The Geneva First Instance Court, stated that Taiwan possesses all the elements of statehood and that its government holds and effectively exercises sovereignty over its territory.

    "He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."
    ~Lao Tzu

  • Posted By: gpit @ 12/23/2008 2:21:15 PM

    "TAIWAN IS A SOVEREIGN NATION"? What a funny ranting/raving!

    This clownish soverrignty is recognized by nobody, including the US, but a handful of insignificant island countries.

    What a joke!

  • Posted By: gpit @ 12/23/2008 2:19:06 PM

    "TAIWAN IS A SOVEREIGN NATION"? A funny ranting/raving.

    A SOVEREIGN recognized by nobody but yourself and a haldful of insignificant island countries. Even the US do not recognise the "SOVEREIGN". Haha!

  • Posted By: gpit @ 12/23/2008 2:17:21 PM

    "TAIWAN IS A SOVEREIGN NATION"? A funny ranting/raving.

    A SOVEREIGN recognized by nobody but yourself and a haldful of insignificant island countries. Even the US do not recognise the "SOVEREIGN". Haha!

  • Posted By: Demian808 @ 12/23/2008 1:47:07 PM

    TAIWAN IS A SOVEREIGN NATION!!!

  • Posted By: jbz7879 @ 12/23/2008 12:16:50 PM

    AS AN AMERICAN LOVER I HOPE AND PRAY OBAMA can follow this great chinese man after this current fiasco by the americans
    amen

  • Posted By: shunsuikyouraku @ 12/23/2008 5:50:40 AM

    that is china. the mightiest follower of tao. humble yet powerfull. unlike the other great power that rest in their ego. ego cant be eatin or can be drink. they only bring destruction. Hu is a product of tao. influencial yet compasionate.

  • Posted By: shunsuikyouraku @ 12/23/2008 5:45:52 AM

    that is china. like the tao powerfull yet humble. thats the true leader. many of todays leader rest in their ego. ego cant be eatin or can be drink. it only bring destruction.

  • Posted By: Howen09 @ 12/22/2008 7:51:07 PM

    I feel grateful that Hu the humble, like other 1.3 billion Chinese people today, keeps the low key down to the earth attitude. It would be very mean to think it is easy to lead a population the size equal to US, Europe, Japan, Australia and Canada combined but only as wealthy as maybe Mexico. I hope people in the west, US in particular, try to understand the effort today's Chinese people are making to attain a modestly better life and set aside the difference to work together with Hu and the Chinese nation for a better world. China is not a perfect country, so are many others in the world. Hu deserves his credit to make China as it is today.

    • Posted By: alberta.xy @ 12/23/2008 4:10:43 AM

      Well said. Indeed, We need this kind of thought for the world the thrive. China is still a poor country in terms of GDP per capital, even though China's GDP will supersede Germany in this month. Also, China's economy scale is about 4 times of that of Mexico in 2007 according the wold bank GDP statistics.

  • Posted By: faysal247 @ 12/23/2008 3:50:21 AM

    Ne Hao Mr.HU JINTAO Zhu he ni..
    zhong guo yu Pakistan de you yi bi hai shen bi shan gao..
    Deeper than the oceans higher than the mountains
    China-Pakistan friendship

  • Posted By: faysal247 @ 12/23/2008 3:46:16 AM

    NE HAO Mr.HU JINTAO ZHU HE Ni..
    zhong guo yu pakistan de you yi bi hai shen bi shan gao..
    China-Pakistan friendship
    Deeper than the oceans higher than the mountains
    by Faisal from Pakistan

  • Posted By: nawawimohamad @ 12/21/2008 11:40:54 PM

    So far China has had very few "enemies". She had been a victim of war, repression and colonialism. China has never invaded other nations and even during the cummunist heyday had never given trouble to any other nations. Unlike the US who like to be the master of the world, China should tread the road of peace and friendliness. However I do hope that China will be strong enough to balance the US power who is acting like a big bully. Good luck China, long live Hu Jintao.

  • Posted By: 印象伊犁 @ 12/21/2008 2:52:43 AM

    Hu is a great man,Not only because of his power,But also have the capacity dealing with the complicated issues of the world.

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