Charlie Rose

finalfantasytown  06/27/2012 06:15 AM Report

If one day Chinese force me to lead and then I shoot myself with a gun, how do you understand this event? I believe Chinese newspaper will report I am the fake one. In American newspaper, the title will be about a debate 'Patriot or traitor?' future Chinese leader committed suicide. Spiegel has a one on one interview with Chinese government representative. The title is 'What is going to happen and who will be the next one?' I am also interested in rumors on British huabian newspaper. But above all, what I love most is an article published in an authoritative religious newspaper combining other events and analyzing this event as a historical instance apart into one of reasons of sacrifice thousands of years ago.

NeilMacCallister  05/01/2012 03:52 PM Report

After first noting that "half the Chinese population subsists on $1 dollar per day", Mr. Rose asks "Towards what are the Chinese people ambitious?" (..How about food?)

And what about this whole "mystery" backdrop painted here with those words "human rights, crackdowns, censorship"? The WSJ reports that in his "Great Escape", Chen Guangcheng appears to have "climbed over a wall, drove to Beijing, took smiling photos with another activist, and then walked into the American Embassy". This all happened while both of these activists were "under constant surveillance by the Chinese authorities". Maybe 'suffocating oppression' is not such a hard-and-fast rule in China as we are told? (..any more than here Mr. Breitbart!) I do hope Mrs. Guangcheng and their daughter are treated well.

As far as Mr. Bo Xilai, to where was this "government employee" trying to take that $1.2 billion dollars of "the people's money" to be laundered? ..and were Jon Corzine or the DNC in any way involved?

Gelles  04/28/2012 02:36 AM Report

Evidently China has more than engineers at the helm. They have an inherited corrupt aristocracy to contend with. But it is Chinese, not European or American.

Let us hope they screw up as much as our leadership has. The future will belong to us all -- not just to the engineers -- whose talents are not always focused on saving lives and being careful.

It's a little late. I hope to carry on tomorrow.

SharkswithfrikingLazers  04/28/2012 02:30 AM Report

Charlie, you said the Chinese are an interesting people.

My, whatever did you mean?

SharkswithfrikingLazers  04/28/2012 02:28 AM Report

'What the Chinese fear most is instability.'

Stand down military.

SharkswithfrikingLazers  04/28/2012 02:26 AM Report

Corruption at highest level says Charlie.

Yes, any country with an Immortal Eight may just fall apart from the top down.

Don't forget that other country with a Supreme Pizza, sorry, Supreme Leader.

blank  04/27/2012 08:59 AM Report

hey don't pay attention to that other comments i left on here i hadn't been sleeping for two days everything is cool for the best

at least i'm not going through life feeling like i never had a chance (:

it's like a different state of consciousness i feel like i can apply to the real world (it's a HUGE plus for me)

AND OBAMA IS IN THE REAL WORLD I PASSED LITERALLY ONE BLOCK FROM HIM BY COINCIDENCE ON THE STREET I READ ABOUT IT LATER

IT'S A TRIP

i thought he was giving a speech at that time and the security was just there for no reason (i was up all night)

i'll post what i wrote about it

ARIGHT NO MORE MESSAGES AFTER THIS

that's a good conclusion it like turned everything into reality

(i TRIED to get tickets i have to get better organized and focused and not be late everywhere)

it might LOOK like things turned out rough but i'm serious it's like a different state of consciousness going through life i'm not complaining

everybody be happy

tabs  04/26/2012 12:58 PM Report

One has long understood that that the tendency to cover up or obstruficate ones mistakes and or problems wastes far more time, capital and energy than dealing with them in a straight forward fashion. It is far better to admit to a failure or problem, get it out of the way and move on from there. However there are those who council that dealing with a political problem in a straight forward fashion is not possible due to this set of circumstances so we must do it this way because the conventional wisdom dictates political expediency. However if one chooses expediency one must understand that that they are setting a precedent for future decisions which is several degrees off of center. They are in a sense building a flawed foundation for future decision making which ultimately is a prescription for failure.

Once a revolution has been won and the religious zeal of the revolutionaries has worn away those that are left or assume power are faced with the age old temptation of self aggrandizement through abuses of their political position.

REMant  04/26/2012 12:00 PM Report

This, indeed, brings out the fact that revolutions are not made entirely by revolutionaries, tho as well that Tiananmen Square was not just a crackdown on democracy as the West has made so much of, but also on Communism, and popular movements generally. However, in a larger perspective it illustrates that progress is not a matter of either leadership or of freedom, as is commonly argued, but of aristocracy, and that means families. That was the case in England, as well as the US and France. Unions and public ownership have not been much encouragement to innovation. And, last, it indicates that China has developed some major headaches with inflation, which I would not blame aristocracy for.