Quote from: FreeBitcoins.org on July 14, 2011, 08:48:35 AM

Quote from: RogerR on July 14, 2011, 08:14:39 AM

I understand that animosities from the Chinese government may occur and would be harsh in any way. But so would be any other communist country that already censors the internet and the press's attempted crackdown.

Fixed that for you.

Also I suggest you read about Wu Ying for an example of why China isn't the best place for an entrepreneur:

http://www.economist.com/node/18560729

This is not the point I tried to bring across. I am in no way arguing that China is a just and fair society by Western standards, for it is clearly not. As far as I can tell it is still highly corrupt with investors having to rely on political connections more than anything rather than entrepreneur spirits and competence. However, this also seems to leave lots of room for major errors of judgement. It is just too easy to deamonize everything there is about China.

We have to understand that the dynamics at work there cannot ever be the same as is here in our cozy European or American homes for their social (culture/politics/history/economy) situation is completely different from ours. As a matter of fact, if you put some effort into it, it is not very difficult to understand the intentions behind many of their actions. If I had to run a billion people company that had a tendency for civil war, I'd also try to control the media - and so would you if you wanted to live.

Now, I am not saying we should all embrace the Chinese dream now and completly ignore our lessons from the past. I do however find it counterproductive and unwise to completely ignore the Chinese market. It simply is too big for that. So instead, I ask for the community to be smart enough to consider the context and not just see everything in black and white.

And just for the record: our societies are hardly without errors either. When busy critizing others, it is all too easy to forget about that.

But back to my original question here addressed at Nefario: was there no way to make thinks work "over there"? Maybe you could share some personal experiences with us, so we all learn from our mistakes. Thanks.